Your kid has already learned about the alphabet letters. How about moving one step further to put them in order for making meaningful words?
MATERIALS NEEDED
Music
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Start playing some favorite songs, and choose a space where you’ll both have plenty of room to move around.
2. Begin the game with a sequence of two dance moves; you could shrug your shoulders, and do a spin, for example.
3. Your kid needs to remember the two moves, and perform them in the same order when you point to them.
4. Next, they need to make up their own dance move and add it to the sequence so there are three moves in total.
5. If your kid remembers each of them, you can add another dance move to the sequence: Do the first three moves, then add a fourth.
6. Have your kid repeat the whole sequence. See how many moves they can do in a row without forgetting some.
7. When it gets too long, you can start over from instruction number 2 and play again. Keep the dance party going as long as you can.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT
This dance activity gives your kid a chance to practice rehearsal, a common memory strategy of repeating all the things they are trying to remember. By adding new moves one at a time, and then practicing all the moves each time, they can remember more.
OTHER GIFTED BRAIN ACTIVITIES
Make the Match
In five rounds, how many times did your kid match following the new rule right away?
What I’m Bringing to the Beach
What was the longest list of items that your kid remembered?
