WHAT YOU NEED:

• Australian animal cards
• Tapping sticks
• Rickeeta’s song: click play on the video to watch Rickeeta’s song and how she uses the tapping sticks

WHAT TO DO:

• Gather into a small group and show the Australian animal cards.
• An adult might need to show children the movement. Go through all the cards to start.
• Begin moving like Australian animals at different levels (high/low) and at different speeds (fast/slow).
• Encourage everyone to practice how that animal might move.
• A child picks a card and shows it to the group. Everyone does the movement.
• Remind everyone to take care so that they don’t bump into or knock anyone over.
• Once everyone knows the moves, introduce the tapping sticks and play them slow and then fast.
• Explain that when they are played slowly the animal movement will be slow and when played fast it will be faster.
• A child picks a card and shows it to everyone. The others start to do the movements while someone plays the tapping sticks at a slow or fast pace. You can also introduce the heights.
• With the help of an adult, the child holding the card can move the card high or low while everyone follows along like the animal at that level and speed.