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Musical Statues

Children dance then freeze like a statue when the music stops.

⏱ 10-15 min⚡ High energy👥 Whole class

• action words

• freeze

• dance

• move

• stop

• statue

• still

• Music player

• Open space in the classroom

📋 How to Play

Clear space in the classroom so children can move freely.
Tell children: "When the music plays, dance! When it stops, freeze like a statue!"
Play music and let children dance around freely.
Stop the music suddenly — children must freeze completely still.
Walk around and look at the statues. Anyone still moving sits out for one round.
Before restarting the music, ask one child: "What are you?" — they say "A statue!"
Play again. Last child standing wins.
For younger children, skip elimination and just enjoy freezing together.

✓When the music stops, call out a pose — "Freeze like a LION!" or "Freeze like a TREE!"

✓This is a great warm-up game at the start of any lesson.

✓Use songs from the lesson topic — animal songs, colour songs, number songs.

✓Take photos of the funny statue poses to show parents!

→Call a vocabulary word when the music stops — children freeze AND touch that thing.

→Children freeze in the shape of a letter from the alphabet.

→Use slow and fast music — children must move slowly or quickly to match.

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