Perfect for children ages six and older, Ten-Second Objects is played in groups of four to six people. If your group is larger than that, divide them into multiple groups and have them take turns playing. Call out the name of an object and the group has until the count of ten to make the shape of that object using only their bodies. Any object will do, but some examples include a car, a peacock and a palm tree.
Before beginning musical freeze, you will need to prepare a CD with short snippets of 15 to 20 pieces of music, all in different styles and tones. More pieces of music will allow the game to be played for longer. When you are ready to play, tell the students to listen to each piece of music and move the way the music sounds or feels to them, but they must freeze in place when the music stops. For a group that seems to require some competition to enhance the game, keep score. The teacher gets a point if the entire class doesn't freeze immediately when the music stops. The class gets a point if they do. The different styles of music will encourage your students to connect movement and emotions with the mood of the music and will inspire all different types of improvisation.
For this game, you will need a piece of fabric or a large scarf. The color or pattern of the fabric does not matter. Have the group stand in a circle. The object of the game is for each student to think of something different that the fabric could be. No answers should be repeated, which will force the students to think creatively. Examples of what the fabric might "be" include a cape, a blanket, a dress or a veil.
Start by having your students move through the room in different ways, like walking, running, crawling or jumping. After you have exhausted all the ways we move through space, have the students experiment with adding an emotion to the movement. Go through the same list of ways of moving a second time, this time adding a feeling to each one. Have students skip sadly or crawl like they are scared. Students will have fun playing with different ways of moving and running the gamut of how we exhibit our feelings.