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Name of Activity: The Hamsterdance

Purpose of Activity: Students will be able to memorize a short sequence of skills, and be able to perform them in time to the music.

Prerequisites: Know how to slide, clap in time to music

Suggested Grade Level: 3-5

Recommended music: The Hamsterdance Song by Roger Miller/R.DeBoer/A. Grace/P. Grace

Beginning dance formation: Scatter formation with all students in their own self space.

Dance source: Internet author unknown-but thanks to the person who shared it!

Description of Idea

Intro:
Just bounce around "hampster style". After the CD says "Here we go" begin dance:

First 8 counts:
Face a partner, hands on hips, and 2 head bobs to the right. (cts 1-2)
2 head bobs left(looking at your partner like they are the funniest looking hamster ever)(cts 3-4)
2 head bobs right (cts 5-6)
2 head bobs left (cts 7-8)

Next 8 counts:
Grab hands and slide to the side 4 counts (cts 1-4)
Slide back 4 counts (cts 5-8)

Next 8 counts:
REPEAT

Next 8 counts:
Slap thighs 2 times (cts 1-2)
CLap hands 2 times (cts 3-4)
Clap partner's hands 2 times (cts 5-6)
Join right hands(count 7) join left hands (count 8) (cts 7-8)

Next 8 counts: Leaning back, with arms straight, jump around until back in position (cts 1-8)

Last 16 counts:
REPEAT previous 16 cts (slaps/claps, and the "jump around").

*There is a free-form section where the song has some talking. During this portion of the the song have the kid make up their own funky moves.

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Submitted by Millie Wostratzky who teaches at Gower West in Willowbrook, IL. Thanks for contributing to PE Central! Posted on PEC: 11/29/2001. Viewed 62756 times since 8/24/2001.

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From American Samoa
Thursday, July 16, 2009

Please submit a video of the actual choreography. I had a hard time searching the net for the Roger Miller and fried's version. I just want to make sure I teach from the right song and moves.
Leah Tran
Monday, January 05, 2009

I have used this dance since I started teaching PE two years ago. I have modified it so I can teach it to my younger students K-2, and I keep this rendition exclusively for my third graders. They love the hampster dance and my 4th graders and 5th graders get a big kick out of watching the younger students perform it. For the younger kids I have them make silly faces and hampster faces for the first eight counts and bob, the next eight counts they grab hampster paws and jump with their partner in a circle, and then we do hampster elbow turns after they turn they get to switch partners and at the end of the song they lay down with their legs wiggling. I introduce the techniques above with my older kids 1st through 3rd. It's alot of FUN!

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