Eat! Drink! Dance!

Target Language: basic verbs, imperatives, making other grammar easier!
Target Grade: Kindergarten to Elem 5
This song is on CD9 and in the Download Pack

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Genki Warm Up 2:
Eat, Drink, Dance
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by Richard Graham

Are you ready?

Stand up
Sit down
Stand up
And dance!

Eat
Eat
Drink
Drink
Read
Read
Stop!

5 4 3 2 1

Dance!

Sleep
Sleep
Sing
Sing
Cook
Cook
Stop!

5 4 3 2 1

Dance!

How to teach ....

This song is very simple, you shout a command at the kids whilst doing the action, they repeat and do the action back to you.

At the "stop" command everyone, teacher included, freezes until the countdown has finished!

The main language aim isn't the song in itself, but as an easy way to lead into the "What do you want to do?" and "What are you doing?" songs.

Using this song first makes it really easy and means you don't need as many grammar explanations. Plus if you use the Genki Disco Warm Up before this song it's even easier still!

Here's a video I did in Japanese with English subtitles that goes into more detail:

Recommended Games

There are lots of games you can use with this theme. Simple charades or guessing games are always popular. Or take a timer into class, you give commands to the kids for 30 seconds, then they have 30 seconds to give you commands. Keep taking it in turns.

You can also try out a simplified version of the Harry Potter Game using this song.

Simple Present Tense Game

You can also use these verb mini cards along with the pronoun mini cards to teach kids the simple present tense e.g. when you have to put an "s" after the verb. Just put the cards in two piles, the kids pick one pronoun and one verb card and say the sentence, deciding if they need to add the "s" or not. You can also add in the Superhero cards to make it more fun!

This song is on CD vol. 9 and in the Download Pack.

Readers' Comments

This one has already proved to be a massive hit with all my 3rd graders! - Julian-K

I teach in a children's village. This song has really caught on, especially during the countdown. We hold up one hand and count down with the CD, then all spring to life on 'dance'! Such fun!
- Kerry

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