Age: 6-7 years

Duration: 40 min

Objectives

• Follow action commands: dance, jump, run, stop, freeze in real time.
• Say a past-tense sentence when frozen: "I was jumping."
• Review present and past verb forms through movement.

Vocab

• dance / jump / run / stop / freeze: Command and action set.
• was / -ing: Optional stretch: "I was dancing." for strong groups.

Warm-up (5min)

Practice freeze pose on drum beat — no music yet. Teacher calls verb, students execute, freeze on "Stop!"

Main Activity (25min): "Freeze Dance Past Tense"

Play music — teacher calls verbs from cards. When music stops, students freeze and shout past-tense sentence: "I danced!" / "I jumped!" Round 2: partner interviews frozen classmate — "What did you do?" "I ran." Write two past-tense sentences after game.

Wrap-up (5min)

Calm-down stretch + whisper read of two sentences from board.

Teacher Tips

• Clear space — desks to sides. Establish freeze = silent mouth too.
• Links Lesson 01 past tense to physical review — spiral assessment.
• 30-second music clips prevent chaos; teacher controls pause button.