Watch carefully what my hands do. I will clap, clap, spin, then clap, clap, spin again. Which bit came back more than once?
That bit that comes back is called a pattern. Today we will spot patterns in short dances. We will also look for a bug (that means a wrong step) and fix it together.
Our star word today is bug. A bug means a wrong step (not a creepy-crawly). Watch my crossed arms when I say it.
When we change that wrong step so the dance works again, that is our fix. Give me a thumbs up for fix!
Here is the dance we want: jump, jump, spin, then jump, jump, spin again. Look at the cards on the board, one card for each step. Let's all do the dance together.
Now look. I have swapped one card. Follow the cards with me. What happens?
Which card does not belong in our dance? That card is a bug (a wrong step). How can we fix it?
Look at the dance picture on the board, then lay those same cards on the floor in your group and act the dance together once, so everybody knows how it should feel.
When I call "bug time", cover your eyes while the helper I name swaps one card for a bug card, like reading a book. Then everyone looks, points to the bug (the wrong step) and says the fix, and the helper swaps it back so you can act the dance again the right way.
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