Have some fun with this Stand for the Right Mirror Your Partner purposeful movement activity! For this singing time activity, the children will be mirroring each other’s actions. One partner gets to be the leader, and the other gets to be the mirror!
Since the kids will be in pairs, this activity works really well as a people interaction idea too! In this post, you’ll find 18 fun, printable action cards to give ideas for different movements to use!
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Stand for the Right Mirror Your Partner
Movement activities can be a great way to review nearly any primary song! Moving around in primary keeps even your wiggliest primary kids engaged. We have lots of fun movement ideas, from dance scarves and ribbon wands to movement games like freeze dance!
In order to mirror someone else’s actions, you have to actually pay attention and watch them! This is a way to help your primary kids stay focused while still having fun and moving around!
For this mirroring activity, have the kids first try to mirror your actions. The more silly you can make your actions, the better! Once they get a hang of it, have them try to mirror each other while singing Stand for the Right!
How to Play:
Review Stand for the Right with this flipchart. Then, have the kids pretend that there is a giant mirror in between you and the class. Have them copy your actions by first standing up.
Once everyone is standing, practice by having the kids copy a few simple actions. Use the actions chart later in this post to help you quickly think of actions. Then, add in the music! Have the kids sing while mirroring your actions!
After singing through the song a few times, have each child choose a partner. Choose which partner gets to be the leader and which child gets to be the mirror. There are lots of creative ways to decide which partner gets to go first! You could put a sticker on the person who is the leader or have the child with the earliest birthday go first.
Have the leader choose actions while the mirror follows. Continue singing while you do the actions. You can give each partnership a set of 4-5 actions to help them come up with ideas.
I’ve created a printable with 18 different action cards that can be used for this activity. You can also find full-size and 1/4 sheet versions when you subscribe to Instant Primary Singing. Take a look at my list below or print off the action cards later in this post!
18 Mirror Your Partner Actions:
Here’s my list of 18 different Mirror Your Partner actions to use for this activity! These actions are very simple and should be fairly easy to mirror. What other actions can you think of?
- Touch Your Toes
- Pat Your Head
- Right Arm Up
- Left Arm Up
- Stomp Your Feet
- Reach Up Both Arms
- Spin Around
- Left Foot Kick
- Right Foot Kick
- Cross Arms
- High-Five a Friend
- Wave Your Arms
- Pat Your Knees
- Sweep the Floor
- Wiggle Fingers
- Dance Move
- Flex Muscles
- Clap Your Hands
Extension Activities:
- Have each class stand in a small circle. Choose one person to stand in the middle of each circle and be the leader while the rest of the group mirrors their actions.
- Put all the action cards in a jar or hat. Choose someone to come to the front and lead the song while picking actions from the jar. Have everyone else mirror their actions until you choose a new leader!
- Do the opposite! Have the kids try to do the opposite of whatever action you do. For example, if you reach your right arm up, have them reach their left arm down.
For another fun mirror movement idea, try this Choose the Right Way Mirror Your Partner activity!
Stand for the Right Mirror Your Partner Printable Action Cards
Grab these printable action cards to add to your collection of fun actions to use in primary! This printable includes 2 pages with 9 different colorful actions on each, 18 in total. Just print and cut out these action cards to use during this activity!
You’ll find additional 1/4 sheet and full page mirror your partner action cards included in the INSTANT Primary Singing membership when Stand for the Right is the featured song of the month.
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Head over to this Stand for the Right Song Story for another way to review this song!
Which of these actions will you be using for this fun movement activity?
