Temple Isaiah

(Two notes: 1. I have modified this to be a big jump back first, and then forward, and then back and forward again, rather than starting forward, which I think makes it much less likely that the kids will just jump like crazy and lose the circle! 2. In my version, the kids shake hands and say “Shalom <name>” to the person directly next to them in the circle, one at a time, rather than a free-for-all of shaking and shaloming. Another version of the freer style (and slightly different opening moves) is here if you want to see it.)

• Donald Duck

  (Obviously there should be a video of kids doing this dance, but without permission to post that, here are a group of insane overtired adults doing it!)

The circle dances we did together are:

• Mayim Mayim

• Nigun Atik (aka Zemer Atik)

• Od Lo Ahavti Dai

• Tzaddik Katamar

The line dances were

• Shemesh (the penguin dance)

• Hahafsaka Hagdola

• Popcorn

• Yeledisco

The partner dances were

• Aleph-Bet

• Hoppa Hoppa Hey

  (I do six slides and two claps, instead of eight slides.)

• Yesh Lanu Tayish

• Bim Bam Bom

  (They keep the same partner by going backward and forward for part two; I taught it as a mixer, going to the right and left for part two, which is harder, but more fun!)

More dances that are good for beginners and kids can be found here!