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Activity Description: Scouts dance to music and mirror a partner’s movements to explore how body language and rhythm express emotions.

• Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Daisy Fun With Movement badge requirements.
• Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Brownie Me Time badge requirements.

Info Needed for Fun With Movement:  Scouts explore how music makes them feel by dancing and moving to different songs.

Info Needed for Me Time: Scouts explore how body language expresses feelings. They practice “mirroring” a partner’s movements to better understand how posture, gestures, and expressions show emotions.

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Items Needed:

• Music-playing device (phone, speaker, etc)
• One freestyle song (leader’s choice)
• Two emotion-shifting songs (provided or selected for changes in energy/mood)
  • Riffusion created Shifting Moods Song 1 – Can only be used for non-commercial use.
  • Riffusion created Shifting Moods Song 2 – Can only be used for non-commercial use.

Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 15–30 min):

1. Freestyle warm-up (5–8 min)
   • Leader plays a fun, upbeat song of their choice.
   • Scouts dance however they want: big, small, silly, calm. Encourage movement that feels joyful and comfortable.
2. Partner emotion dance – round one (5–12 min)
   • Scouts pair up and dance to an emotion-shifting song, each with their own role.
   • As the song plays, Partner A chooses an emotion based on the music and dances to show it, changing emotions as the music changes.
   • Partner B watches and mirrors the movement, trying to guess the feelings.
   • After the song ends, the pair discusses:
     • What emotions did they see or feel?
     • Which ones were easy or hard to guess?
3. Partner emotion dance – round two (5–12 min)
   • The pairs switch roles.
   • Partner B now dances while Partner A mirrors and interprets.
   • After the song ends, reflect again:
     • What helped you understand your partner’s emotion?
     • Was anything surprising or tricky to copy?