Swedish Folk Dancing!

This week, second graders started learning the Fjäskern (f-yess-kern) (Hurry Scurry),  a folk dance from Sweden.  

First, students learned the dance as a group in one big circle. The dance begins by walking 16 beats counter-clockwise, then turning on the last beat and walking the opposite direction. Then, you stop and do a "scissor kick" (a kind of shuffle with the feet) for four beats then clap and turn. This is repeated four times

Next, we did this same dance but with partners in two concentric circles. Check-out the video below of these second graders on their second try-pretty impressive!