HandQ: Pedagogical hand games

How to teach Hand Games
2 Lessons
- Top Tips
  Start
- Demonstration Class with Children
  Start
What is HandQ?
4 Lessons
- HandQ as IQ (thinking), EQ (feeling) and BQ (active engagement)
  Start
- The HandQ Story
  Start
- 8 Reasons to teach hand games
  Start
- Why do hand clapping games?
  Start
The philosophy behind HandQ
1 Lesson
- Physical Literacy: Human Flourishing
  Start
Finger Games
6 Lessons
- Two Fat Gentlemen
  Start
- Thumbs up!
  Start
- Two Fat Gentlemen (Variation - live online at 11:00)
  Start
- Open Shut Them
  Start
- Open Shut Them (variation)
  Start
- Golden Rings
  Start
Circle games: Imitation and Participation
5 Lessons
- Beginners: "We say Hello"
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- "Doodly Do"
  Start
- The More We Are Together
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- "Bim Bum"
  Start
- Sevens
  Start
Hand-clapping games: Meeting another
12 Lessons
- Down by the Banks
  Preview
- Boom Snap Clap
  Start
- Tic Tac Toe (including Rock Paper Scissors)
  Start
- ABC Together
  Start
- Miss Mary Mack
  Start
- Mochitsuki (Making Rice Cakes)
  Start
- Mochitsuki (Variation)
  Start
- Mochisuki (in Taiwan - more authentic!)
  Start
- Pease Porridge Hot
  Start
- Long-legged Life
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- Ging Gang Goolie (folk dance)
  Start
- Mail Man Mail Man (progressive / competitive)
  Start
From simple to complex in one classic hand game (many variations)
6 Lessons
- How to Make a Cup of Tea (simple form)
  Preview
- How to Make a Cup of Tea (complex form)
  Preview
- How to Make a Cup of Tea (partner / groups)
  Preview
- How to Make a Cup of Tea (live variations)
  Preview
- The Japanese rhyme where the idea came from (by Tomiko)
  Preview
- Hand games & Cognitive development: Bi-lateral integration and One-to-one correspondence
  Start
Double Double This This Variations (A hand clapping game travels around the world)
3 Lessons
- Double Double This This (basic / how to teach)
  Preview
- Double Double Pair / Quartet variations (Bangladesh School, Muscat, Oman)
  Start
- Double Double Variations (Bothmer Training Programme, Guangzhou, China 2020)
  Start
Clapping games with counting (from simple to complex)
5 Lessons
- 123454321: Introducing the form
  Preview
- Pedagogy
  Start
- Adding melody
  Start
- Adding more vigorous activity
  Start
- Handclapping game variations
  Start
Teaching Juggling
6 Lessons
- Pre-juggling preparatory handling skills - ask Arthur
  Start
- Monkey Juggling
  Start
- One ball (Long short short)
  Start
- Three balls, one person (all progressions)
  Start
- Five balls, two persons (all progressions)
  Start
- Live juggling-prep session with Oliver (7 years)
  Start
Songs with actions
3 Lessons
- Si Si Si, demonstrated by Hannah McCarthy
  Preview
- Humble Yourself, demonstrated by Hannah McCarthy
  Start
- Oh Lovely Spring, demonstrated by Hannah McCarthy
  Start
Live movement sessions
1 Lesson
- Morning Movement session (6-8 year olds, 20 minutes)
  Start
Body percussion for older children
3 Lessons
- Teaching Avlaia's interpretation of Greig
  Preview
- Horsey Galloping
  Start
- 123454321
  Start

HandQ: Pedagogical hand games

Learning in the palm of your hands

Course Summary

Course Curriculum

How to teach Hand Games

What is HandQ?

The philosophy behind HandQ

Finger Games

Circle games: Imitation and Participation

Hand-clapping games: Meeting another

From simple to complex in one classic hand game (many variations)

Double Double This This Variations (A hand clapping game travels around the world)

Clapping games with counting (from simple to complex)

Teaching Juggling

Songs with actions

Live movement sessions

Body percussion for older children

Bothmer Movement

Course Pricing

Bothmer Movement practitioner

Free

Individual

£20

SWSF Registered school rate

£60

Standard school rate

£200