Try it also with children kneeling and sitting, in an effort to determine if the positions and levels make a difference, giving all students a chance to be both inside and outside the band. Circle Design Ask the children to form a circle inside the Co-Oper Band and lightly join hands. They then place one foot inside the circle and one to the back in order to plant themselves firmly in place. For example, the circle might go from the middle level to a low level. Or every other child could move to a low level.
Some children can add twisting while others can reach.
Stress that the point of the activity is to see how many designs are possible given the restrictions imposed - not to attempt to throw one another off balance. Once your students have experimented successfully with this, challenge each of them to free one foot and to see how that changes the possible designs. Facing towards the center all children move towards the center while making a sound. Gradually increase or decrease the sound level. Agree on a specific kind of sound.