The Creative Skills Podcast: Series 1

Series 1, Bonus Episode: Exploring “Mixed Up” at Home

We released a bonus mini episode about exploring some of the ideas from “Mixed Up” at home with your wee ones!

Wee Inspirations

Wee Inspirations are are ideas you can send to the families you work with, or use in your setting. If you want to access all the Wee Inspiration idea cards, head to the main Wee Inspirations webpage.

  • Mixed Up Air Drawing

    Watch the film and talk about the graphics that appear, creating abstract shapes. Now use your finger to trace around the shapes you see.

  • Mixed Up Body Percussion

    Watch Bigg Taj in the film and see if you can learn his body percussion together. If you make a mistake, growth mindset phrases like "I love how hard you're working!" help build resilience.

  • Mixed Up Mirrors

    Take turns being each other's mirror - one person creates some of the dance moves or body percussion from the film, the other person copies them as closely as possible.

  • Gabriele Bruzzese and Ursula Manandhar dancing in Mixed Up

    Mixed Up Musical Statues

    Once you've watched the film, go outside and play musical statues as a way to start exploring the different moves you saw in the film. Use the Mixed Up music if you can!

  • Mixed Up Shadows

    In the film, we see lines drawn around people's bodies and added lines, squiggles and other shapes. Use chalk to draw around bodies lying down, or around shadows, to make your own.