“Happy” is just one of those songs that you can’t help but like when you hear it. Even after you hear it on the radio 5000 times, the 5001st time you still like it. That’s why, when the kids in my after school program asked me to choreograph it for their last class of the year, I said sure!
As usual, I like to keep my kids routines pretty straight forward, and the kids in my group are mostly in the grade 4-5 age range (with a few older and a few younger).
One thing to note before we get to the routine is that I added a little bit of a partner clapping game into the song, so if doing this with your kid(s) you’ll need to make sure everyone has a partner before doing the song. I’d also suggest practising your clapping beforehand too. It’s pretty straight forward and you’ll easily see in the video that it is:
- 2 claps on your legs
- 2 claps
- diagonal clap with your partner
- clap
- diagonal clap with your partner
- clap
- repeat
Do kids still do clapping games? I’m just going to assume they do because it makes me feel old to think that they don’t.
Anyway, that aside the only other thing is I’ve added some directional changes during the chorus just to keep thing more interesting. And as you can tell in the video I do it a few different ways so you can take what works best for you. Enjoy!