Happy Feet

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Happy Feet: Find Your Beat!

The Movie

Set in Antarctica, the movie depicts a colony of Emperor penguins who find their soul mates through song. Two of the Emperor nation inhabitants, fall in love and a baby penguin named Mumble (Elijah Wood) is born to them. Despite his inability to sing, Mumble has a unique ability – he can tap dance!  His dancing makes him an outsider among his Emperor peers, but Mumble makes friends in a neighboring Adelie penguin community.  Full synopsis here.

The Curriculum

The Happy Feet: Find Your Beat! activity guide includes interactive group, individual, and partner activities for children ages 6 -10.  

Themes in this guide include:

• Music and dance as forms of communication and expression
• Feeling out of place and trying to "fit in"
• Being happy with who you are
• Learning about and protecting Antarctic animals

Please ensure the site where youth view the movie has a license to screen it.