Warm Up and Dance
Every episode of Boohbah begins with the Boohbahs doing a 'Warm Up'. In the Warm Up, the Boohbahs do a single movement, which has been carefully developed to help young children develop coordination, balance, and build motor skills by using their whole body.

After the visit to “Storyworld,” the Boohbahs do a “dance”. The dance combines several movements and more complex choreography. It provides a model for using movement to help children learn about mathematical concepts like patterns, directions, and numbers.

Following the Boohbah Dance is 'Look What I Can Do!'. In this segment, real children stand on the magic spiral to show off movements that they have created.

Directions
You and your child can move along with the Boohbahs as they do their warm up or “dance”. Or you might try some of the things that the children demonstrate in the “Look What I Can Do!” segment.

In addition to copying what you see on screen, encourage your child to use their body to explore. For example, spin like the Boohbahs spin. How does it feel? Spin with a ribbon in your hand. How does the ribbon move behind you? Attach the ribbon to a wand. Now how can you make it move?

You might also encourage your child to try one of the "Look What I Can Do!" movements. Invite her to do something that changes the movement just a little to make it her own (e.g., add a twist or a hop or a special hand movement). Or, let your child choreograph her own Boohbah dance.

Talk About It
In addition to helping with coordination, balance, and general health, movements can help children learn spatial concepts. By naming specific actions, you can help your child learn:
right / left
clockwise / counterclockwise
forwards / backwards / sideways
near / far / next to
horizontal / vertical / diagonal (as in, stand in a diagonal line)
large / medium / small
first / second / third, etc.
first / middle / last
Naming as you go can also help your child learn body parts (e.g., put your right foot forward and swing your left arm back). You also might teach the body part names in both English and another language, especially if the family’s language of origin is not English.