Just+Say+No+to+the+Clap

**During my presentions, whether they be to professionals or future professionals (aka students), I don't like to just clap to celebrate learning. I much prefer to jazz it up and make it a real celebration above and beyond the usual. Also, as a science teacher, other things often come to mind when I think of the CLAP (don't go there, that's my problem for sure). There are many presenters out there that share similar if not exact samples of other ways to celebrate, but most of the time, I have never seen them present before and I have used the method for years so who invented who and can you copyright a hand gesture anyway? Dinah Zyke has always said how hard it would be to copyright a fold for example. So here in this location of my wikipage, I hope to share a list and explanation if not a small clip of other ways to celebrate learning. I would also hope that if any of you have others, we could compile them here to spread the joy around!** “Arrrr, Arrrr, Arrr” || Bow Wow ||
 * ** Celebrations ** || ** Explanation ** ||
 * Round of Applause || Students clap hands quietly while moving them around in a circle. ||
 * Deaf Clap || Students cup both hands with fingers together and rotate forearms (looks kind of like a beauty queen waves only with both hands). ||
 * Silent Spirit || Hold hands straight up in the air, palms forward and wiggle fingers like crazy. What cheerleaders do when they can’t make noise. ||
 * Sitting Ovation || While seated make an “O” around your head with your arms while chanting “OOOOOH” in your favorite tone. ||
 * He Man || Bend over slightly like a wrestler might, arms with fists up at your sides. Thrust elbows back with a mighty “HuH” roar. ||
 * Firecracker || Place hands in “praying” position. Then wiggle the pair up, clap, and spray by pulling hands apart while they fly away to the side with fingers wiggling. ||
 * Ketchup Clap || Hold left hand in position as if you are holding a bottle of ketchup and clap on it with your other hand as if you are trying to get the ketchup out of the bottle. ||
 * Seal of Approval || Hold hands out straight in front of you back of hands together. With arms kept straight, clap several times “barking” like a seal.
 * Oreo Clap || Pretend to lick one palm, then the other and smack them together. ||
 * Hamburger Well Done || Make the patty by patting hands back and forth. Next, put patty on the grill by sizzling hand across in front of you of course making a hissing sound. Look at palm (patty) to check if it’s done…not yet…back on grill for another sizzling motion/sound. Check again by looking at palm (patty) but this time it’s Well Done! Motioned with a thumbs up pulled back with a thrust at the elbow. ||
 * La Cucaracha || Hold left hand out in front of you, palm up. With your Right hand, crawl from the left elbow out to palm with the first two fingers (like a bug running up the arm). Then smack the bug dead by clapping the palms together. ||

Stand and bend over in a bow with arms on either side of body front/back. On the way up say “Wow”, enthusiastically. || forehead. || shoulder and then remove finger shaking it as if it were burned of course “hissing” for effect. || __ Guillen Grizzlies Guillen Grizzlies __ When I say __Blue__ you say __White__ __Blue White Blue White__ When I say __Number__ You say __one__ __Number One Number One__ __Guillen Grizzlies Blue White Number One!__ || impersonation and say “Thank you, thank you very much”. ||
 * Microwave || Make a fist and extend pinkie finger to wave. ||
 * Clap and a Half || Clap once normally and then hit with the side of your right hand. ||
 * Kiss Your Brain || Kiss your palm and then slap that kiss on your
 * Thumbs Up || Show Don’t Say by indicating agreement with a thumbs up, or disagreement with a thumbs down, indecisiveness can fluctuate between the two. ||
 * High Five || Simply turn to someone and slap palms with them. ||
 * Cowboy || Spin fist above head as if you are twirling a lasso and shout “YeeHa!” (a Texas favorite) ||
 * Wave || Point to one area of the class and run across the audience who respond by throwing their hands up into the air when they are pointed to. ||
 * Sizzlin’ Hot || Touch or pretend to touch the person on the
 * Talk to the Hand || With flair, put hand up in the face of someone you wish to turn off and look away. ||
 * Snaps || Like the title, snap your fingers instead of clapping. ||
 * School Chant || Leader says for example “When I say __ Guillen__ you say __Grizzlies__
 * Sprinkler || Put hands together palm sides out in front with straight arms. Pretend to pulse from left to right saying “ ch ch ch ch ch” Then hurry back from right to left clapping hands with heels of palms still together. ||
 * OQueso || Make the ok gesture by touching forefinger to thumb with the rest of the fingers in the air and say “OK Sooooo?” ||
 * Knee Slapper || Smack your knee to clap instead of your hand. ||
 * Unclap || Pretend to clap but miss ||
 * BRRRRilliant || Hold yourself tightly with your arms crossed and hanging on to upper arms while shivering and say “Brrrrrrrilliant!” ||
 * Watermelon || Pretend to eat across a piece of watermelon the come back pretending to spit out the seeds ||
 * Genie-us || Put right hand on left upper arm then left hand on right upper arm to cross arms then nod down and back up like a genie and say “genie – us” ||
 * SuperStar || Snap low left then snap high right and say “superstar” ||
 * Clam Clap || Clap keeping heels of palms together ||
 * Once Over Clap || Regular clap, overhead clap, regular clap ||
 * Reel Applause || Throw it out there and reel it back in ||
 * Coyote Call || Howl like a dog at the moon….AOOOOOOW ||
 * Cow Cheer || Say “You Mooooooooved Me” ||
 * Tony Tiger || Say “You’re Grrrrrrreat!” ||
 * Relay Clap || Like passing a high five in a row. ||
 * Partner Clap || Clap both hands against a partners. ||
 * Politician || A simple pat on the back. ||
 * Mosquito || Smack face, then neck, then shoulder ||
 * Hand and foot || Smack hand then foot then hand then foot ||
 * Horse laugh || Hands together palm side as if praying…Swing at wrist to the front and back and make the SSSSSSSS sound ||
 * Homerun || Cluck to make the hit sound then say “Going, going, going GONE!” ||
 * Bikini || Clap with forefingers only as there is nothing to it ||
 * Cactus || Say “Yucca, Yucca, Yucca” ||
 * 2.5 okays || Say “O K O K O” ||
 * Saaaaafe! || Spread arms from center to the sides in a semi crouched position and shout “Saaaafe!” ||
 * Walking WOW || Place the finger gesture for the number 3 to each side of an open mouth (forming the O) and move hands slightly up and down as if they are walking while wavering the word WoW! ||
 * Elvis || Strum your air guitar and in your very best
 * Raise the Roof || Hands up with palms skyward, and push up like you’re raising the roof (bend elbows up and down). ||
 * Fan-tastic || Fan yourself vehemently saying “Faaaaaantastic” ||
 * Fantastic Fantastic Fantastic Spray || Pretend to spray cleaner from spray bottle into the air 3x then wipe with a cloth x3 saying “fantastic, fantastic, fantastic” ||
 * Cheese Grate || Spread fingers on one hand to be the cheese grater and the other fist is the cheese. Grate the cheese saying “great, great, great” ||
 * Cool Eyes || Form a C with your right hand and an L with your left (thumb to left in position) . Put your eyes in between to form the O’s in COOL and say “ That’s COOL!” ||
 * You’re Outstanding || Stand up and say while motioning like a baseball umpire “You’re Out –standing” ||
 * Spidie Clap || Fingers spread, clap against other hand with fingers spread ||

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