Center for Learning through the Arts & Technology - Kindergarten

Dance lesson to help Kindergarten students associate verbal dialogue with physical movement, also distinguish between reality and fiction.

Review vocabulary: personal space, freeze, axial movement and the concept of safety.

Using musical accompaniment guide students through exploration of axial movement. When the music stops, students freeze. Resume moving and freezing safely in personal space.

Review of vocabulary and body movements.

Students identify and move body parts, identify position (front, back, side to side), and move the body parts in these four directions.

Outline and core concepts for the Kindergarten dance lesson.