Creative Dance Approach

Theme: the beach


Demographic: kindergarten


Exercises:


Get to know each other: each student goes one by one introducing themselves and doing a dance move that the rest of the class has to follow

Put them in groups: improvisation in groups, then split into partners, then as a class --> implement themes of beach as a class

Ball toss that explores different levels: jumping, standing, bending down, kneeling, sitting, laying down

Pass the beach ball to each other!

Students sit back to back and pass ball to each other side to side

Beach animals:

Crab

Dolphin

Fish

Seagull

Mermaid

Be the shell

Ships and Sailors: (1 round)

Different commands that the teacher will say to make class fun but have children do improvisation

Examples:

Captain's coming

Hit the deck

Lover's cradle

Titanic

Cool down:

BE THE WAVE. embody the wind, feel the water flowing, move like the currents

 

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