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Safe Dance Practice: setting up a classroom that supports creativity

Kym Dance Resources January 19, 2021
Safe Dance Practice

The dance classroom is an incubator of creative thinking and artistic action taking.  At it’s best, it nurtures students creatively and supports students’ personal energetic engagement in asking questions and finding answers to them. Safe dance practice is crucial to

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A new perspective on dance lesson planning

Kym Dance Resources January 12, 2021
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Recently I was listening to an interview with Jane Horwood, occupational therapist, and author of Sensory Circuits, about assisting children with sensory processing in early stages of learning through physical activities.  She observed that teachers are great at picking up

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Creating dance activities to help children listen

Kym Dance Activities January 8, 2021January 10, 2021
Creating Dance Activities

Imagine a classroom where all the children are smiling and actively engaged, curious and alert.  The teacher is smiling and there is a sense of energy throughout the classroom that is infectious.  No one is frazzled. While no classroom is

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Choreography in Primary School Dance

Kym Dance Resources December 9, 2020January 10, 2021
Choreography in the Primary Dance Classroom

  Choreographing, creating, making, or composing is a key component of dance in most interpretations of dance in Primary schools around the world.  Children making their own dances, individually, in pairs or in groups is central to them understanding about

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Christmas dance activities for children

Kym Dance Activities November 19, 2020November 19, 2020
Christmas Dance

Planning for Christmas activities in your classroom need not involve buying or preparing lots of new resources.  Children’s bodies are a wonderful resource of their own and Christmas dance activities capture the joyful nature of the season. Christmas dance activities

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Dance Games for Upper Primary

Kym Dance Activities November 16, 2020
dance games

Previously on DTI we have suggested some dance games for young children in the classroom and as a part of the orientation phase of a dance lesson.  This article suggests some dance games for older Primary students.  These games may

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Bringing Indigenous Dance into the Primary Classroom

Kym Dance Resources November 12, 2020
Indigenous dance in Primary Schools

This week is NAIDOC Week 2020 around Australia where Primary teachers have an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.  Our Arts community celebrates their contribution to our sector

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Primary Dance Education in Australia

Kym Dance Resources November 10, 2020November 11, 2020
Primary Dance Education

Last week I was fortunate to be able to spend some time talking to Sue Fox who has recently been nominated for an Australian Dance Award for her contributions to Dance Education.  As one of the lead writers of the

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6 Simple ideas for toddler Thanksgiving movement songs

Kym Dance for Early Childhood November 5, 2020
thanksgiving movement song for toddlers

This is the time for celebrating Thanksgiving in your toddler classroom or maybe your teaching about Thanksgiving as a celebration from another country.  Dance and song are joyous ways to teach your toddlers about being grateful and how people around

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Bite-sized dance activities that teach friendship skills

Kym Dance for Early Childhood November 2, 2020
Friendship dance activity

I was recently reminded by some Early childhood teachers about the importance of younger children learning about being a good friend.  Using the appropriate tone of voice, facial expressions and the right words are all important parts of both socialization

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