Are you looking for ways to celebrate Book Week in your Primary classroom? Have you ever thought about using dance to explore your student’s celebration of literacy. As a young mother I was particularly enthusiastic about creating costumes for my
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It is important for children to be conscious of the natural world that surrounds them. The more they aware of their environment the more likely they will be to look after it. These dance activities are designed to be used
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Thanksgiving is great time to be grateful for the natural world around us. In this way it is in keeping with native American traditional celebrations that took place at the harvest time before winter. However, some of the dance activities
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Celebrating Christmas with young children is a wonderful way to learn about being a good friend. Gift giving comes second to being generous in spirit. Jack Johnson version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is a lovely way for children
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These Halloween Dance activities are based around the history of Halloween. It encourages children to research the history of different celebrations and explore their own family traditions around Halloween.
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In this lesson the children create a dance that represents the sentiments of the International Day address. The lesson is based on two examples of the Address, from 2004 and 2003, that are representative of the sentiments for the dancers,
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This dance lesson is a series of activities for students in the early years. They explore several of the Dance Elements that are common to Dance and PE curriculums from K-2.
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Mia Hollingworth has created a delightfully festive Christmas dance project that can be done in any Primary classroom. It combines Dance and Drama in a range of fun activities that will dance you towards that well earned holiday break. There
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Are you thinking about teaching a dance for the end of year Christmas performance? In this article you will learn how to structure a practical student choreography and discover how easy and rewarding this can be. Dance is a
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The 19th of October is World Ballet Day, a day when ballet companies, dancers and ballet maniacs will celebrate the joy of Ballet. In this article I suggest some ideas for how to celebrate in your school or at home
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