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Start the New Year with dance in your classroom

Kym Articles, Dance Activities January 12, 2023January 12, 2023
Dance in the classroom

The New Year offers a fresh start after a holiday break.  This is an opportunity to get to know your students better and try new things in the classroom that you may not have tried before.  If you haven’t tried

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Best Seasonal Books for Dance Activities

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Dance for Early Childhood October 14, 2022
Seasons Dance

Primary school teachers are always looking for ways to include the natural world as a key part of their teaching.  Using the current Season as a theme or a Big Idea, whether it is to celebrate a holiday or to draw attention to

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A Quick Guide to the Dance Element of Space

Kym Articles, Dance Activities September 28, 2022
Shape in Primary Dance

While all the Dance Elements are interconnected, Space is perhaps the most crucial in its relationship to each of the other elements.  Teaching about Space in Primary school dance lessons can be overwhelming and seem complex. Keeping it simple is

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What are Dynamics in the dance? How we move.

Kym Articles, Dance Activities August 12, 2022August 15, 2022
Dynamics in dance

Dynamics in dance is the interaction between force and time that results in action in the dancer’s body. It is sometimes referred to as one of the Elements of Dance.  It is HOW we move. However, around the world the

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Lesson Openers: 5 Dance ideas to engage your students

Kym Articles, Dance Activities August 1, 2022August 23, 2022
lesson openers for Primary school

Lesson openers are short dance activities to spark interest and build excitement and curiosity for your lesson.  These could be thought of as a dance warm up, however they often provide a mental and physical preparation for learning. They are

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Outdoor and Nature Dance Play for Early Learning

Kym Articles, Dance Activities July 18, 2022
dancing outdoors

  In Early Learning environments we often think about creating outdoor spaces to do visual art.  It’s visually pleasing for the children and means they can make as much mess as they need to.  However, the outdoors is ideal for

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Using dance activities to nurture calm kids

Kym Articles, Dance Activities June 18, 2022
dance activities for calm

Dance by its nature is energizing!  But it can also be a productive way to build the ability for children to self-calm.  Moving from highly excited to calm and relaxed is a skill that will stand children in good stead

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Preschool dance for schools…growing emotional skills

Kym Articles, Dance Activities June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

Early years educators know the importance of social and emotional learning for 3 – 7 year olds.  New Zealand neuroscience educator, Nathan Wallis, believes that how children feel about themselves as learners is more important than learning to read or

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Dance Exit Cards Year5-6

Kym Dance Activities, Year Level 5 & 6 March 17, 2022March 30, 2022
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Getting to Know Your Inner Superhero

Kym Dance Activities, Year Level 3 & 4 February 25, 2022May 18, 2022

This series of dance lesson is designed for your class to get to know each other and themselves by finding their own inner superhero. These activities are important because they start conversations in the classroom. Through creative movement activities, students

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