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Dance education for sustainability

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Integrating Dance, Lesson Planning February 15, 2021March 4, 2022
Dance and sustainability education

Dance has the potential to provide support for teaching sustainability as a cross curriculum priority.  It offers thought-provoking ways for children to learn about ecological and human systems and creative ways to question their views about the natural world and

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Integrating Dance in the classroom

Kym Articles, Dance Resources, Integrating Dance February 8, 2021March 4, 2022
integrating dance

Connecting dance with other learning areas is a time saving way of creating diverse and dynamic learning experiences that link a multifaceted curriculum. It is a way of clarifying student’s ideas about how they see their place in a complex

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Bringing Indigenous Dance into the Primary Classroom

Kym Articles, Dance Resources, Integrating Dance November 12, 2020March 4, 2022
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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Bite-sized dance activities that teach friendship skills

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Dance for Early Childhood, Integrating Dance November 2, 2020May 19, 2022
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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School dance ideas – dancing science

Kym Articles, Dance Resources, Integrating Dance October 22, 2020March 4, 2022
school dance ideas

Dance in the classroom is all about children having opportunities for exploration and discovery.  As we do in science experiments, in dance children create a hypothesis about how they will use the elements of dance, they experiment through improvisation, draw

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Dance and Maths: Angles

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Integrating Dance August 13, 2020March 4, 2022
Dance and Maths

  Understanding angles is essential to learning about how things are formed in our environment.  Anywhere two lines join to form a point is an angle. They help us to build, to tell time, how to measure the distances between

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Best dance activities for any age group

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Games and Icebreakers, Integrating Dance March 12, 2020March 4, 2022Dance activity ideas
dance education fun

These dance education activities are great for almost any Primary classroom.  The best thing about them is that not only are they fun to do but they all have positive literacy outcomes as well.  It’s WIN WIN in a busy

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How to use Dance to teach Australian Curriculum History

Kym Articles, Dance Resources, Integrating Dance January 14, 2020March 4, 2022Teaching dance

By Dr Heather Blasdale-Clarke, Australian Dance Historian, www.colonialdance.com.au As the new school year begins, time poor teachers around Australia are trying to develop new and engaging lessons for their students.  Covering all elements of Australian Curriculum can be time consuming!

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How can I use a mind map to plan dance choreography?

Kym Articles, Dance Resources, Integrating Dance, Lesson Planning November 28, 2019March 4, 2022Ideas for dance lesson plans

As we know a mind map is a pictorial method of brainstorming and planning. It can be as creative and individual as dance itself and can be done individually, in groups or as a whole class. Choreography is complex problem

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