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Planning Creative Dance Lessons for Primary School

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Lesson Planning October 25, 2021March 4, 2022
creative dance lesson plans

Creative dance in your primary/elementary classroom has probably already been student centred in approach.  However, in these times of great upheaval in education as a result of the pandemic, shifting the agency for learning towards the student has never been

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Dance Teaching Ideas for Reading Comprehension

Kym Articles, Integrating Dance, Lesson Planning September 27, 2021March 4, 2022
dance and literacy

Does dance improve reading and build on an enthusiasm for reading?  This does seem like a strange connection but many of the skills of dance and reading are similar. There are many linguistic connections to dance.  The creative processes for

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Why Dance should be central to the Primary Curriculum

Kym Articles, Dance Resources, Lesson Planning July 30, 2021March 4, 2022
dance at school

Dance teachers have long acknowledged the power of dance to develop physical skills, promote creativity and develop children’s ideas about their place in the world.  Learning through the body is intuitively part of how children play, as they jump, climb,

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Checking for understanding in dance class

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Lesson Planning July 20, 2021March 4, 2022
formative assessment in dance class

Feedback about what children understand is central to teaching in the Primary dance classroom.  In this article we explore why it is important and simple and practical ways of finding how children are experiencing the content of your dance lessons.

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Teaching Dance at School in the Outdoors

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Lesson Planning June 7, 2021March 4, 2022
dancing outdoors

Whether you’re a dance teacher, a classroom teacher teaching dance or a home schooling parent there are often circumstances that require you to teach outdoors.  This may be a welcome change to the four walls of the classroom or learning

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Observing dance: reflecting in Primary education

Kym Articles, Dance Resources, Lesson Planning May 28, 2021March 4, 2022
dance appreciation

Observation of dance needs to be carefully planned to have the best learning outcomes for children. Taking a few simple steps to structure a dance observation activity, can support the development of many important reflective skills. Having a list of

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Using Improvisation in Primary dance education

Kym Articles, Lesson Planning May 20, 2021March 4, 2022
Creative Dance

Dance improvisation is creating movement without preparation. This spontaneous movement is an important part of using dance in the Primary classroom. The use of improvisation in dance is common practice. It is used in almost all genres of dance including

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5 Powerful ways to create Dance lesson plans

Kym Articles, Dance Activities, Lesson Planning May 6, 2021March 4, 2022
dance lesson planning

One of the hardest things about teaching the Arts in Primary schools is balancing the ‘tried and true’ lesson plans with exploring something risky and new.  As most teachers will attest to, the first time you do a lesson with

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Primary dance activities for lifelong learners

Kym Articles, Dance Resources, Lesson Planning February 22, 2021March 4, 2022
dance activities

In today’s ever changing world, teachers and students need to be able to adapt and change how they give and receive learning.  The pandemic has shown us more than ever before that dance teachers in Primary schools are able to

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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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