Think about the reading and the activities we did in class, as well as your own experience with dance in elementary school. Think about how this approach to childrens' creative dance might be different than studio dance (jazz, ballet, hip hop, etc.) or social dance - why do you think children's dance specialists might focus more on childrens' creative dance for education? How do you think you might use dance in your own teaching?
I actually have been sick this past week so I was only in class for about 20 minutes, but I definatley feel dance is a very good thing to incorporate into your classroom. Why? Because Dance is a form of exercise and exercise is essential for our brains to learn. Dance is also a great way to get students engaged or use as your hook to get them focused. I also feel warm-ups or sometimes called morning movements are awesome, just to get the brain going and alert. In my preschool class we do morning movements and the kids love it. It gets alot of their wiggles out and it gets them focused and ready for learning. I also liked how in our class this past week when we were done reflecting you turned on some fast upbeat music to get us all dancing. I think elementary kids would love that!!
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