Getting ready for fall classes. I am reviewing my Ocean plans.
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Get a free copy of part of it by going to:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/ -- search "Ocean Dance"
PLUS: Attention Early Childhood Educators
Elizabeth Luff offers trainings in movement for preschoolers through the PD Registry for Keystone Stars practitioners. For more information call 610-896-6903
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One
day in a co-ed preschool dance class, I asked the children why we dance. (My lesson plan had to do with telling
stories through dance and this question was meant to introduce that concept.) Elizabeth Luff offers trainings in movement for preschoolers through the PD Registry for Keystone Stars practitioners. For more information call 610-896-6903
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Children have a joy of movement that we adults are trained out of. Did you ever hear a child say, “Oh, I can’t
dance. I don’t know how to dance, I have
no rhythm.” They do not say that. Because they know they can dance.
“ ’Cause
it’s fun?” replied Claire.
“Because
we move our muscles!” announced Danny.
“I
like to dance, and do ballerina moves,” agreed Erin.
And they were all off, dancing, spinning,
jumping. Just talking about it wasn’t
enough. They were, truly, irrepressible!
Everyone can dance. Dance
is natural: animals perform mating dances and the first people danced as part
of everyday life to bring rain, to celebrate birth, to mourn. Their daily
movements became ritualized in dance: harvesting moves and hunting moves,
stamping down grass to make a clearing.
But our lives became less dependent on physical chores like hunting
and farming. People know they need to move more so they walk and lift weights and
do the treadmill while watching TV. But
I am talking about moving the way you feel, the way you need to, the way you
want to--to express your humanity – to celebrate community.
Look what happened when Ellen DeGeneres danced on her first talk
show. It became a fixture though it was
not planned that way.
People like and need to dance together.
Enjoy these group dance celebrations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvEyKXa1RRw
(song by Mike Taylor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M15Jj0QNVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU9uRDnbT0M
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