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In this lesson, students enact through dance their interpretation of individual words spoken out loud. Learning Objectives/Goals Isolating different body parts, experience different energies in Movement, develop ability to...
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In this lesson designed for kindergarteners, students experience the alphabet through movement. Learning Objectives/Goals Experience the Alphabet in movement, working alone and with a partner, locomotor words (actions),...
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This creative movement lesson using syllables is a great ice breaker for the beginning of the year or semester, a time when students are getting to know one another and the teacher is getting to know students’ names as...
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This lesson plan uses creative movement to introduce students to different types of clouds and different types of precipitation. Learning Objectives/Goals Using verbs, adjectives and adverbs students will define the 4...
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In this lesson plan for elementary grade levels 1-3 students learn about weather energy patterns through body movement. Learning Objectives/Goals Experience different energies in movement, isolations of the body,...
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Fractions, Rhythm and Movement
Students will use rhythm to explore different fractions with movement and within the space. Learning Objectives/Goals The understanding of a whole note, half note, quarter note and eighth note as they relate to movement,...
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This Lesson Plan came from the work the company did with choreographer Kaley Pruitt on a work called HOLD. It is based on the idea of abstracting different words and their meaning into movement. The dancers went through...
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In this lesson explore the structure of an essay through movement. Students will develop their own movement theme, create introduction and conclusion paragraphs, as well as form the body of their essay. This lesson...
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Over, Under, Around and Through - Prepositions and Geometry in Movement
In this lesson designed for elementary grades 4-6, students explore shapes and positive and negative space through movement. Learning Objectives/Goals Use of Prepositions and movement (over, under, around, through, in,...
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In this lesson plan designed for fourth graders, students learn about parts of a sentence through movement exercises. Introduction Class expectations (Good listening, following directions, be creative, be active), Space...
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Students will explore the concepts of positive and negative space in the moving space and what that means in the body. Learning Objectives/Goals Establishing positive and a negative space, what these look like in space and...
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Students will abstract everyday gestures to tell a story and create a movement sequence. Learning Objectives/Goals Isolating different body parts, exploring ways you can abstract movement, Creating a movement sequence...