Kindergarten Dance – 5

Moving and Exploring: The Element of Time

Lesson 5: Moving and Exploring

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Overview:

  • Students will demonstrate movement varying in time: fast, slow and freeze.

5A. Warm up Routine:

Kindergarten Dance Lesson #5: Warm up Routine

5B. Warm-up Review: The class reviews the terms axial, locomotor, level, and size.

Kindergarten Dance Lesson #5: Warm-up Review

5C. Model Discuss: The class goes over how time and tempo are explored in the story “The Tortoise and the Hare.”

Kindergarten Dance Lesson #5: Model Using Space

5D. Model and Explore: Students volunteer examples of fast/slow animals and listen to music that is fast/slow.

Kindergarten Dance Lesson #5: Model and Explore

5E. Guided Practice Time: The students produce slow/fast movements.

Kindergarten Dance Lesson #5: Guided Practice Time

5F. Guided Practice Freeze Dance and Cool Down:

Kindergarten Dance Lesson #5: Guided Practice Freeze Dance and Cool Down

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