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Center for Learning through the Arts

a research center of the University of California, Irvine

  • Literacy through the Arts
  • Kindergarten
    • Theatre – Kindergarten
    • Dance – Kindergarten
    • Literacy Integration – Kindergarten
  • First Grade
    • Theatre – Grade 1
    • Dance – Grade 1
    • Literacy Integration-Grade 1
  • Second Grade
    • Theatre – Grade 2
    • Dance – Grade 2
    • Literacy Integration-Grade 2
  • K-2 Puppetry

Dance – Grade 2

  • Lesson 1.  Pathway: Creating a Pathway Dance with Initials
  • Lesson 2.  Space: Pathway and Choreography
  • Lesson 3.  Time: Beat and Tempo
  • Lesson 4.  Spatial Relationships: Making a Connection
  • Lesson 5.  Time: Beat and Rhythm
  • Lesson 6.  Folk/Traditional Dance: Circle Dance and Structure
  • Lesson 7.  Folk/Traditional Dance: Creating an Original Circle Dance
  • Lesson 8.  Folk/Traditional Dance: Contra Dance and Structure this lesson is combined with lesson 9 – click below
  • Lesson 9.  Folk/Traditional Dance: Completing a Folk Dance

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