Children love to observe, explore, learn, and create. Elementary
Dance Education helps them do all four. And it does so in a unique
way, shaping its movement activities around nature themes. In fact,
all of the learning experiences are based on different aspects of
nature, as the text intertwines children's innate curiosity and
observation skills with the processes of scientific inquiry and
artistic creation. Elementary Dance Education helps teachers
develop the instructional skills they need to incorporate dance
into their curricula, providing over 70 movement activities and
exercises for students in grades K-6. The activities, which
stimulate children's minds and bodies through the process of
collaborative dance creation, include variations for younger and
older students. Ideas are offered for partner or small-group
explorations, making the activities more inclusive and appropriate
for each age group. Another unique feature of this book is the
original music accompanying it. Teachers have access to 90 minutes
of dynamic sounds, rhythmic percussion, captivating
electro-acoustic compositions, and gentle atmospheric selections,
delivered through HKPropel, to accompany the learning experiences.
The compositions support students' movement explorations, conveying
a range of images and emotions and inspiring a variety of
responses. In addition, Elementary Dance Education offers the
following: Discussion questions for each exercise, prompting
in-class discussion and student exploration; the questions come
with sample answers or ideas to encourage student responses and
spur a fruitful discussion 75 photos and several diagrams to
illustrate positions and poses and stimulate ideas for the movement
exercises Journal prompts, tailored for older and younger children,
to give students the opportunity to respond and reflect on the
learning experiences Video links (provided in HKPropel) to help
illustrate concepts and exercises, offer examples, or encourage
students to watch for something specific in an activity The book's
first chapter introduces the basic elements of dance; the remaining
seven chapters offer movement exercises in various areas of nature:
plants, animals, water, earth, sky, people, and other wonders. This
book is a rich and easy-to-implement resource not only for
elementary dance educators and physical educators but for classroom
teachers as well. The exercises in this book use a template for
movement discovery in which students will observe, explore, create,
and share. This template "can be applied to all areas of the
curriculum," says author Janice Pomer. "It's an invaluable tool for
student engagement, satisfying children's capacity to watch,
wonder, move, interact, discover, and share." Elementary Dance
Education will promote children's creativity and curiosity, engage
and challenge their minds and bodies, and help them learn to
appreciate and support each other as they work together exploring,
creating, and sharing their ideas and insights about the natural
world through dance. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is
included with all new print books.
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