Folk dancing benefits both the mind and the body. It is an excellent form of exercise and social interaction. It also requires cooperation to coordinate movements safely.
Mrs. Moore’s 4th graders enjoyed an Irish Dance to Pete Fire Flame. This dance reinforces clockwise and counterclockwise motion. We also learned how to pivot to change direction.
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Mrs. Shelton’s Kindergarteners enjoyed dancing the Limbo Rock. They learned about locomotor and nonlocomotor movements (traveling vs. stationary).
Folk dancing benefits both the mind and the body. It is an excellent form of exercise and social interaction. It also requires cooperation to coordinate movements safely. 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders enjoyed learning a Russian Folk Dance called the Troika.
Mrs. Newberry’s 1st graders enjoyed performing a dance to Frosty Weather. After dancing, we looked at the notation of the song and learned how melodies can go up, down, or stay the same.
Mrs. Forgey’s 2nd graders enjoyed dancing to “Bow Wow Wow”. I love all the warm embraces when they finally make it back to their original partner at the end. Games like this require directional and spatial awareness from every single dancer. If there was even one single mistake, we would get out of order and never make it back to our partners.
Mrs. Huckabee’s Kindergarten class is practicing lateral spatial awareness while dancing the Patty Cake Polka. Spatial awareness is the ability to understand and interact with the environment around you. Lateral spatial awareness is determining left from right. Developing these skills also improves other areas such as math and visual perception. Of course, I don’t tell the kindergarteners all of this. They think we are just having fun doing a dance. ?
This week, first grade is learning that Bojangles means more than fried chicken! May 25th is National Tap Dance Day to honor Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. We read a book called “Rap a Tap Tap” and learned a few tap dancing steps. Mrs. Newberry’s class is featured in this video.
Mrs. Fightmaster’s 1st graders enjoyed dancing to Pop Goes the Weasel!
1st Grade-Paw Paw Patch
Mrs. Fightmaster’s class enjoyed dancing to a Kentucky folk song-Paw Paw Patch. The paw paw is a native fruit to Kentucky. You can’t find them in the grocery store because the don’t have a long shelf life. Does anyone have access to a paw paw tree?
Mrs. Alison’s 3rd and 4th grade class enjoyed playing Hot Cross Buns on recorder and learning a clapping game to accompany the song.
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