Excerpt — Teaching Children Dance-3rd Edition
Applying 21st-Century Skills to Teaching Dance
The best news about the educational buzz surrounding the 21st-century skills is that creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, self-direction, problem solving, and global awareness are taking center stage in education.
Creating an Inclusive Environment
This simple facial gesture is significant to any child and especially important to a child with disabilities. The smile also indicates to anyone else in the space, student or adult, that you are caring and willing to make the learning experience meaningful for all.
Assessment instruments help prepare your lessons
Gathering assessment information before a lesson or unit is useful in ascertaining students’ current skill level, knowledge, experience, or interest.
Teach movement and still shapes in a game of freeze dance
This dance uses locomotor movements or wheelchair movement and still shapes.
Inspire imagination and creative movement with the frog dance
Today, we are going to do a dance about the day in the life of a frog.