Page 55 - Term Three pre-school dance plans - nursery parent copy

To act out being a peeling banana and to pretend to chop, mash, stir and eat bananas
Dance aims
Control & Strength and Fitness
To improve control, fitness and leg strength through jumping
Creativity
To be expressive and ‘go bananas’
Motor Skills
To practise gross motor skills in upper body and the locomotor skill of jumping
Musicality
To move in time with the pulse
8. Working with Props: ‘Shake it Off’ by Taylor Swift
EDUCATIONAL aims
PD (HSC) & PD (MH)
To encourage children to be active by discussing exercise as a way to stay healthy and to improve fitness through performing a high energy activity
CL (LA)
To develop listening and attention through the use of props (egg shakers) and through playing a game that includes listening for a signal
CL (U)
To understand that a pause in the music indicates they must freeze
PD (MH) & M (SSM)
To negotiate the space while moving around the room by adjusting speed and direction to avoid obstacles (including other children)
PD (MH)
To play a game which involves moving and stopping, to practise fine motor and manipulative skills through gripping onto and shaking an egg shaker and to practise the locomotor skill of running
EAD (MM)
To create a sound through shaking
Dance aims
Balance & Control
To improve balance and control through playing a game that includes stopping and moving
Motor Skills
To improve fine motor skills through gripping onto an egg shaker, manipulative skills through shaking it and locomotor skills through running around the room
Spatial Awareness
To negotiate the space while moving around the room by adjusting speed and direction to avoid obstacles (including other children)
Strength and Fitness
To improve cardio fitness through performing a high energy activity
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