Page 8 - Term 2 dance plans- preschool parent copy

Musicality
To dance in time with the music
Spatial Awareness
To negotiate the space while running on tippy toes and floating like autumn leaves around the room by adjusting speed and direction to avoid obstacles (including other children)
Strength and Fitness
To improve cardiovascular fitness through performing a high energy activity and to develop strength in legs by running on tippy toes and by crouching down low then jumping up high
7. Action song: ‘Autumn Time is Coming’ (tune of ‘Frère Jacques’, traditional)
Red leaves falling, red leaves falling, (twinkle fingers high in the air and slowly bring them down to the
ground)
On the ground, on the ground. (pat alternating hands on the ground) Autumn-time is coming, autumn-time is coming, (clap hands)
All around, all around. (roly poly)
EDUCATIONAL aims
PSED (MR) & (F/B) & CL (LA)
To listen to other children choose a colour to sing about
PSED (SC/SA) & CL (S)
To choose a colour and express choice to the group
M (SSM), L (R) & CL (LA) & (S)
To pre-empt and join in with the lyrics which follow a repetitive structure/pattern
CL (LA) & (S)
To develop listening, attention and speech through singing
L (W)
To develop vocabulary and grammar by changing lyrics and using present tense
PD (MH)
To develop finger dexterity and upper body coordination and control through doing the actions (twinkling fingers, hitting the floor with alternating hands, clapping and roly poly)
UW (TW)
To remember which colours the leaves will turn to in autumn
EAD (MM)
To clap a regular beat
EAD (BI)
To pretend hands are autumn leaves
Dance aims
Coordination
To develop upper body coordination through joining in with the several actions including twinkling fingers, hitting the floor with alternate hands, clapping and roly poly
Motor Skills
To develop finger dexterity through twinkling fingers and to practise gross motor skills of the upper body through moving arms from up high to floor, hitting the floor, clapping and roly poly
Musicality
To do the actions in in time with the pulse and to change actions for each new section of the song
8. Working with Props: ‘The Four Seasons, Autumn Movement One’ by Vivaldi EDUCATIONAL aims
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