Page 21 - Dance term four lesson plans - preschool parent copy

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Body Awareness
To observe the choreography shown by the teacher and recreate it with own body
Control
To practise control through jumping
Coordination
To improve coordination by joining in with the complex choreography including mashing, side chopping hands (both activities where hands move in opposing directions) and twisting
Creativity
To pretend to be different kinds of montsers
Motor Skills
To practise several gross motor skills including tapping knees, hammering, mashing, chopping, turning, stretching and twisting and the locomotor skill of crawling
Musicality
To dance in time with the music
Spatial Awareness
To negotiate the space while traveling around the room like monsters by adjusting speed and direction to avoid obstacles (including other children)
Strength and Fitness
To improve cardiovascular fitness through performing a high energy dance
Action Song: ‘At the Haunted House’ (tune of ‘Wheels on the Bus’, traditional)
All of the witches go, “ha ha ha Ha ha ha, ha ha ha.”
All of the witches go, “ha ha ha.” At the haunted house
All of the ghosts go, “woo woo woo”...
All of the zombies go, “we want brains, we want brains, we want brains!”... All of the giants go, “stomp stomp stomp”...
All of the fairies go, “ssh ssh ssh”...
All of the frogs go, “jump jump jump”...
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
PD (MH)
To develop coordination and control through moving the body in several different ways (including stirring, wiggling arms and stamping) and to develop the locomotor skill of jumping
EAD (MM)
To move rhythmically
EAD (BI)
To pretend to be monsters, witches, ghosts, giants, fairies and frogs
Dance Aims
Control
To develop control through jumping