Page 27 - Dance term four lesson plans - preschool parent copy

UW (TW)
To learn about caterpillars and how they turn into butterflies
EAD (BI)
To pretend fingers and hands are caterpillars and butterflies
Dance aims
Fine Motor Skills & Creativity
To develop fine motor skills through using fingers and hands to create caterpillars and butterflies
Spatial Awareness To make a circle
5. Fine motor skills: ‘I’m a Hungry Caterpillar’ by Unknown
I'm a hungry caterpillar walking slowly, Looking for something,
To fill my tummy.
When I go to sleep,
I build a little cocoon,
Pop! I'll be a butterfly soon.
EDUCATIONAL aims
PD (MH)
To develop finger dexterity and upper body coordination and control through joining in with the actions
CL (LA) & (S)
To develop listening, attention and speech through rhyme
CL (U)
To understand the meaning of words through actions
L (R)
To develop an awareness of rhyme
UW (TW)
To learn about caterpillars and how they make and sleep in cocoons before turning into butterflies
Dance aims
Body Awareness & Creativity
To isolate and wiggle pointer fingers, pretending they are caterpillars
Motor Skills
To improve fine motor skills and gross motor skills through joining in with the actions
Musicality
To perform a new action for each line and to clap in time with the word “pop”
6. Choreographed dance: ‘Caterpillar Conga’ by Tim Russ & Jedda Roskilly EDUCATIONAL aims
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