Page 44 - Dance term four lesson plans - preschool parent copy

Strength & Fitness
To develop strength in legs through hopping, jumping and through walking down low with knees bent and up high on tippy toes and to improve cardiovascular fitness through performing a high energy activity
4. Introduce the theme: ‘Let’s Make a Circle’ by Anne Porter
EDUCATIONAL aims
PSED (MR)
To work as a team to make a circle
PSED (F/B)
To participate in a familiar and predictable routine (circle song)
PD (MH)
To develop upper body coordination and control through miming the suggested ideas
PSED (MR) & (F/B) & CL (LA)
To listen to other children name activities performed to get ready for the day, to watch other children mime activities and to copy other children’s miming suggestions
PSED (SC/SA), CL (S) & EAD (BI)
To name an activity performed to get ready for the day and mime it in front of 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
CL (U)
To follow an instruction and to understand the meaning of words through actions
UW (PC)
To learn about how each other get ready for the day
EAD (BI)
To mime getting ready for the day
Dance aims
Creativity
To use upper bodies to mime suggested ideas
Spatial Awareness To make a circle
5. Fine motor skills: ‘Chop, Chop’ (traditional)
Chop, chop, choppity chop.
Chop off the bottom and chop off the top. What we have left we will put in the pot. Chop, chop, choppity chop.
Stir it round, stir it round,
Tell me what you have found.
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