Page 7 - Dance term four lesson plans - preschool parent copy

EDUCATIONAL aims
PD (MH)
To develop finger dexterity
CL (LA) & (S)
To develop listening, attention and speech through singing and repetition
CL (U)
To understand the meaning of number names through actions (dancing fingers to represent numbers) and to develop an understanding of stages, sequences and patterns in a song
L (R)
To develop an awareness of rhyme
M (N)
To count down from five, to use fingers to represent numbers and to emphasise the empty set and introduce the concept of nothing or zero
EAD (MM)
To move fingers in time with the beat
EAD (BI)
To pretend fingers are dancing flowers
Dance aims
Body Awareness & Control To bend specific fingers
Motor Skills
To develop finger dexterity
Musicality
To bend fingers in time with the pulse
Strength and Fitness
To develop hand strength
6. Choreographed dance: ‘Four Seasons’ by Hi-5
EDUCATIONAL aims
M (N)
To count that there are four seasons
PD (MH)
To move ‘lightly’ and ‘quickly’ on tippy toes, to move freely and with pleasure like a snowflake, to develop finger dexterity through twinkling fingers and to develop the locomotor skill of jumping
PD (MH) & M (SSM)
To engage in the body tension activity of stretching and 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)
PD (HSC) & PD (MH)
To encourage children to be active and therefore improve fitness
CL (LA)
To follow the choreography instructed by the teacher