Page 11 - Pre-school dance plans term one- ELC parent copy

Term One Lesson two: Dinosaurs
1. Warm-up: ‘Shake Your Sillies Out’ by The Wiggles
EDUCATIONAL aims & dance aims
See Term One lesson one
2. Stretching and curling: Hedgehogs
EDUCATIONAL aims & dance aims
See Term One lesson one
3. TraveltoDanceland:‘TheWalkingSong’byPeterCombe
EDUCATIONAL aims & dance aims
See Term One lesson one
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)
UW (TW)
To learn about dinosaurs
M (SSM), L (R) & CL (LA) & (S)
To pre-empt and join in with the lyrics which follow a repetitive structure/pattern
CL (U)
To follow an instruction
CL (U)
To understand the meaning of words through actions
Dance aims
Creativity & Motor Skills
To practise gross motor skills while using the upper body to pretend to be several different dinosaurs
Spatial Awareness To make a circle
5. Fine Motor Skills: ‘Dinosaur Fingers’ (adapted from the traditional rhyme ‘One Potato Two Potato’)
One dinosaur, two dinosaurs, three dinosaurs, four, (right hand thumb to index finger, then middle finger, then ring finger then pinkie finger)
Five dinosaurs, six dinosaurs, 7 dinosaurs more. (left hand thumb to index finger, then middle finger, then ring finger then pinkie finger)
And all the dinosaurs together go “1, 2, 3 roar!” (hands behind back and then everyone does a big “roar”)
EDUCATIONAL aims
CL (LA)
To develop listening and attention through rhyme
PD (MH)
To develop finger dexterity
M (N)
© 2019 Lucy Sparkles LTD