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How to teach students ages 4 to 6 in
the year before kindergarten, and kindergarten, with varying abilities or
special needs rhythms, floor exercises / axial movements, large motor skills,
expressive dance, kinesthetic mini-lessons, and full dances using percussion
instruments as music. Pictures of 9 percussion instruments are described. Basic
Lesson Plan included. Perfect for Pre-Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten,
Junior Kindergarten, and Kindergarten teachers, home schoolers, and dance
instructors, 7,617 words. 100 pages. Many illustrations.
Key words: pre-kindergarten, T-K,
transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, junior kindergarten, dances, ages 4 to
6, basic rhythms, dance children, expressive dance, arts in dance, dance
education, floor exercises, axial movements, clapping rhythms, how to use
percussion instruments, United Kingdom music education, United States music
education, Netherlands music education, early childhood music, rhythm instruments,
Susan Kramer,
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Contents:
Introduction
I. Clapping Rhythms and Using Percussion Instruments
1.
Clapping in 4/4 time
2.
Clapping in 2/2 time
3.
Clapping in 2/4 time
4. Clapping syllables
II. Floor Exercises / Axial Movements
1. The Rocker
2. The Squirrel
3. The Owl
4. The Starfish
III. Basic Rhythmic Motor Skills
1. Walking
2. Running
3. Galloping
4. Marching
5. Balancing
6. Hopping
7. Swinging
8. Sliding
9. Jumping
10. Skipping
IV. Practice
Combinations–Rhythmic Dances
Introduction
1. Sliding Dance
2. Marching Dance
3. Skipping Dance
4. Galloping Dance
V. Expressive Dance
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Humpty Dumpty
Jack and Jill
London Bridge Is Falling Down
Pop Goes the Weasel
Rain, Rain Go Away
Rock-a-Bye Baby
See-Saw Margery Daw
VI. Mini-Lessons
1. Which Way Game
2. ABA Sequencing
3. Circle Dance for Making Shapes
4. Making a Straight-Line
Game
5. Curving and Zigzag
Lines
6. Practice Making
Horizontal Lines
7. Stretching in Vertical
Lines
8. Diagonal Line Shapes
9. Shaping Outlines
10. Clockwise and
Counterclockwise Circles
VII. Percussion Instruments
1.
Tambourine, 2. Hand drum, 3. Hand bells, 4. Maracas, 5. Flute, 6. Wood sounder,
7. Wooden block, 8. Chime bar, 9. Castanet
VIII. Large Dances with Songs
1.
Jingle Bells: running steps 2/2 time
2. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep: galloping 2/4 time
3. Bobby Shaftoe: sliding 2/4 time
4. Mary Had a Little Lamb: galloping 2/4 time
5. Allouette: walking or marching 4/4 time
6. Frère Jacques: marching and sliding 4/4 time
7. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: galloping 2/4 time
IX. Basic Lesson Plan
X. Music and Dance in Sculpture
XI. Links
About the author - Susan Kramer is the author of The Rhythmic Movement Dance Series of the Gateway to Educational Materials of the United States Department of Education, a graduate of Peabody Preparatory Institute Dance of Johns Hopkins University, a dance specialist, and musician.
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