This week toads danced on spots. To either fast drumming music or slow piano music, they danced from spot to spot. They jumped, spun, shook, marched and made shapes (or poses) on the spots. We created a dance.
Make a shape on a spot. Move to another spot. Make a shape on that spot. (shape-movement-shape)
...always encouraging creative movement from the toads.
At the end they were either part of the audience or a performer. They danced, bowed and clapped for each other. It was fabulous, fun and way easy.
***I went to a local carpet store and told them I was using it for teaching dance. They gave me a big scrap of carpet padding for free from their warehouse. I traced circles with using a plate and a sharpie and cut them out with scissors...warning: hand will be tired at the end.
Viola! Your spots are made.
(these are obviously not my spots because they're squares, actual spots are still in the classroom)
