November DiscoverDance Lesson Plan

November: Lesson 4 Direction Class Du ration: 45 minutes Warm-Up: 20 minutes • Freeze Dance with prop (Suggested Music: S.T.O.P., Patty Shukla) • Welcome Review- Ballet positions of arms, 4-count curtsey/bow (Suggested Music: Anything instrumental or Rio Loco and Lucia, Kate Kuper) • Brain and Body Warm-Up with Circle Stretches (Suggested Music: Anything instrumental or Rio Loco and Lucia, Kate Kuper) Discover: 10 minutes • Introduce the Concept of DIRECTIONS (Forward, Backward, Sideways, Up and Down) When we dance, we can dance in six different directions. Let’s practice walking FORWARD. Say “FORWARD”. Let’s practice walking BACKWARD. Say “BACKWARD”. Turn your belly button to the mirror and side slide SIDEWAYS. Say “SIDEWAYS”. Don’t forget the other SIDE! Show me how you reach UP. SAY “UP”. Now, show me how you melt DOWN. Say “DOWN”. Let’s explore DIRECTIONS together! • Explore the Concept with scarves (Suggested Music: Scarves Up and Down and Around, Johnette Downing) • Explore the Concept (Suggested Music: Sodeo, Kate Kuper) Develop: 10 minutes • Obstacle Course (Suggested Music: Bumping Up and Down, The Kiboomers and Shakin’ Down the Sugar, The Laurie Berkner Band) See Obstacle Course Layout Prop Suggestion: Balance Beam Station 1 (Balance) Prop Suggestion: Cones Station 2 (Gross Motor) Prop Suggestion: 2 Poly Spots (same color) Prop Suggestion: Tunnel Station 3 (Spatial Patterns) Station 4 (Concept Exploration) • Skill Development: Slides- Gallops FORWARD, Side Slide SIDEWAYS (Suggested Music: London Bridge is Falling Down, Mother Goose Club) Appreciate: 5 minutes • Cool Down and Recap • Give stamps. If first day of lesson, give concept coloring pages. • Take Goodbye Train out of studio (Suggested Music: The Goodbye Train (Reverence), Craig Wingrove) © 2017 Andrea Trench

DIRECTIONS Layout Concept Obstacle Course Balance Gross Motor Skills Station: Station: Walk Leap FORWARD over SIDEWAYS Cones on Balance Spatial Patterns Beam Station: Skip BACKWARD from one Spot to the other Exploration Crawl FORWARD Station through Tunnel Waiting Station © 2017 Andrea Trench



© 2017 Andrea Trench