Kinderstars Lesson Plans (2023)

KINDJEARZSZTARS LESSON PLAN MANUAL Kinderstars | Kindergarten Tiny Company

Expressions Dance | Kinderstars | Jazz Curriculum Age Group: Kindergarten Class Description: This is a ballet/jazz combo class for dancers in kindergarten. Students in this class will build a solid foundation in basic dance skills, develop self-esteem, and improve their dance technique within a challenging and positive environment. 1-hour class: 30 minutes ballet and 30 minutes jazz Attire: Class uniform, pink convertible tights, and pink ballet shoes. Hair must be in a bun. How to Effectively Use the Jazz Curriculum: This curriculum builds fundamentals for a kindergarten-aged jazz class. Instructors are expected to ensure quality in classes and material being taught and to fulfill the required skills listed in the curriculum pass off section. Each lesson is to be used for 2 weeks in a row. If you feel you need to start an older class back in an outline for a younger age group, do it. The hope would be that the older class will progress through the lessons faster because of increased development capabilities. This way you will be ensuring that there are no fundamental holes left in a dancer's training. If a class has separate jazz and ballet teachers, you should review ballet skills so you know what is taught in the ballet class. Team teachers are expected to follow outlines to ensure ballet and jazz classes are working together for proper progression (without repeating the same steps in each class). Keep them moving! Add in brain breaks/movement games when the class is beginning to get distracted! Water breaks are not allowed in a 30-minute class. Remind them to get a drink of water when switching between ballet/jazz. Class Timeline: • Take roll! Learn names, make it fun! • 25 minutes Ballet Arts | Pre-Level 3 • 30 minutes Jazz Curriculum • 5 minutes REWARD FOR PASSING OFF A SKILL- STICKER OR STAMP Quarterly Overview: • 1st Quarter: Sept-Oct • 2nd Quarter: Nov-Dec-Jan • 3rd Quarter: Feb-Mar • 4th Quarter: April-May-June Included below: • Quarterly skills overviews • Skills required for recital routine • Lesson Plans, four per quarter

Kinderstars | Jazz Skills by Quarter Quarter 1 (September/October) • Warm-up/Center o Isolations: head, shoulder, hips. What does isolation mean? o Arm positions: “V” low and high, “L” low and high, Blade, T o Straddle, pike, and butterfly stretch o Frog stretch o Cobra • Locomotor o Basic jazz walks on forced arch forward o Kick bum runs • Kicks o Heel stretch on the floor o Foot articulation (explain parts of the foot) o Spring points in parallel 4th • Turns o Spotting o Prep position (no passé yet) • Jumps/Other Tricks o Tuck jump Quarter 2 (November/December/January) • Warm-Up/Center o Plie releve parallel o Contractions o Lunge o Step touch (side, front, back) o Pivot turn • Locomotor o Jazz walk sideways crossing in front • Kicks o Heel stretches at the barre • Turns o Spring releves in parallel o Prep for chaine turns hands on shoulders • Jumps/Other Tricks o Toe touch on the floor • Leaps o Rocking jump (leap forward, leap back)

Quarter 3 (February/March) • Warm-up/Center o Grapevine o Jazz square o Pre-splits • Locomotor o Triplet walk • Kicks o Heel stretches in center o Battements front: low, mid, high in parallel • Turns o Prep for pirouettes on flat, in parallel o Chaine turns slowly on flat, hands-on shoulders • Jumps/Other Tricks o Toe touch in the center o Squish splits • Leaps o Saut de chat slowly Quarter 4 (April/May/June) • Warm-Up/Center o Kickball change o Chasse rock step (the term chasse will be new) o Charleston o Mirroring – partner exercise o Stage directions • Locomotor o Arched back (layout position without a kick) in a walk • Jumps/Other Tricks o Knee pop up

Kinderstars | Required Recital Skills Jazz: • isolations (head, shoulders, ribs, hips) • knee pop-ups • chasse tuck jump or touch • jazz square • toe touch • tuck jump • pirouette prep • pivot turn • passé in parallel • heel stretch • step touch • 3-step turn or jump cross turn • At least 2 formation changes, including switching lines, no more than 2 lines deep Ballet: • Gallop • Marching • port de bras with head directions • skipping • demi plie • tendu • releve • saute • parallel pas de chat • polka • passe • At least 2 formation changes, including switching lines, no more than 2 lines deep

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 1st Quarter, Lesson 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 min Get to Know Names • Have students all sit in a circle. Hand one student a bean bag/ball. That student will slide the bean bag to another student in the circle. Then everyone in the circle must say that student's name. That student will slide the bean bag to another student and then scoot out of the circle. Continue until no students are left. In the end, don't forget to have all of the students say your name! 5 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic workup to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling by keeping feet flexed) 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Practice “listening position” (or whatever phrase works best for you). Talk about what listening position is, voices quiet, body frozen with arms held behind their back and eyes on the teacher. Have them wiggle around then say “listening position” and they have to freeze and look at you. • Learn the places of the room. Where to go and what to do when you say the following commands: center, line up/across the floor, go to the barre. Talk about what to do when going to each place (voices quiet, bodies frozen, eyes on the teacher, holding onto the barre correctly, standing on dots, etc). Say an area and have them walk/skip/wiggle/crawl to each place • Arm positions standing up using Simon says! Practice them all together first: \"V\" low and high and \"T,\" really focusing on straight arms, shoulders down, palms towards the floor • Spotting. Have everyone face mirror looking at their face. Turn feet to SR, keeping head forward, turn feet to back, keeping head forward, then \"spot\" turning head to the other shoulder, turn to SL then back to the front. Gradually get faster as they understand. Repeat to the left. Loud clap or sticks to accent the spot. • Heel stretch sitting on the floor. Begin with keeping an opposite arm on the ground. Make sure they are grabbing correctly (fingers towards the floor, grabbing inside of heel). Focus on having a flat back and straight leg. When they get that, have them start taking their other handoff and balancing for 5 seconds maintaining the straight back and leg. Hand placement should be on the inside of the foot in the arch, not wrapped around the foot. • This is a good place to insert a brain break activity! 5-7 min Across the Floor • Jazz walk relay! Have the class find a partner. Have them tell their partner their name and favorite color. When they've done that, have partner A stand on the left side of the room, and partner B stand on the right side of the room. Partner A will strike their favorite pose, then partner B will jazz walk (walks in a forced arch) to their partner. When they get to them, they will strike their favorite pose and partner A will jazz walk to the other side of the room • Have everyone find a new partner. Have them tell their partner their name and their favorite treat. Then have them all stand in a circle, holding their partner's hand. Have them jazz run (kick bum runs) in a circle 10 min Combo • Teach a combo using skills introduced in this lesson and preschool dance Pass Off • Week 1 - Pass off class behaviors/listening eyes for a sticker on their sticker chart • Week 2 – Pass off places of the room

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 1st Quarter, Lesson 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 min Welcome and get to know you • While sitting on the dot, have students go around the room and say a name and their favorite thing to do (other than dancing $#%\" ). Don’t forget yourself! Then go around the room and place your hand over each student’s head. As you do, all other students should say that student’s name. 5 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic workup to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch, use time during pike stretch to work on demi point (flex, demi, point, demi flex) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Cobra stretch 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Arm positions standing up using Simon says! Practice them all together first: \"L\" low and high and \"T,\" really focusing on straight arms, shoulders down, palms towards the floor • Spotting. Have everyone face mirror looking at their face. Turn feet to SR, keeping head forward, turn feet to back, keeping head forward, then \"spot\" turning head to the other shoulder, turn to SL then back to the front. Gradually get faster as they understand. Repeat to the left • Heel stretch sitting on the floor. Begin with keeping an opposite arm on the ground. Make sure they are grabbing correctly (fingers towards the floor, grabbing inside of heel). Focus on having a flat back and straight leg. When they get that, have them start taking their other handoff and balancing for 5 seconds maintaining the straight back and leg. Look for correct hand placement on the inside of the foot in the arch, not wrapped around the foot. 5-7 min Across the Floor • Jazz walks with arms. Take 4 steps with arms in a low V and then pose for 4 counts, then 4 steps with arms in a high V and pose for 4 counts • Kick bum runs with tuck jumps! Place dots/stars/bean bags across floor (2-3 in each line). They do runs to the dot then plie tuck jump. Talk about how the legs to the same thing in the tuck jump that they do in the runs. Hands-on hips for runs and tuck jumps, really focus on pointing toes. 10 min Combo • Teach a combo using skills taught in the first two lessons and preschool dance. Should be continuing combo from lesson 1 ready to show parents the last week of the month (also the last time you teach this lesson) Pass Off • Week 1 - Pass off V low and high and T arms • Week 2 – Pass off jazz runs

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 1st Quarter, Lesson 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 min Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 5 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic workup to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch, use time during pike stretch to work on demi point (flex, demi, point, demi flex) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Cobra stretch • Frog stretch 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Arm positions standing up! Practice them all together first: “L” low and high, “V” low and high, both arms up and straight, palms out, and \"T,\" really focusing on straight arms with shoulders down. Make it fun by saying every time you do a “T” you have to find a new dot • Prep position. Talk about the shoulder, hip, and knee of the back leg make a straight line with the back foot in forced arch. Make sure they are standing up tall. You can practice balancing a bean bag on their head in the prep! • Heel stretch sitting on the floor. Begin with keeping an opposite arm on the ground. Make sure they are grabbing correctly (fingers towards the floor, grabbing inside of heel). Focus on having a flat back and straight leg. When they get that, have them start taking their other handoff and balancing for 5 seconds maintaining the straight back and leg. Double-check for proper hand placement on the inside of the foot/arch. 5-7 min Across the Floor • Jazz walk with jump cross turn with a spot! 4 Jazz walks forward with hands-on-hips. Jump out with T arms, jump cross with hands-on-hips, spot, and turn around. • Kick bum runs with tuck jumps! Place dots/stars/bean bags across floor (2-3 in each line). They do runs to the dot then plie tuck jump. Talk about how the legs to the same thing in the tuck jump that they do in the runs. Hands-on hips for runs and tuck jumps, really focus on pointing toes. 10 min Holiday Dance • Work on Holiday Dance Pass Off • Week 1 - Pass off spotting • Week 2 – Pass off tuck jump

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 1st Quarter, Lesson 4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 min Welcome • Have students begin to learn to come to class and walk straight to a dot, standing up ready for warm-up. Welcome students by name as they come in. Give them a high five or just an enthusiastic hello 5 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Always start with an aerobic workup to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch, use time during pike stretch to work on demi point (flex, demi, point, demi flex) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Cobra stretch • Frog stretch 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Arm positions standing up! Practice them all together first: “L” low and high, “V” low and high, both arms up and straight, diagonals, and “T,” really focusing on straight arms with shoulders down. Combine arm positions with marching steps in parallel retire (students learned retire in ballet during lesson 3). Two marches in low v, two in high V, two in high L, etc. When they have it in place, have them march anywhere they want in the room with the arm positions (you calling out the arms as they march). • Prep position. Talk about the shoulder, hip, and knee of the back leg make a straight line with the back foot in forced arch. Make sure they are standing up tall. You can practice balancing a bean bag on their head in the prep! • Heel stretch sitting on the floor. Begin with keeping an opposite arm on the ground. Make sure they are grabbing correctly (fingers towards the floor, grabbing inside of heel). Focus on having a flat back and straight leg. When they get that, have them start taking their other handoff and balancing for 5 seconds maintaining the straight back and leg • Spring points. Students stand in parallel and spring right foot off the floor to a pointed position, knee bent. Do 4 on the right and then 4 on the left. Then have them start with a little spring and then spring higher and higher with each spring, then switch feet. Practice again keeping the knee straight and springing foot to parallel degage 5-7 min Across the Floor • Jazz walk with jump cross turn with a spot! 4 Jazz walks forward with hands-on-hips. Jump out with T arms, jump cross with hands-on-hips, spot, and turn around. • Kick bum runs with tuck jumps! Place dots/stars/bean bags across floor (2-3 in each line). They do runs to the dot then plie tuck jump. Talk about how the legs to the same thing in the tuck jump that they do in the runs. Hands-on hips for runs and tuck jumps, really focus on pointing toes. 10 min Holiday Dance • Work on Holiday Dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off straddle stretch • Week 2 - Pass off heel stretch sitting on the floor to get ready to move to the barre next week

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 2nd Quarter, Lesson 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic work up to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging over the head then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch, use time during pike stretch to work on demi point (flex, demi, point, demi flex) • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Cobra stretch 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Step touch side to side. Make sure when the foot comes in it goes to a dig position: on releve with heel coming in towards the other foot. • Prep position. Talk about the shoulder, hip, and knee of the back leg make a straight line with the back foot in forced arch. Make sure they are standing up tall. You can practice balancing a bean bag on their head in the prep! • Heel stretch at the barre – if your class is ready. They won't learn how to hold turn out in ballet until lesson 2. So, take a minute and talk about keeping knees pointing to the corner when doing a heel stretch and feeling a \"candy cane\" stripe going down their leg. Also, talk about holding on the barre the correct way: hands lightly resting on the barre with no thumbs under. • Spring points on the wall. Have them lay on their back and push off the wall without bending knees. Do these 4 times. Then, let them bend their legs and push off the wall as far as they can. Repeat and have them try to make it further than they did before. Then, talk about what they had to do to get farther (pushing harder). Then let them know to jump higher, they have to push into the ground as hard as they can with their legs and feet. 10 min Across the Floor • Jazz walk with jump cross turn with a spot! 4 Jazz walks forward with hands-on-hips. Jump out with T arms, jump cross with hands-on-hips, spot, and turn around. • Preps for chaine turns with hands-on shoulders. Step to second, step to first without letting knees bend and keeping legs turned out. 10 min Holiday Dance • Work on Holiday Dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off jazz walks forward • Week 2 - Pass off lunge position with a bent knee for a sticker on their sticker chart

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 2nd Quarter, Lesson 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic work up to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging over the head then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Begin to include spring points in the aerobic warm-up • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Step touch side to side with arm positions! Have them do 2 step touches with arms in a high V, 2 step touches with arms in a T, 2 step touches with arms ina low V then wiggle while turning around in a circle (quick brain break) then repeat. • Heel stretch at the barre – if your class is ready. They won't learn how to hold turn out in ballet until lesson 2. So, take a minute and talk about keeping knees pointing to the corner when doing a heel stretch and feeling a \"candy cane\" stripe going down their leg. Also, talk about holding on the barre the correct way: hands lightly resting on the barre with no thumbs under. • Pivot tun with a star or a circle. Give everyone a star/circle. They will put on foot on the star/circle. Talk about how that foot does not come off it is \"stuck in the mud\". Then, the other foot will step forward then turn around. Then step forward and turn around. Also, take a minute to talk about if legs get \"stuck\" then you tried to turn the wrong way. 10 min Across the Floor • Jazz walk sideways (always crossing in front) with jump cross turn. Make sure to talk about spotting your face in the mirror. • Preps for chaine turns with hands-on shoulders. Step to second, step to first without letting knees bend and keeping legs turned out. 10 min Holiday Dance • Work on Holiday Dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off jazz walks sideways • Week 2 – Pass off step touch side to side

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 2nd Quarter, Lesson 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic work up to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging over the head then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Include spring points in the aerobic warm-up • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Step touch forward and back facing each other. Have the two lines or dots face towards each other. Have them step towards each other and touch, then step away from each other and touch. Make sure you switch legs that step forward and back. • Heel stretch at the barre. Working on straight legs. Make sure the heel stretch leg is going to the corner, not strait to the side. Hand placement should be on the inside of the foot in the arch. • Pivot tun with a star or a circle. Give everyone a star/circle. They will put on foot on the star/circle. Talk about how that foot does not come off it is \"stuck in the mud\". Then, the other foot will step forward then turn around. Then step forward and turn around. Also, take a minute to talk about if legs get \"stuck\" then you tried to turn the wrong way. • Rocking leap over their star/circle. Have them point one foot over their dot, then jump onto it landing in plie with the back leg straight and pointed. Then leap back over the dot landing on the back leg with the front leg straight. Then repeat on the other side. Talk about how you have to do your spring point and push into the ground to make sure your leg is straight and toe is pointed. 10 min Across the Floor • Preps for chaine turns with hands-on shoulders. Step to second, step to first without letting knees bend and keeping legs turned out. 10 min Holiday Dance • Work on Holiday Dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off pivot turn with star/circle • Week 2 – Pass off chaine preps

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 2nd Quarter, Lesson 4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic work up to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging over the head then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Include spring points in the aerobic warm-up • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Step touch memory game. Say 3 directions (Right, left, forward, back…use places in the room for younger dancers that don’t know right of left yet). Then when you say go, they have to do the step touches in that order. • Heel stretch at the barre. Working on straight legs. Make sure the heel stretch leg is going to the corner, not strait to the side. Check hand placement to be on the inside of the foot in the arch. • Rocking leap with pivot turn. Rock forward, rock back, then 2 pivot turns with the leg that is out. Repeats to the other side. • Toe touches on the floor. Sit with feet in a pike position. Then you will lift both legs into straddle with legs off the floor, leaning slightly back. When they get this, start laying on your back, and you will sit up from the floor and kick legs to straddle at the same time (yay abs!!) 10 min Across the Floor • Preps for chaine turns with hands-on shoulders. Step to second, step to first without letting knees bend and keeping legs turned out. 10 min Holiday Dance • Work on Holiday Dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off Holiday Dance • Week 2 – Pass off heel stretch at the barre

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 3rd Quarter, Lesson 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic work up to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Include spring points in the aerobic warm-up • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Pre-splits R/L. Keep hips square, front leg straight, toe pointed, one hand on each side of the leg 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Review listening position – arms behind back, eyes on the teacher, legs together • Review any skills from 1st half of the year your class is struggling with • Grapevine on flat – step cross in front, step cross in back. Start with having them all sitting on the floor and saying the pattern “step cross in front, step cross in back.” When they have it, have them say it by themselves. Make it fun by having them say it quietly, loudly, like a mouse, etc. Then stand up and have them say the pattern while doing it. 10 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns with hands-on shoulders. Talk about staying on a tight rope and there are 3 things they have to do, or they will fall off: keep legs turned out, keep legs straight, and spot. • Battements front, through parallel slowly. Step, point, lift, touch. Start small keeping leg straight, toe pointed. Gradually let leg go higher. 10 min Center Floor • Heel stretch at the barre- balancing for 5 seconds. When they are ready, have them try to let go of the barre quickly for 1 second. • Prep Position. Talk about shoulders, hip, and knee of the back leg make a straight line with the back foot in a forced arch. Make sure they are standing up tall. You can practice balance a bean bag on their head in the prep! Next lesson we are adding the passe. Make sure they are ready! Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off isolations • Week 2 – Pass off prep position

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 3rd Quarter, Lesson 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic workup to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Pre-splits R/L. begin sliding foot forward 1 inch • Middle splits. Make sure legs stay turned out with knees up to the ceiling. 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Review any skills from 1st half of the year • Prep for pirouettes on flat in parallel. • Grapevine with freezing! Practice grapevine all together first, then line up. When going across the floor, have them freeze when you pause the music. 10 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns across the floor on flat with hands-on shoulders. Talk about staying on a tight rope and there are 3 things they have to do, or they will fall off: keep legs turned out, keep legs straight, and spot. • Battements front, through parallel slowly. Step, point, lift, touch. Start small keeping leg straight, toe pointed. Gradually let leg go higher. • Triplet walks with pivot turn. Walk up, up, down, up, up, down, pivot turn, pivot turn 5 min Center Floor • Heel stretches at the barre. Next week move to the center, so really begin holding for 3 seconds, balancing for 2 seconds 5 min Jazz Combo • Teach a short combo. Look over the skills list and try to include 3-4 “mastered” skills and 2-3 skills they are still learning. Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off grapevine • Week 2 – Pass off heel stretch at the barre

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 3rd Quarter, Lesson 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic work up to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Grapevine on forced arch • Add in 2 condition exercise (arms, stomach, ankles, legs, etc) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Pre-splits R/L. begin sliding foot forward 1 inch • Middle splits. Make sure legs stay turned out with knees up to the ceiling. 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Review any skills from 1st half of the year • Prep for pirouettes on flat in parallel. To make it a little more exciting, have them face a partner and try to balance without wiggling for 5 seconds. You can have one partner count out loud to see if their partner didn’t wiggle, then switch partners. • Squish splits • Heel stretch 10 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns across the floor on flat with hands-on shoulders. Talk about staying on a tight rope and there are 3 things they have to do, or they will fall off: keep legs turned out, keep legs straight, and spot. • Battements front, through parallel slowly. Step, point, lift, touch. Start small keeping leg straight, toe pointed. Gradually let leg go higher. Talk about how you can hear your foot sliding on the ground and springing off • Triplet walks with pivot turn. Walk up, up, down, up, up, down, pivot turn, pivot turn • If you need a time filler, do a rocking leap over a star/circle 5 min Jazz Combo • Teach a short combo. Look over the skills list and try to include 3-4 “mastered” skills and 2-3 skills they are still learning. Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off battements to the front with straight legs and pointed toes • Week 2 – Pass off middle splits with straight legs and knees up to the ceiling

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 3rd Quarter, Lesson 4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic work up to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Grapevine on forced arch • Add in 2 condition exercise (arms, stomach, ankles, legs, etc) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Pre-splits R/L. begin sliding foot forward 1 inch • Middle splits. Make sure legs stay turned out with knees up to the ceiling. 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Review any skills from 1st half of the year • Command game to review/practice skills. You say a command and they will do it as fast as they can using: heel stretch, squish splits, and toe touch. NOTE – Toe touch is a new skill and should be taught before playing the game. • Introduce Jazz square. Teach them to say cross over, side back, step together 10 min Across the Floor • Chaine turns across the floor on flat with hands-on shoulders. Talk about staying on a tight rope and there are 3 things they have to do, or they will fall off: keep legs turned out, keep legs straight, and spot. • Battements front, through parallel slowly. Step, point, lift, touch. Start small keeping leg straight, toe pointed. Gradually let leg go higher. Talk about how you can hear your foot sliding on the ground and springing off • Triplet walks with pivot turn. Walk up, up, down, up, up, down, pivot turn, pivot turn. Practice saying the pattern together first, then practice • Leaps over circle/star SLOWLY. Walk on releve/jazz walk/jazz run (mix it up) to circle. Then plie, passe, straighten the leg, then leap over circle landing in plie with the back leg straight. Do slowly once, then let them do a run and leap after. 5min Jazz Combo • Teach a short combo. Look over the skills list and try to include 3-4 “mastered” skills and 2-3 skills they are still learning. Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off chaine turns • Week 2 – Pass off jazz square

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 4th Quarter, Lesson 2 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic work up to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • The grapevine on forced arch • Add in 1 condition exercise (arms, stomach, ankles, legs, etc) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Pre-splits R/L. begin sliding foot forward 1 inch • Middle splits. Make sure legs stay turned out with knees up to the ceiling. 5-7 min Center Floor Skills • Kickball change • Knee pop up 10 min Across the Floor • Set up an obstacle course around the room. This will challenge memory while practicing dance skills. Make it fun and include the following skills: o Tuck jump o Jazz runs o Heel stretch o Pirouette prep (step side, step back, passe TLO) o Chaine Turn 5min Jazz Work on Recital Dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off completing the obstacle course • Week 2 – Pass off kick ball change

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 4th Quarter, Lesson 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic workup to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • The grapevine on forced arch • Add in 1 condition exercise (arms, stomach, ankles, legs, etc) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Pre-splits R/L. begin sliding foot forward 1 inch • Middle splits. Make sure legs stay turned out with knees up to the ceiling. 10-15 min Center Floor Skills • Knee pop up • Chasse step side ball change. Slide to second, squeeze legs together and land in 1st then step to the side and do a ball change/rock step. Make sure you are pausing in the first position to make sure they are squeezing their legs together in the air. The next lesson takes out the pause if they are ready. • Charleston (step forward, kick, step back to small lunge) • Mirroring game. Have them face each other and take turns being the leader with simple arm and leg movements) not moving form dots) • Practice clapping to the beat of different songs. When ready, begin counting music too. You can then connect this to cleaning the recital routine. 10min Jazz Work on Recital Dance • Make sure dance is DONE by the first week of April Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off knee pop up • Week 2 – Pass off chasses ball change/rock step

KINDERSTARS JAZZ 4th Quarter, Lesson 4 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5-7 min \"Follow Me\" Warm-up • Welcome students to class by name. If there are any new students/trials, take a few seconds to let everyone in class introduce themselves ad share a fun fact about themselves! • Always start with an aerobic workup to get student's heart rate up. Make it a fun \"dance party.\" Some ideas are: step claps, jumps side to side with arms swinging overhead then down low (paint sky/wash table), or just simple jumping jacks, high knees. Just make sure the whole body is moving and get them smiling. • Isolations of the head (side to side, up and down, around in a circle), shoulders (up and down, forward and back, rolling forward, rolling back) and hips (side to side, forward and back, in a circle) • Grapevine, pivot turn, jazz square, Charleston can all be used in the warm-up • Add in 1 condition exercise (arms, stomach, ankles, legs, etc) • Lunge with the back knee on the floor, make sure to focus on the knee is above the heel and both legs in parallel • Butterfly stretch • Pike stretch • Straddle stretch (keep knees up to the ceiling) • Pre-splits R/L. begin sliding foot forward 1 inch • Middle splits. Make sure legs stay turned out with knees up to the ceiling. 5 min Center Floor Skills • Pirouette prop • Chasses ball change/rock step. Talk about how you still squeeze legs together in the air but then toe \"sneaks\" to step first and then step out to ball change • Stage direction game. Teach stage directions. Then call out a stage direction and a movement skill to go to that place (jazz run stage right, walk to stage left, and do a heel stretch, etc) 10min Across the Floor • 34 walks with an arched back (layout with a kick) then step together. Repeat • 4 kids to the front then 2 steps and a leap 10min Work on Recital Dance Pass Off • Week 1 – Pass off pirouette Prep • Week 2 – Pass off chasse ball change