Dance Week!

This was a really fun couple of weeks in class! I will admit that when I saw that there was dance on the syllabus I was apprehensive about how much fun I would have doing it. I'm not a dancer and I'm not sure I felt qualified to lead students in some sort of dance activity. It was great to find out that it can be pretty simple and a lot of fun! I never would have thought that you could take a simple book like Where the Wild Things Are and turn it into an activity that everyone is participating in and thoroughly enjoying!

These movements and activities were so great not only to get out of a desk but to also have to think on our feet. You really have to internalize what you are doing because you have to think for yourself and create movements that reflect what the teacher is talking about. Especially if you are teaching something directly from a lesson plan (types of dinosaurs, water cycle,etc.) students will be able to remember almost everything from that day because they acted it out and watched others act it out.

For our group we chose dinosaurs and a cool dinosaur book. It was a lot of fun to collaborate with my group and talk about how we could really make our subject come alive. It was fun to see our lesson plan come to life when the whole class participated. It made teaching really fun and I've gained a whole new perspective on dance in the classroom!