From when I was a little girl I loved dancing. Dancing for me was fun, educational and free. Dancing gave me the opportunity to have freedom of expression and it allowed me to be creative. Dancing is not solely a sport or an activity but it can be used as a way to motivate children within the classroom as well. Dancing has many educational properties.
Dancing not only keeps children engaged and active but it can also be used as a learning strategy to help students learn social awareness and improve their cognitive development. Dancing can be used to help students in the classroom learn new information. When teaching students something new such as the alphabet, students can use their bodies to make shapes and create dance moves to help remember all the letters. Dance can also help children focus in the classroom when students may have an abundance of energy and find it difficult to sit still.
I feel that dance is an effective teaching technique to use within the classroom because it allows students to become engaged with the material they are learning in a fun and interactive way. Using a teaching technique such as dance within the classroom inspires students to step outside the box when it comes to learning and that there are many strategies they can use to effectively attain the information being taught to them.
Check this out: Hannah Montana (Bone Dance example)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkmHo7t3fy4&t=170s
Sources:
Kym. (2021, May 31). Using dance in your primary classroom |. | Creative Dance Teaching Ideas and Resources. Retrieved September 15, 2021, from https://danceteachingideas.com/6-ways-to-use-dance-in-your-primary-classroom/.
Philosophy underlying the standards for dance in early childhood. Philosophy, Early Childhood Standards - National Dance Education Organization. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2021, from https://www.ndeo.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=893257&module_id=55419
Sincerely, Anna@NU
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