I Could Have Danced... All Day!

Ah.....Dancing!  The perfect combination of Music and PE, linked together for the children to learn.  Rhythm, steady beat, tempo, on/off beat, pattern, form; the list goes on.  Dance encompasses so many of the skills we teach in the music room that it would be a shame not to include this in our yearly lessons.

For the next two weeks, I take my students and combine with the PE classes so that we have anywhere from 50 to nearly 100 students in the gym dancing and learning together.  Mrs. Treptow and I have planned for the next two weeks to be a wonderful experience for the kids.  This will be happening from November 29th through December 10th.

We have all the children, kindergartners through 5th graders, meeting in the gym for Music and PE to experience many types of dance.  We teach social dance, circle dances, square dances, folk dances, country and line dances as well.  They are great exercise for the children.  Once they get moving, they keep moving until the music finishes!  And as teachers, we keep them moving right into the next song.

Chorus and Orff Ensemble are gearing up for the concert on  December 9th.  They are very excited to present their musical selections to the audience.  Look for another email to come home early the week of the concert with reminders for the concert.