Presents a series of improvisational dance exercises designed to heighten elementary students' awareness of their bodies in space. (SJL)

The article describes learning activities incorporating movement, storytelling, and music with instruction on multiplication facts and concepts for elementary special education students. The author explains that such an approach can alleviate boredom and frustration. (CL)

The manual describes activities designed to teach dance to adolescents with mild mental retardation. It is explained that the manual can be used in a sequential 25-week course in a mini-approach, or as a special event or performance guide. Expected outcomes are considered, including increased self-confidence, improved peer cooperation, and…

Dance for preschool children can be a vehicle for self-expression and for learning, but teachers must present material in the form of play. Ideas for teaching dance to three- to five-year-old children, such as the proper way to jump and skip, are presented, along with a sample lesson. (PP)

Information about dance history, different types of dances, and dancing in other countries is presented. Ideas are offered for helping children experience all aspects of dance, from scoring to performing. In addition, Alexander Godunov of the American Ballet Theater answers questions of fifth and sixth graders. (PP)

Describes 10 activities teachers can use to introduce music and movement which foster individual creative expression. The movement in each activity, ordered by level of difficulty, focuses elementary-age students' attention on one of three specific musical concepts: steady beat, tempo, and meter. (DST)

Through a variety of teaching methods, dance and movement education may be used to stimulate students' personal and creative growth and to integrate such diverse curricula as language arts, mathematics, and social studies. (LH)

One of five McDonald's Action Packs, this teacher's guide and activity sheets describe an early childhood-level program that introduces basic movement and guides students and teachers into the process of learning through moving. Basic movement skills necessary for sports and games, gymnastics, and dance are developed through eight themes, each…

A developmental chart of dance and art is presented according to Piaget's three stages of mental development: intuitive thought, concrete operations, and formal operations. Development is charted for dance/movement and art beginning with a sensorimotor unit (1 to 3 years), through self awareness (3 to 5 years), motor skills (5 to 7 years), form (7…

The book discusses movement and music activities for handicapped students. Activities are described for ambulatory preschoolers, nonambulatory students, mentally retarded students, deaf children, and blind and visually impaired students. Each activity lists titles of accompanying songs or music as well as a brief description of the teaching…

Information and materials to assist professional staff in providing a meaningful and sequential program of rhythms and games of low organizational structure for grades K-6 is presented. Simple dance activities are described, and evaluation checklists for measuring activity effectiveness and student development are provided. Specific directions for…

The learning center described here, using a city theme, structures movement activities to reinforce basic cognitive skills, including mapping, memorizing, matching, manipulating shapes, categorizing, listening, sequencing, and following directions. (Author/SJL)

Planned movement experiences can serve as a vehicle for young children's self-expression, problem-solving, and body awareness development. Techniques and learning activities for providing creative movement experiences to children in early childhood programs are described. (PP)

One of a series of activity guides designed to aid teachers in developing the thinking skills of primary grade students, this publication offers a variety of learning activities and resource materials. The activities and resources include: a calendar which lists important days and birthdays in December; poems; facts and an activity about Hanukkah;…