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Exemplar 9
A creative dance lesson
infant classes
Theme
Body awareness—body parts
Spatial awareness
Stimulus
Imaginary magic dust
Assessment
Among the techniques which may be used are
• teacher observation: ability to control movement, interaction
with class
• curriculum profile: use teacher observation to complete
profile.
Introduction
• Teacher and children sit in a circle and discuss rules of lesson, e.g. listen, look and
concentrate.
– Listen: teacher calls ‘switch on your ears’, teacher and children tweak ears gently.
– Look: ‘switch on your eyes’, teacher and children rub eyes gently.
– Concentrate: ‘switch on your brain’, teacher and children rub the top of the head gently.
• In the circle, teacher leads children through a simple warm-up, focusing on swinging,
stretching arms, legs and torso, walking and jumping on the spot.
Development
• Teacher asks children to stand in their own space or ‘space bubble’ and using the stimulus
of magic dust landing on different parts of the body, the teacher and children explore the
way in which they can move the head, shoulders, back, arms, elbows, fingers, etc.
• Exploration now focuses on moving a part of the body and ‘freezing’ when teacher blows
the dust away. Look at the different shapes created.
• Teacher asks children to move in their ‘space bubble’ and follow the magic dust around the
room, catching it close to the floor, above their heads or on different parts of the body.
Look at the different shapes created and the different levels used.
Conclusion
• Teacher and children create a short dance phrase based on the following:
All bodies begin in stillness, the dust lands and shakes a part of the body (each child
chooses own part) but a wind comes and blows it away; all freeze. Follow the magic dust
and 1, 2, 3 ... catch and freeze. The dust floats away and all the bodies sink to the floor.
• Relaxation: Lie on the floor and relax arms, legs, torso.
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