Dance Lesson Bundle - Introduction to Dance (K, 1 & 2)

Teach dance with confidence in your classroom with this lesson plan bundle. Bringing together a sequence of introductory lessons, these lesson plans introduce different types of movement to Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade students, allows them to begin creating their own dance sequences and shows them how they can identify and discuss features of dance. The comprehensive teacher resources allow any teacher to engage with these lessons, no matter their dance experience.

These lessons includes outcomes/standards for the Australian Curriculum, New Zealand Curriculum and the National Core Arts Standards.

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This bundle includes

Exploring and Developing Walking

This resource includes:
✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration and Cool Down Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Student Materials - Shape Pattern Cards, Number of Step Cards and Type of Step Cards (in color and black and white)

✫ Student Materials - Sequence Recording Sheets (3 versions)

✫ 4 Activity Worksheets - Different Ways We Walked, When I Walked I Felt, What Happened When and Brainstorm Other Walks

Exploring Hands, Arms and Levels

This resource includes:
✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Video Link (with link to a supporting video)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration, Developing, Consolidating and Cool Down Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Student Posters - Hand Movement Sequence and Different Levels Posters in Colour and Black and White

✫ Student Materials - Animal Prompt Pages - Full Size and Half Size in Colour and Black and White

Combining Walking, Counting and Arms

This resource includes:
✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Video Link (with link to a supporting video)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration, Exploration Dance Sequence, Developing and Cool Down Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Student Posters - Counting the Beats, Movement Sequences

✫ Student Materials - Notation worksheet, 2 Consolidating the Activity Worksheets, 1 Consolidating the Activity Question Sheet and Foldable Discussion Card (in color and black and white)

Running, Galloping and Skipping

This resource includes:
✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration, Developing and Cool Down Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Emotion Cards for Developing Activity (in full color, color with white backgrounds and black and white)

✫ Movement words - word strips and poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Emotion Recording Sheets - for students to record how dances change when different emotions are expressed

Jumping and Turning

This resource includes:

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration, Developing and Cool Down Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Ways to Jump and Ways to Turn Posters (in color and black and white)

✫ The Ball Can Bounce . . . Recording Sheet

✫ The Runaway Ball Story - Poster and Story Card (in color and black and White)

✫ Four Worksheets - When I Jump I Feel, When I Turn I Feel and Some of the Dance Moves I Performed (2 versions)

Exploring Feelings in Dance

This resource includes:

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration, Developing and Cool Down ✫ Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Exploring Feelings in Dance Note Taking Sheets for happy, sad, angry and surprised

✫ Feelings Cards and Pages

✫ Feelings Event Options to Support Students

✫ Sequence Recording Sheet

✫ Reflection Task (3 versions)

Creating a Small Story Dance

This resource includes:

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration, Developing and Cool Down ✫ Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Story Cards and Posters for the Warm Up and Cool Down Activities (in color and black and white)

✫ Story Prompt Cards for Exploration (in color and black and white)

✫ Story Prompt Cards for Developing (in color and black and white) and a one page reference sheet for the different stories

✫ Beginning, Middle and End Sequence recording sheet

Developing a Simple Story in Dance

This resource includes:

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Extended, in-depth version)

✫ Dance Lesson Plan (Condensed, 1 page version)

✫ Teacher Consideration Notes (to support teaching and learning)

✫ Vocabulary and Music Notes (including links to playlists on an external site)

✫ Safe Dance Behavior Poster (in color and black and white)

✫ Teacher Prompt Card for Warm-Up, Exploration, Developing and Cool Down Activities - to assist teachers during the lesson (in color and black and white)

✫ Hey Diddle Diddle Rhyme Poster (in color color and black and white)

✫ Hey Diddle Diddle Rhyme Lines and Instruction Cards

✫ Dance Recording Sheets

✫ Dance Reflection Tasks (3 versions)

These lesson plans are designed for Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2 students. If you are teaching students in another year level, please check the previews to determine if they are suitable for your classroom.

This resource is available in US English in Letter Format and UK/Australian/NZ English in A4 format. Both versions are PDF files, 347 pages long.

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