Happy summer! While I myself am on summer break, I do know that many teaching artists continue to work throughout the summer. I hope that the posts over the next month will inspire some summertime lessons for preschool-fifth grade students.
Today I am thinking about CLOUDS. Cloud Dance by Thomas Locker is a nice springboard for a dance with students in approximately 2nd-4th grades. Students will be able to work on solo and group shapes, different qualities of movement, and varying sizes of movement. The text begs for a multi-layered dance study over a few weeks to create a group dance.
For younger students, I recommend Little Cloud by Eric Carle. This book easily translates into a dance. I suggest reading it once to students (preschool age) and then reading it a second time, while having the students move at the same time.
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