Movement and Dance

Room 8 is exploring the elements of movement and dance. Firstly the children explored moving their bodies through different levels. Here they are moving up high, down low and stretching wide. This was an opportunity for the children to explore how they can make different shapes with their bodies.

Next the children got into small groups. They walked around the classroom and when I said freeze they ran back to their group to make a shape. This is where we related dance and movement back to our provocation of bees. The children made a range of objects and shapes with their group including a bee hive, flowers and a honey comb cell. I was impressed with how well the children worked together. They also explored using different levels and came up with diverse, creative ideas. 

The next step for the children is to begin putting a sequence of shapes and movements together. They would like to do this to music.