Dance+and+Movement

=Dance and Movement =

http://www.moveintheclassroom.com/
This site is authored by Dr. Julian Reed, an Assistant Professor in the Health and Exercise Science Department at Furman University. He has lists of applicable activities for teaching broken down by the subject matter. I well organized resource.

**http://www.little-folks-music.com/what.htm**
This is actually a more musically oriented teaching website, but the article at hand gives great step-by-step instruction on incorporating dance and movement and explains why they are important to early development.

and An extensive web page list of activities to stimulate learning and break up seat time in the classroom. Some of these games and tasks are really very cool.
 * http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip69.html**
 * http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip69b.html**

A great article on why incorporating movement in the classroom is important and how to get over feeling intimidated as an educator.
 * http://www.mindsinmotion.org/creative.html**

The Center for Kinesthetic Education, a resource with links to programs, professional development and some great articles.
 * http://www.wellnesscke.net/k12.htm**

An awesome site that provides a nice list of songs that promote "movement, participation and dance". This is a pretty long list, so it's a pretty valuable resource.
 * http://www.songsforteaching.com/movement.htm**

A blog that highlights educational dance programs at the elementary level. Updated frequently, so the information is ever growing.
 * http://educationthroughdanceandmovement.blogspot.com/**

4 explicit lessons in dance and movement that sound like fun. I'm sure these can be adapted for all different levels.
 * http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/3430.html**

A PDF file that provides lesson ideas and activities for using dance and movement in the classroom to teach. Very cool.
 * http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=dance%20and%20movement%20in%20kindergarten&source=web&cd=8&ved=0CE8QFjAH&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earlylearningactivities.com%2FPDF%2Fmusicmovement.pdf&ei=eL3dTovHEouosAK0svycBw&usg=AFQjCNE4sCkl3QyxOfmTgVXyT5QSn05nHA&cad=rja**

and A few videos from the Disney Classroom education series on dance and movement.
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc97XZLPAaA**
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQriq-H8k3I**

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 * Sensory World" dance mix- for breaking up class time and getting out the //sillies//, described as a "10 minute movement break".**