Move. Create. Educate.
By maria, on June 30th, 2011%
Munch n’ Move #6 by guest Joanie Johnson from Motivated Nutrition. I can’t wait to try this dance with my students! Enjoy!
I know my students are the ones that are responsible for buying groceries at home, but I always like to put a healthy bug in their ear to take home to mom and dad! It’s a perfect time of year to make a creative dance around the theme of shopping at the farmers market and enjoying fresh, whole foods. Many children have only experienced shopping for fruits and veggies at the grocery store and they don’t understand the amount of work, love and devotion that goes into planting, growing, and harvesting the food we eat. I use a game called Farmers Market to introduce them to the concept. It uses the movement skills of locomotors, shaping, size, levels, role modeling and it’s also an easy introduction to partnering. Continue reading Farmers Market Dance
By maria, on June 29th, 2011%
Read It. Move It. Share It. is a collaboration with Kerry from Picture Books and Pirouettes. Once a month Kerry recommends a book for me to use in my creative movement classes. Then I write a post on what I did with the book and how I used it with the kids in hopes of giving you some ideas to use in your classes! Here is the June book. Enjoy!
First, jump over here and read the review of this book. Then jump back here to read how I used the book in creative dance class! Continue reading Jump, Frog, Jump!
By maria, on June 24th, 2011%
 Need a new song? Here’s one for you! My Blue Balloon. It’s awesome! I have used this song for years and I can’t believe I haven’t written about it yet. It works best with 2-3 year olds. They love it! Continue reading My Blue Balloon
By maria, on June 22nd, 2011%
 I’m so excited to share this dance with you. Do you know how much I love to doing dances about sea creatures? I’m not sure you do. It could be an obsession! Well, the kids love it too, so it’s justified right?  Continue reading Jellyfish Jive
By maria, on June 19th, 2011%
Want to know what I have been exploring with lately while teaching? Rope. I had some jump ropes in my prop closet and thought summertime would be the perfect season to use them. Here are some ideas I have tried:
 Continue reading Rope Shapes
By maria, on June 10th, 2011%
 So I know I have been posting a lot of games lately, but I can’t help it. All these movement games are just blowing my mind. It kind of makes me want to create one of my own.  Continue reading Summer Camp Idea: Cat In The Hat, I Can Do That!
By maria, on June 8th, 2011%
My Dear Readers,
Today I have a fun giveaway for you! Want to hear about it? Of course you do! Continue reading Petite Feet Giveaway!
By maria, on June 6th, 2011%
 This year I have been obsessed with colors and group shapes. It’s been really fun using colors as a way to manage things in the room. It has also been fun teaching my students to share and work together. I was inspired by the game Twister and thought I would add something more to my warm-up with this little game. I used it with 5′s and 6′s. Here’s how you play: Continue reading Twister For The Dance Room
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Maria Hanley is an independent early childhood dance educator in New York City.
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