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Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-171).
Preface -- How to use the CD-ROM -- PART I: A Framework for Teaching Children's Dance -- Chapter 1 Understanding the Importance of Teaching Children's Dance / Chapter 2: Presenting Essential Content for Children's Dance / Chapter 3: Designing a Dance Program / Chapter 4: Creating a Dance Education Setting / Chapter 5: Making Teaching Effective -- Chapter 6: Assessing Children's Learning in Dance / Chapter 7: Including all children in dance / PART II: Learning Experiences for Children's Dance -- Chapter 8: Learning Experiences for Kindergarten, First, and Second Grades / Chapter 8: Learning Experiences for Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades / References -- Suggested readings -- About the authors -- CD-ROM user instructions. What Is Children's Dance? ; Why Teach Children's Dance? ; What Are the Benefits and Learning Outcomes of Children's Dance? ; Applying 21st-century skills to teaching dance ; Meeting the whole child through dance ; Linking the physical activity guidelines to dance ; Summary ; Questions for Reflection -- The body ; Body shape ; Space ; Time ; Force ; Flow ; Relationships ; Dance forms ; Summary ; Questions for reflection -- Planning a Yearlong Dance Program ; Planning a Dance Unit ; Planning the Dance Lessons ; Sample unit and lesson outline ; Interdisciplinary Connections; Summary ; Questions for Reflection -- Class Size ; Equipment and Teaching Materials ; Facilities ; Class Frequency and Length ; Community Characteristics ; School Policies ; Program Advocacy ; Summary ; Questions for Reflection -- Helping all children learn ; Using various teaching styles and strategies ; Motivating learners ; Establishing protocols and rules ; Creating a safe learning environment ; Presenting demonstrations ; Providing feedback ; Engaging students in performances ; Observing and responding to dance ; Summary ; Questions for reflection -- Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness ; Teacher Assessment of Students ; Peer Assessment ; Student Self-Assessment ; Assessment instruments ; Summary ; Questions for Reflection -- Knowing your children with disabilities ; Creating an inclusive environment ; Implementing inclusive teaching strategies ; Inclusive dances ; Summary ; Questions for reflection -- Neighborhood friendship streamer dance ; Floating clouds and rain showers ; Run, hop, jump, skip ; The playground ; Ocean waves and swimmers ; Spaghetti dance ; Balloon dance ; Percussion instrument dance ; The hungry cat ; Circus dance ; Connect the spots ; Frog dance -- Dancing homework machine ; Creative square dance ; Action words ; Baseball dance ; Birthday celebration ; Partner dance ; Three sport dances: sport add-on, sport web, and sport pictures in action ; Dance maps ; Create your own hip-hop dance ; Funky shape museum ; Stick figures come alive --
"Teaching Children Dance, Second Edition contains a practical framework and approach for presenting creative dance lessons to children in kindergarten to fifth grade. It combines essential dance content appropriate for an elementary-level program with detailed descriptions of strategies. Featuring 20 dance learning experiences, the book has been updated and expanded to reflect educators' renewed commitment to making dance an integral part of children's education."--Jacket.