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| Dancing Wheels |
| Author: | Patricia McMahon |
| Source: | Book; Dancing Wheels |
| Publish Date: | August 12th, 2000 |
| Summary: | This book introduces the unique dancing company "Dancing Wheels". The dance company is comprised of dancers who are in wheelchairs and dancers who have full use of their limbs. Mary Verdi-Fletcher, the founder, is in a wheelchair herself due to having spina bifida. Mary was born with spina bifida and proved her doctors wrong by outliving their expectations for her life. This book highlights her dance company and some of the dancers in the company. In particular, we are treated to a special inside view of the friendship between Jenny, a wheelchair bound dancer and Devin, a dancer who has full use of his limbs. |
| Submitter: | Jeanette Barnreiter |
| Minute Moves for the Classroom |
| Author: | Debra Em Wilson |
| Source: | Minute Moves for the Classroom |
| Publish Date: | August 12th, 2004 |
| Summary: | This book was written by a teacher and occupational therapist for use in the classroom to improve the physical foundation for learning so that students can perform better academically. S'cool moves are teaching techniques that encourage success for all students by helping student's ability to focus and connecting the mind and body. The authors write many activities that only take a minute such as rubbing below the clavicle, deep breathing, shoulder shrugs, deep pressure stimulation, cross crawls and rhythm tapping. The book is a great resource for teachers to use daily for a one minute warm-up activity prior to teaching reading, writing, and spelling. |
| Submitter: | Robbin White |
| Creative movement from children's storybook: Going beyond pantomime; acting out stories provides a cross-disciplinary entree to the creative-dance experience. |
| Author: | H Clemmens |
| Source: | Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. |
| Publish Date: | November 1st, 2005 |
| Summary: | This article provides a conceptual framework for teachers to implement creative dance into the literacy curriculum. A four phase lesson plan gives a detailed description of how to plan and implement an integrated lesson using creative dance and children's story books. Phase one represents the pantomimed storybooks. Phase two comprises organizing groups, assigning story portions, and completing the first creative-movement task. Phase three represents abstracting movements. Finally, phase four constitutes coordinating dance components adn presenting the final product. |
| Submitter: | Angie Dennis |
| Using dance experience and drama in the classroom |
| Author: | Susan Schoon |
| Source: | Childhood Education v74.n2 (Winter 1997) pp78(5) |
| Publish Date: | December 12th, 1998 |
| Summary: | Using music and drama experiences for cultivating literacy behaviors with early grade students. Students conveying thoughts and feelings using their senses. Sample lessons involving dance and drama for stories such as 'Color Dance,'The Three Billy Goats Gruff,' 'Clap Your Hands,' 'Amazing Grace,' and 'Little Blue and Little Yellow' are given and a resource list for titles that would work well. |
| Submitter: | sandi strain |
| The Use of Puppetry to Increase Self-worth Through the Windows of Poetry |
| Author: | Geraldine Martin |
| Source: | Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute (Curriculum Unit 91.04.08) |
| Publish Date: | January 1st, 2005 |
| Summary: | This paper addresses the importance of utilizing puppetry in early childhood curriculum to discuss poetry. Geraldine Martin lists objectives to meet in order to create interactive opportunities and successful lessons for children in the classroom. Four lessons are provided, along with inexpensive materials and detailed instructions. |
| Submitter: | Sarah Blazo |
| Dancing Hearts: Creative Arts with Books Kids Love |
| Author: | M. Brady |
| Source: | Dancing Hearts: Creative Arts with Books Kids Love |
| Publish Date: | March 1st, 1998 |
| Summary: | This book integrates children's literature and creative arts while acknowledging that children use who and what they are to engage themselves in the learning process in different ways. Each chapter features a different children's book with a whole unit of creative activities to work with while also learning about the literature itself. I think this book would be an excellent addition to a Language Arts, elementary teacher as it integrates creative play and drama with literature that students actually read at school and at home. Finding new ways to change up any curriculum is always a great idea, and this book is great starting point to do just that. |
| Submitter: | Meredith Centofante |
| Creative Drama inthe Classroom and Beyond |
| Author: | N. McCaslin |
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| Publish Date: | March 1st, 2006 |
| Summary: | This book is very useful to any instructor or professor who will be teaching drama in a classroom setting. It discusses the many diverse aspects in applying theater to children. McCaslin shares different styles, and techniques that can be used to incorporate creative drama in the classroom. |
| Submitter: | Stephanie Robbins |
| (Creative Dramatics in the Classroom: 2nd Edition) |
| Author: | Nellie McCaslin |
| Source: | Creative Dramatics in the Classroom: 2nd Edition |
| Publish Date: | November 7th, 2005 |
| Summary: | Drama in the classroom provides a different dimension in learning, one that gives children a feeling of self worth adn achievement. Drama is re-enacting life patterns and it increases the child's desire to learn. Drama in the classroom can be used to increase the imagination, concentration and organization through games and exercise. |
| Submitter: | Melissa Hunt |
| The Art of Drama Teaching (Book) |
| Author: | Michael Fleming |
| Source: | Book |
| Publish Date: | January 1st, 1998 |
| Summary: | Fleming's book describes ways in which drama at a young age can greatly benefit children. He clearly describes techniques that can be used. This book can be greatly beneficial to any classroom. |
| Submitter: | Laura Colombo |
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