Course

Title: Ballet Class

Component: Movement Skills and Underlying Principles

Objective: Demonstrates control in producing motion and stillness

Competency: After listening to a fast tempo musical composition and a slow tempo musical composition, the student can demonstrate four nonlocomotor skills that correspond with the tempos

Key Concept: Allow young students to explore the power of being still and the ways to express themselves through motion

Activity: Have all students stand in a circle. The first student begins with one type of movement. Then they freeze in a pose. The next student picks up on the type of movement and performs their own set of motion. Then they freeze in a pose. This is passed around the classroom until each student has the opportunity to go.

Materials: No materials, just students and music

Assessment: See how well students are able to stay still in their pose and focus on their peers' movements. See how well students can continue the motion left off by their neighbor.

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