Music, Dance /Movement, and Curriculum

For the las two weeks we have learned that dance is the B.E.S.T and music is AWESOME!!!!!

This components can make a lesson plan to be meaningful and unforgetable for years.

For example in Music, a person/students learn how to perform, sing, analytical and critical listening, read music and regular material, and also to make connection of times and places to their own personal life.

In dancing, students not only use their memorization but they must engage Body, Energy, Space, and Time all the same time in order to perform in a choreographic; which they could be abstract, move-shape-move, theme and variation, and cannon. All these kind of moveme

nts requires a great

deal for critical thinking and concentration.

As teacher we have the dear responsibility to integrate all of those elements with core curriculum material to enhance the education development in every child in our classroom. Once again, if teachers integrate creative arts and core curriculum, They will be satisfying

all requirements and responsibility from the board of education, using almost all M.I at the same time and making fun and educational classroom for ALL students.

After experimenting by myself with my classmates in making a lesson plan where music (Folk) and dance were incorporated, I can see that is doable and effective...AND FUN!!!!!

Last Thursday, I learned lots of core curriculum material such: Social Studies, Geography, Science, P.E. Some lesson plans that stick to my were: the Indians tribes of Utah, Rocks, Water Cycle, movements to certain tune or music genre, the Preamble. These were very good and engaging lesson plans. I love all of them. I know more core curriculum material that I did before. It was an excellent elementary content review!!!

I personallly do not understand how some classroom are painfully boring and bland. Some teachers excuses are "There is not enough time to do fun things; and others said "I am to busy to play games." I believe that if you take the time to make your lesson plans "accordingly to the core curriculum" and integrate arts to it such: dance/creative movements, and music; their lesson duration time will be the same and teacher could have more time to cover more material, assessing, and/or review for a test.