Comments on: What kind of dance lessons are good to teach babies and toddlers? http://www.lessonsdance.com/lessons-dance/what-kind-of-dance-lessons-are-good-to-teach-babies-and-toddlers Dance Lessons that will change your life... Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:47:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Artemis http://www.lessonsdance.com/lessons-dance/what-kind-of-dance-lessons-are-good-to-teach-babies-and-toddlers/comment-page-1#comment-4115 Artemis Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:35:59 +0000 http://www.lessonsdance.com/lessons-dance/what-kind-of-dance-lessons-are-good-to-teach-babies-and-toddlers#comment-4115 Don't expect amazing things from 3-5 year olds. Here's RADs pre-primary syllabus: Running in a circle Running en diagonale Walking with stretched feet Walking on demi-pointe Skips Demi-plies Rises Points Knee bends Jumps Bounces Claps Marches Pony steps Pony trots Pony galops Here's the primary: Swaying Step close step point Knee lifts Stork walks Sautes Echappes sautes Spring points Galops sideways Jumps with eye focus Skip change of step Here's grade 1: Battlements tendus Petit jetes Bivided battlements tensud Transfer of weight Classical walks Swaying Spinning Soubresauts Galops forward Step forward (heel toe) Picked up runs For babies, focus on rhythm and movement. Clapping in time, counting to 4, bouncing in time, 'free dance' to music, happy feet and sad feet (pointed and flexed), pretending to be animals /ghosts /trees /princesses /butterflies, etc.<br><b>References : </b><br> Don’t expect amazing things from 3-5 year olds.

Here’s RADs pre-primary syllabus:
Running in a circle
Running en diagonale
Walking with stretched feet
Walking on demi-pointe
Skips
Demi-plies
Rises
Points
Knee bends
Jumps
Bounces
Claps
Marches
Pony steps
Pony trots
Pony galops

Here’s the primary:
Swaying
Step close step point
Knee lifts
Stork walks
Sautes
Echappes sautes
Spring points
Galops sideways
Jumps with eye focus
Skip change of step

Here’s grade 1:
Battlements tendus
Petit jetes
Bivided battlements tensud
Transfer of weight
Classical walks
Swaying
Spinning
Soubresauts
Galops forward
Step forward (heel toe)
Picked up runs

For babies, focus on rhythm and movement. Clapping in time, counting to 4, bouncing in time, ‘free dance’ to music, happy feet and sad feet (pointed and flexed), pretending to be animals /ghosts /trees /princesses /butterflies, etc.
References :

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