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Tap Lesson Plan: Colorful Crayon Box for ages 3-5

The Colorful Crayon Box Tap Lesson Plan from Dance Dance Hooray is a Conceptualized-Thematic Lesson Plan. The Lesson Plan serves as a foundational exploration of tap technique through the lens of colors and imagination. In this engaging lesson, young dancers will imagine that they are dancing through the crayon box through imagery and tap movements, fostering a deeper understanding of the skills, rhythm, and musicality that are the foundation of tap dance.

  • What's Your Favorite Color: Young dancers will begin by chanting the colors of the rainbow while feeling the downbeat through technical explorations of movements such as heel drops, toe drops, and marches. These exercises emphasize the importance of keeping time and having body control as they lay the groundwork for their tap journey.
  • Red Race Cars & Orange Oranges: Just like a red race car, students will explore traveling tap steps with a focus on go and stop, With an orange cone by their feet, dancers will test their balance and accuracy as they execute point togethers and heel togethers near the cone and tapping the top of the cone. These movements improve weight shifts, develop awareness of the different sounds they can make, and strengthens coordination.
  • Yellow Sun and Green Frogs: Like a happy yellow sun, the dancers will work on quick recall & memorization as they dance along with the words and target using the tips of their taps (toe back). They'll imagine their feet are little jumping frogs splashing in the water, as they practice clean shuffles with their toe taps. This segment of the lesson will enhance their understanding of how to execute steps with clear sounds while being playful, making lasting connections.
  • Blue Water and Purple Bricks The final part of the lesson will take the young dancers to the end of the rainbow, where they will learn how to take a rhythmic pattern and cut in half, while working on cross-body movement as well. This obstacle course focuses on traveling steps in different pathways, with an opportunity to make a collaborative creation of purple bricks with the class.
This Lesson Plan Includes:
  • Printable Teacher's Guide
  • Suggested Lesson Plan Calendar
  • Red Race Car Stop & Go Signs (Visual Aid)
  • Link to Spotify Playlists
  • Prop List
  • Video Demonstrations of each Exercise
  • Purple Bricks Obstacle Course Printables
  • Coloring Page

Course curriculum

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    1. Printable Teacher Guide

    1. Call Out The Colors Warm-Up

    2. Red Race Cars Locomotor Steps

    3. What Rhymes With Orange

    4. Yellow Sun Tips _ Toe Backs

    5. Shuffle Frogs

    6. Big Blue Box Warm-Up

    7. Rainbow Shapes Rocking Feet

    8. Blue Water Patterns

    1. Stop & Go Printables

    1. Purple Bricks Printables

    1. Playlist Link & Prop List

About this course

  • $50.00
  • 16 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

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