5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day in your Dance Classes

Earth Day!

5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day in your Dance Classes

1) Woodland Animal Freeze Dance

Download the FREE Woodland Animal Freeze Dance Cards from Dance to Learn® and play an Animal Freeze Dance!

2) Dance the Life Cycle of a Butterfly!

Build a giant caterpillar with some stepping domes or poly spots, wrap up in some streamers like a chrysalis, then use some scarves as some butterfly wings as you fly around the room!

3) Grow a Giant Flower

Learn and explore how flowers grow by building a Giant Flower using a Build a Beam and Curve a Beam Set. Balance Domes make the perfect spots to grow leaves and petals! How do your body shapes match the body shapes of the flower?

4) Read a Nature Inspired Book!

Here's a list of our favorite Nature inspired Earth Day Books that you can incorporate into your dance classes!

5) Dance through a Tree Obstacle Course!

Use your Build a Beam, Curve a Beam, Domes, Hoops and Woodland Animal Movement Cards to create a Giant Tree!

Inspired by the Book 'Tree' by Britta Teckentrup!

5 Woodland Animal Movement Cards + Dance Game Ideas

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Your Download also includes 3 Dance Games you play in your dance class today!

These Movement Cards were inspired by the Book 'Tree' by Britta Teckentrup!

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Earth Day Dance EdVentures™

by Dance to Learn®

Bring the beauty and wonder of the Earth into your dance classroom with the Dance into Spring Curriculum by Dance to Learn®—a Conceptualized-Thematic Dance Curriculum designed for preschool and early childhood dancers. This Ready-to-Teach Dance EdVentures™ collection includes Dance EdVentures™ that integrate movement, music, and imagination while exploring core dance concepts.

Through Thematic exploration of April Showers, Rainbows, and Flowers in the Garden, young dancers will leap, twirl, and bloom as they explore foundational dance concepts such as tempo, levels, energy, body shapes, pathways, and relationships. Each lesson is developmentally appropriate and aligned with our Whole Child Dance Method™, making learning fun and meaningful for children ages 3-7.

Whether you're looking to refresh your spring dance classes or integrate seasonal themes into your Early Childhood Dance Program, Dance into Spring offers everything you need to engage young dancers and celebrate the season with joy and creativity.

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