In Rhythmic Activities and Dance, authors John Price Bennett and Pamela Coughenour Riemer, noted authorities on teaching dance, prove that dance is a great way to help your students get fit and have fun.
This book makes it a breeze to select and teach developmentally appropriate dance and rhythmic activities to your students. No other book covers such a wide variety of dances and rhythmic activities. With more than 192 activities to choose from, more than 95 illustrations to aid you in teaching basic steps, and a user-friendly format, Rhythmic Activities and Dance gives you the flexibility to introduce dance at a level appropriate to the individual skill levels of your students.
In chapter 1, the authors provide you with guidelines for developing K-8 rhythmic activities and dance programs, planning units and lessons, managing your classes, and evaluating your students. This introductory chapter lists cognitive, affective, and psychomotor characteristics as well as the needs and expectations of children in grades K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. You'll also find sample 15-day unit and lesson plans for each grade level.
Subsequent chapters contain up-to-date activities that focus on a specific type of dance or rhythmic activity, including
• rhythmic games and activities (28 activities),
• rhythmic aerobics and dance (18 routines),
• line dances (32 activities),
• mixers (30 activities),
• Big Set (circle) figures, square dances, and clogging (52 activities), and
• folk dances (32 activities).
To help you individualize your instruction, the activities in chapters 2 through 7 are divided into a progression of three developmentally appropriate skill levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Plus, the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor characteristics of students are included at each level to help you decide about content and determine which skill level is most appropriate for your students.
Rhythmic Activities and Dance follows the guidelines for developmentally appropriate physical education described by the Council on Physical Education for Children for the National Association of Sport and Physical Education (an association of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance).
Rhythmic Activities and Dance helps you lead your students to fun and fitness through high-quality, developmentally appropriate rhythmic activities and dance.
AUDIENCE
Reference for K-8 physical educators and recreation specialists who teach dance and rhythmic activities within their curricula. Text for college courses in dance and rhythmic activity methods and physical education teaching methods.
CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter 1. Starting Your Rhythmic Activities Program
Planning Your Program • Unit Planning • Lesson Planning • Rhythmic Terms • Abbreviation Meanings and Formation Diagrams • Management • Evaluation • Summary
Chapter 2. Rhythmic Games and Activities
From Old to New • List of Activities in This Chapter • Music Selection • Large-Group Activities • Small-Group Activities • Circuits • Games • Summary
Chapter 3. Rhythmic Aerobics and Dance
Tips for Quality Aerobics • Selected Exercise Components for Aerobic and Dance Routines • Selected Warm-Up and Cool-Down Exercise Descriptions • Low-Impact Sample Workout • High-Impact Sample Workout • List of Eight Routines Within a Sample Workout • Creating Rhythmic Aerobic Routines and Dances • Sample Aerobic and Dance Creations • Create-A-Dance Cards: The "CDC" System • Summary
Chapter 4. Line Dances
List of Line Dances in This Chapter • Line Dance Descriptions for the Beginner Level • Line Dance Descriptions for the Intermediate Level • Line Dance Descriptions for the Advanced Level • Summary
Chapter 5. Mixers
List of Mixers in This Chapter • Mixer Descriptions for the Beginner Level • Mixer Descriptions for the Intermediate Level • Mixer Descriptions for the Advanced Level • Summary
Chapter 6. Square Dance and Clogging
History of American Square Dance • Basics of Teaching Square Dance • Appalachian Big Set • List of Western Square Dance Figures in This Chapter • Square Dance Descriptions for the Beginner Level • Square Dance Descriptions for the Intermediate Level • Square Dance Descriptions for the Advanced Level • Clogging • Summary
Chapter 7. Folk Dance
Description of Folk Dancing • List of Folk Dances in This Chapter • Folk Dance Descriptions for the Beginner Level • Folk Dance Descriptions for the Intermediate Level • Folk Dance Descriptions for the Advanced Level • Summary
Suggested Resources
Professional Organizations • Records, Cassette Tapes, CDs, Videos, Equipment • Books and Other Written Materials
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
or more than 25 years John Price Bennett has taught dance to students at every level, from preschool to adult. Both his teaching and work as an administrator at the public school and state levels has given him the opportunity to view hundreds of dance programs and develop the activities detailed in this book. Since 1992, he has worked as an associate professor in the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where most of his efforts are focused on teacher preparation.
John received his master's degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1972 and his doctoral degree from Northern Illinois University in 1980. He is in constant demand as a speaker at the international, national, regional, state, and local levels on topics including dance, wellness, K-12 health and physical education programs, and fitness development for all ages. John is a life member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) and the National Dance Association.
Pamela Coughenour Riemer has been a physical education teacher since 1969. She chairs the physical education department at Sycamore Lane Middle School in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Her tenure there has enabled her to develop and test her ideas about children and dance education in real-life situations.
In 1990 Pam was named the North Carolina Physical Education Teacher of the Year. She also has served on the professional committee for revising the Physical Education Curriculum Standard Course of Study for North Carolina. Her extensive curriculum background has enabled her to help maintain Sycamore Lane Middle School as a North Carolina President's Council on Physical Fitness Demonstration Center for seven years. The school also has received the North Carolina Governor's Youth Fitness Award for three consecutive years.
Pam received her bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Appalachian State University in 1969 and did graduate work at the University of Oregon in 1972. Pam has made many presentations at the national, regional, state, and local levels on topics related to dance and physical education programs for all age levels. She is the founder and director of the Sycamore Lane Dance Company and a member of AAHPERD and the National Education Association.
WORDS OF PRAISE
"The authors' expertise and love of teaching dance is evident throughout this book. Experienced teachers will be reminded of things they have forgotten and of a different way of approaching some ideas. Inexperienced teachers will find many helpful ideas for planning lessons and units. It truly should be a resource guide for any physical educator who is teaching K-12."
Betty L. Toman
Distinguished Professor Emerita Iowa State University
"Developmentally appropriate approach and content is very appealing. GREAT package useful to all educators(physical education, dance, classroom, and recreation specialists."
Marcia L. Lloyd, EdD
Professor of Dance, Idaho State University Past President, National Dance Association
