Physicality

• Improved gross and fine motor skills ​

• Physical exercise-Moving to the beat of the music helps us increase our heart rate whilst having fun!​

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Culturally Safe and Inclusive

• Dance is an integral part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, as well as many cultures around the world.

• By valuing dance as a valid and important means of communication and expression we are allowing space for diverse cultures to exist in our Kindy environments.​

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Social and Emotional Learning

• working in pairs, small and large groups in a non-competitive environment.

• enhanced self confidence,

• another way to express feelings

• Increased feeling of connectedness and belonging

  • we release feel good hormones when we dance in a group (It's hard not to smile when we dance with others!)

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Executive Function

• Improves Cognitive flexibility-As children adapt to changing movement sequences

• Enhances Working Memory- Remembering and recalling sequences

• ​Promotes self control- Regulating movements and impulses, promoting inhibitory control.

• Fosters attention and focus- Children take turns being the audience and performer which both require a different kind of focus and attention.

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Oral Language and Literacy

• Creative dance introduces us to new movement vocabulary

• Retelling stories with dance helps us wth sequencing in storytelling

• Connecting dance and fun movement activities to written text and stories helps to foster a love of literacy.

• Linking movement to the rhythm of labguage assist with phonological awareness.

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Mathematics and Numeracy

• Connecting movement to maths concepts such as counting, patterns and sequences provides an alternative and active way of learning.