Ideas for Dance
Easter Fun !
To keep the children ... and the adults entertained and fit this Easter! Try out theses two Family Fun Fitness activities. Easter Exercises! Create your own backyard boot camp with Easter themed exercise. Leaping Lambs, Bunny Hops and Bunny Jumps, You can either...
2023 and kids fitness and health .
As we enter another new year Caroline Dancelady wonders and predicts! whats going to be new and upcoming in the Fitness Business and specifically Children’s and health fitness and wellbeing. Since Covid, Lock downs and the world pivoting in all forms Ive noticed a...
Creating Autumn themed movements
Choreography are movement phrases . Sections of choreography placed together can be used to create a movement story. Any book or story that you may be reading or studying can be broken down into a movement story beginning middle and end. The opening paragraph is...
Back to School 22 !
So here we go ! Dancelady enters her 11 official year as Dancelady !, but probably something like 35 years in total , teaching fitness classes and kids fitness sessions . This curriculum year feels like we back to normal . This time last year we were still a little...
Gardening and Dance !
It's Chelsea Flower Show time of Year! I love this time of year. I enjoy watching the Chelsea Flower show marveling at all the amazing horticultural designs and inspiration. This time of year everything in the garden is going mad! , plants are shooting, flowers are...
Spiderman inspired Dance and Fitness
Returning to teaching in schools this week, the kids were buzzing about the latest Spiderman film, which many had watched during the festive break. So motivated by their enthusiasm here are some Spiderman-inspired fitness, dance, movement ideas. Spiderman Tag . The...
The Boat Race
Its the Famous Oxford Cambridge Boat Race this weekend. So try out these rowing inspired activities for all ages. Crews Ages 7yrs upwards Moving around the hall/room call out the desired boat crew the crew have to sit on the floor one behind each other legs...
Learning through Movement
Why can’t children just sit still and listen? ....it’s nearly impossible for them! After a number of years working with children within school PE lesson times I’ve concluded they shouldn’t! (Time and situation appropriate) Children learn through movement The human...
St Patricks Day !
Fun Dance & PE Activities for St Patricks Day Lucky 4s Moving around the room in different directions. Call out 4 elbows children have to get themselves into groups of 4 elbows. Add other calls such as 4 hands. 4 feet, 4 heads, 4 backs, 4 fingers! Obviously some...
World Book Day . Making Books move !
World Book day Here are some short simple Dance /movement ideas inspired by books Funny Bones by Janet & Allan Ahlberg This classic story about a Skeleton family has a fantastic opening scene-setting. Using the keywords get the children to create the...
Zoom/Teams Teaching !
As Term 3 of the Curriciclium year 2020-2021 comes to a close DanceLady reflects on the most challenging school Term she has ever taught! Like many parents across the UK the evening of Monday 4th January 2021 I was prepping for school and work. My dance work for...
