IN THE SCHOOL
Communicative Power of Movement With Young Children ( 2006 ), she focuses on movement - or children ’ s nonverbal cues - as keys to critical information about their development .
Understanding a students ’ movement can provide a window into their personality , but it can also provide a door to learning .
IN THE SCHOOL
At Young Audiences - Arts for Learning - Virginia , dance is used to help students understand mathematics , literacy , science life cycles and developing personal narratives .
Dance for Life is a program that has been using dance to reinforce classroom learning for six years . Young Audiences of Virginia ( YAV ) partnered with Portsmouth City Public Schools to bring the Dance for Life program to their students . The Portsmouth community has many low-income families with children struggling with obesity . The participating schools are Title 1 schools where many of the students qualify for free or reduced lunch .
This program aims to help students , regardless of their strengths and weaknesses , build confidence in their ability to creatively approach math while staying active and promoting healthy lifestyle behaviors . The eight-week residency teaches fractions , decimals , angles , degrees , commutative property , rotation , algebraic equations and geometry : all through dance . The final product is a dance performance based entirely in math concepts that the children can explain and demonstrate .
STEAMed Magazine
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January 2016 Edition