Preschool ballet lesson plans

Have you thought about teaching ballet to elementary students? Even if you're not a dancer, teaching ballet can be a fun and meaningful addition to your classroom dance curriculum.

Preschool dance activities for your class! Below I have different preschool dance activities based on class size, age, and social development.

Join me today for tips on teaching preschool and kindergarten dance classes. I explain my typical lesson plan with special activities and other tips I have l...

We love the ballet! My girls love the ballet. I love fine arts and exposing them to the arts at a young age. There is a theater out of our local community college that has the Russian ballet come in once a year for a show. I thought it would be great to do some ballet unit studies with them before a show. There are not a lot of unit studies made about the ballet, but the ones I found are really good! Ballet Unit Studies: Ballet Unit Study from Eclectic Homeschool Online Ballet Unit Study…

This post features Preschool Ballet Content including ideas on props that will not only stimulate the young dancer’s imagination, but also help them develop motor skills and spatial awareness. It is so important when children are learning to dance between the ages of 3 and 5 that they are learning in a creative, fun and challenging way suitable for their ages.

I am going to post Preschool Dance Lesson Plans that my colleagues and I wrote in our Techniques of Teaching Dance class at BYU-Idaho. Each lesson plan uses a theme to teach the three elements of dance to preschoolers- time, energy, and space. These are really fun, cute ideas for encouraging creativity in each individual child and I have successfully used a few of these lesson plans and intend to use all of them. So exciting! I only have hard copies of the lesson plans, so I've been scanning…

Pre-Ballet Steps

Rising in popularity over the past 10 years is the idea of the “combination class”. There are teachers and studio owners who love the idea, and others who struggle with teaching all that needs to be taught in such a short amount of time. How can teachers learn to adapt and provide a solid dance […]