Teaching, Yoga for Kids 10/28

 What age group and/or grade level is her target audience? Why do you think so?

I believe the teacher’s target audience is pre-K through 1st grade. This is evident because she incorporates cartoons and animated characters into her teaching, which are particularly engaging for younger children. Additionally, the teacher’s choice of wearing a onesie appeals to a younger audience and creates a playful atmosphere. The movements she taught were simple and easy for young kids to follow, and she used animal noises to keep the students interested and engaged.

How would you adapt her lesson to your own style?

Another approach I would take is incorporating storytelling into the lesson. I would create a simple narrative where the students act as different animals on an adventure, using movements and noises to bring the story to life. For example, they could hop like frogs, slither like snakes, or flap their arms like birds as the story progresses. This would keep the students engaged and help them associate the movements with the characters in the story. Adding soft background music that aligns with the story’s mood would further enhance the experience and make the lesson more immersive.

Kindergarten, Vol. 3 Dance

Component: Movement skills and underlying principles

Objectives:

1 recognizes ways of moving various body parts 

2 Explores aspect of shape with the body 

3 Demonstrates moving in personal space, using large and small kinesphere 

4 Explores nonlocomotor skills: bending, stretching, twisting, arching, turning, falling

Competency: The student can solve locomotor and non-locomotor movement problems (walk slowly, run quickly, stop) by creating a short thematic interpretation that will demonstrate these movements

Materials: speaker and music, colorful stars

Activity: Learning about straddle stretch and “making a pizza”