Creative Movement 4

Creative movement is a two or three year program which consists of one or two classes per week for young boys and girls, ages 4-7. The class inspires children to develop natural movement instincts through activities appropriate to their innate creativity and physical skills.

The class provides an opportunity for children to learn and express themselves primarily through movement, but also through music and drama activities. A variety of hands-on materials in related arts and sciences are incorporated to enhance each child's learning experience, such as streamers, scarves, balls, bean bags, puppets, percussion instruments, and more!

Curriculum Awareness of the following is presented and explored with attention to detail and complexity at every advancing age.

Body parts: whole and isolated body parts, leading and initiating with a part.
Time: quick, slow, clock time, and rhythmic time.
Space and pathways: personal, general space, air and floor designs, direct, indirect, straight, twisted, bent, narrow, wide
Directions: toward floor, ceiling, walls, distance.
Levels and direction of focus: high, middle, and low.
Weight: heavy, light, strong, gentle, tense, and relaxed.
Locomotion: walk, leap, run, hop, jump, skip, gallop, stride, slide, and roll.
Action: thrust, slash, press, wring, float, flick, tap, and glide.
Flow: sudden, sustained, successive, simultaneous, bound, and free.
Shape and size: drawing shapes in space, becoming shapes.
Awareness of others: partners, groups: large and small.

All possible progressions include: march, skip, jump, tip toe ( all forward, backward, and turning ), side gallops, free dance, prop use, instrumental use: beat, accent, tempo, duration, and patterns.