Digital @ The Arts Unit Creative Classes
Digital @ The Arts Unit Creative Classes
Student dance resource developed by The Arts Unit
Kindergarten to Year 2 dance
You will:
explore elements of dance and drama to create characters
perform a dance by following actions and instructions
develop coordination skills through movement and actions.
Today we are going to dance like a dinosaur. I hope you have lots of energy!
You'll need:
space to dance
material or an old shirt
a hat.
Watch the video of the students dancing.
Dance along to the music to get warmed up and ready to have some dinosaur dancing fun!
State Dance Festival 2019 – Dinosaurs
Duration: 03:44Watch this video to learn how dinosaurs became fossils.
How do dinosaur fossils form?
Duration: 03:49Create a dinosaur fossil shape using your body on the floor.
Here are some pictures of dinosaur fossils that might help you think of shapes to make.
You might like to try creating a large dinosaur fossil with some of your classmates using all your bodies together.
You could also do this with some of your toys!
Make your dinosaur fossil wake up.
Move around your space like a dinosaur.
Dinosaurs walked on either 2 legs or 4 legs.
Dinosaur fossil images
Create your dinosaur fossil shapes and ask someone to take a picture of you. Share these pictures with your teacher!
Watch the video and join in the dance following the instructions on the video.
Try doing this dance as an explorer and as a dinosaur.
Dinosaur Dig dance with D'Arts
Duration: 04:11Now that you have finished this lesson, select the footprint to return to the home page for more dinosaur adventures!
Dinosaur fossil image 1"Yburp_1b" by gvgoebel is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dinosaur fossil image 3 "A-9873" by markbyzewski is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Dinosaur fossil image 4 "A-0318" by markbyzewski is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Dinosaur fossil image 5 "DSC_0529" by bobosh_t is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.