Dance
•Reception
•6 Lessons
This unit invites Reception students into an imaginative jungle world where they develop fundamental movement skills through creative expression and storytelling. The jungle theme provides a rich context for exploring animal movements, poetry, and collaborative dance-making. Through playful exploration, students build confidence in their bodies whilst developing creativity, communication skills, and the ability to work cooperatively with others.
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can we use our bodies to become different jungle animals and tell their stories through movement?
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Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we use words from a poem to create beautiful dance movements that tell a jungle story?
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Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can we travel like jungle animals using different levels to tell our story?
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Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can we work together to bring jungle pictures to life through dance?
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Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we work together to bring pictures to life through movement and dance?
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Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we perform our jungle dance to show our best movement skills?
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