Dance Integration: 36 Dance Lesson Plans for Science and Mathematics - Softcover

Children love to learn on the move and are natural kinesthetic learners. Dance Integration for Teaching Science and Mathematics will help them do just that as they learn concepts and content in dance, mathematics and science. The book contains 38 lesson plans that bring mathematics and science to life for primary school children as they are guided through creative practices that integrate mathematics and science content with movement. This approach to dance integration enlivens classrooms, helps students improve their literacy in dance, science and mathematics and revitalises teachers, who gain access to new learning modalities that inspire and excite their pupils.

Karen A. Kaufmann is a professor of dance and the head of the dance programme at the University of Montana. A veteran of more than 35 years in dance education, she has published journal articles and a text for classroom teachers, spearheaded a model programme that laid the groundwork for this book and prepared dance, classroom and student teachers to use dance and creative movement in their classrooms. Jordan Dehline has been performing, choreographing and teaching in for seven years. She currently teaches modern and ballet at Ballet Arts Academy, in Missoula County Public Schools as part of the Montana Model Dance Education Programme (MoDE).