Update on my assistan teaching class!

Since one of my students is studying we decided to have only one class. per week. That left me with one hour  free on thursdays in the studio. So this idea came to my mind. I wanted to include my son in my classes so he could have some time with me doing what I love. I decided then to open a class for little kids. From 3 to 6 years old.  Thats an age group neither my teacher or I have experience with. Since classes will be until December It would be a "test" group and we will see how it goes.

So This are some of the activities

I have thought for them: 

Mimics

Simon says (let's see if a celtic name can occur to me haha)

Doing rounds

Jumping

The statue game

I want to do little skirts and vests, so they play to dress up and dance.

Storytelling (wanting to find some celtic stories nice for kids) and roleplaying with dance characters  we choose from the story.

Dance freestyle

Dance in the mood of the music (listen to a song and dance depending how it makes you feel)

The train (one kid leads the train and the other follow, trying to go in skip 123), or the teacher leads and all kids grab their hands.

Make little cloth clovers so they put in a pot , but to get there they need to move in a special way (like sidestep or jumping with one leg, with two, skip 2,3) 

Listen to music and clap. 

Put marks on the floor and make each kid go to an assigned mark.

Things I'll try to encourage:

Good posture

Streching after class

Learning to have conscience of legs and arms and to move in a "Stage"(aka marked place)

Start to develop core strength

Teach them to wait for turns

My objectives are:

Teach them sidestep and skip 2 3.

They have fun!!! It's a recreational class, if they want their kids to be in the ultimate dance lessons they should sign them for ballet, this is playing and dancing to one of the most beautiful music and introduce them to one of the richest cultures.

Oh well that is what I have now, I think that the more I am with the kids the more activities will go through my mind.

Also I thought a nice Idea to atract young kids is whenever we do a performance include a slip jig or a jig and dress as a fairy, 

PD: I love doing lists, it just keeps me organized!

Update...

So I haven't updated lately because I got sick, then my baby got sick, then I had an allergy and I just couldn't focus on anything.  Actually I was feeling a little depressed after all this. But this tuesday I had this little revelation. I didn't do any physical activity during this sickness period so I was feeling like a real lazy ass. That afternoon I went to my mom's house earlier and I was feeling very hungy, as if I hadn't eaten in the hole day (but I did). So I pretty much emptied my mom's fridge and I still felt so hungry. We had to go and look for some papers in town and I felt I had this huge belly and still hungry and I was really freaked out haha. I also felt so tired.

I went to my Irish Dance class. I started dancing and I felt I was so light, I jumped so high, and when I saw my reflex I saw me being so graceful. Something inside me changed.

I finished the class as if I had just woke up from the most refreshing nap. I felt my body again and my hunger actually dissapeared, I felt satisfied and happy. I came to my house at night and felt like it was the early morning.

Dancing is one of the best things I have. And when I don't dance I am not me anymore.