Friday was my last day teaching BYU Kindergarten. The week had many bittersweet moments.
Monday I taught class like usual and we used our knowledge of narratives to dance one about superheros.
Then we drew slips of paper with prompts to create our own narrative as a whole class! Working in small groups with lots of help from the TA's is what made this lesson happen - the end result was BEAUTIFUL!
I hopped back in on Wednesday to review Zemer Atik, our Israeli folk dance (video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPrDkAJD8O0), and our Superhero narrative so that we would be ready for our parent concert on Friday. By the time Friday rolled around they were ready to go! They remembered all of the moves and kept going even when I stopped counting and giving cues ;) The parents joined in at the end when we taught everyone Zemer Atik, they nailed it.
The whole mini-concert turned out fabulously and I was so touched by the sweet card my little class had made for me. I will sure miss these kiddos. Teaching dance has always been fun, but teaching and getting to know
these kindergarteners has been more than a pleasure. I am happy to announce that I have been accepted to continue as a Dance Arts Scholar for next year and am beyond stoked to continue developing as a dancer and teacher. Teaching is so important, our children are so important, and let's be real.... dance is so important :) I have loved integrating all three of them!
