 |
New Perspectives
Home
About New
Perspectives
From the Director
Special Events
State Mandated
Workshops
Registration
Infomation
Contact New
Perspectives
Newsletter
|
|
|
SPRING 2008 COURSES
 Print-Friendly version of this page
Click here to jump to summer 2008.
Creative Movement in the Early Childhood Curriculum (Preschool - Grade 3) TEED561N
Children love to move! This participatory course demonstrates engaging strategies that can integrate movement- children's natural language- into the early childhood curriculum in schools and other settings. Using scarves, songs, music, and children's literature, we will explore how kinesthetic teaching techniques provide a springboard for the development of body and group awareness, spatial and numerical concepts, language and pre-reading skills. Creative movement activities can ease transitions and classroom management issues as they heighten self esteem, nurture creativity, and build community in the classroom.
Susan Griss, a dancer, educator, and curriculum consultant, is the author of Minds in Motion: A Kinesthetic Approach to Teaching Elementary Curriculum. She is on the faculty of Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, and she is co-director of the Arts and Curriculum Institute, part of Concerted Effort which works in the NY State capital region. Susan has been teaching creative movement to children in public schools for over 20 years.
May 2 and 3
Friday, 5:15 - 9 pm
Saturday, 9:30 am - 5 pm
1 CEU $395 / 1 credit $1010
Materials fee $10
Registration Deadline: 4/25
Top of Page
Integrating Movement Experiences into the Classroom for the Special Needs Child (Grades K - 5) SPED504N
Incorporating movement into your classroom provides a fresh approach to learning about and teaching children with special needs. The problems we will address include language and social learning disorders, visual/spatial/perceptual difficulties and attentional or other organizational deficits. In this course, you will learn how to integrate creative dance, rhythms, poetry, and chanting games into your curriculum. The emphasis in this course is on developing ways to encourage children's attention, listening, and social skills through the medium of movement. You will come away with a "toolbox' of materials you can use daily to enhance your students' learning experiences by utilizing techniques that are easily adaptable for all classrooms. No previous dance training is necessary. Come in comfortable clothing.
Sara Kiesel has been teaching creative dance to special needs children for almost 20 years. She has been the resident movement specialist and arts coordinator for the Gateway School in Manhattan, which serves children with special needs. Sara is also a workshop presenter, consultant, and keynote speaker on arts education at Trinity School, the Alberta Arts Council, and Manhattanville College.
July 28 and 29
Monday and Tuesday, 9:30 am - 4 pm
1 CEU $395/ 1 credit $1060
Materials fee $10
Registration Deadline 7/21
Top of Page
|
|
