Dance: Kindergarten

Movement, Technique, and Performance

DA.K.2

Create, Compose, and Choreograph

DA.K.3

Historical and Cultural Context

DA.K.4

Reflect, Connect, and Respond

DA.K.1.1

Perform simple dance movements.

DA.K.1.2

Perform simple movements safely.

DA.K.2.1

Translate simple ideas and stories into movement using movement in different ways.

DA.K.2.2

Translate simple ideas and stories into movement.

DA.K.3.1

Explore dances from different eras and cultures.

DA.K.3.2

Recognize ways in which dance represents different eras and cultures.

DA.K.4.1

Describe dance using basic movement vocabulary.

DA.K.4.2

Connect dance to the world around the student.

DA.K.1.1.a

Move the body safely in time and space.

DA.K.1.1.b

Perform simple movement sequences and dances.

DA.K.1.2.a

Move safely in personal and general space.

DA.K.1.2.b

Demonstrate focus and concentration while moving.

DA.K.2.1.a

Improvise movements that can start and stop on cue.

DA.K.2.1.b

Develop simple movements based on a mood or feeling.

DA.K.2.1.c

Recognize and demonstrate contrasting ideas.

DA.K.2.1.d

Explore movement while moving with objects (scarves, feathers, balls).

DA.K.2.2.a

Use movement to show a feeling and perform it for others.

DA.K.2.2.b

Identify and demonstrate contrasting ideas.

DA.K.2.2.c

Tell movement stories through improvisational exercises.

DA.K.2.2.d

Name their favorite part of a movement activity and state what they dislike.

DA.K.3.1.a

Demonstrate movements found in dances from various eras and cultures.

DA.K.3.2.a

Name dances from different cultures.

DA.K.3.2.b

Experience dances from other time periods.

DA.K.4.1.a

Identify different dance movements.

DA.K.4.1.b

Describe a movement.

DA.K.4.2.a

Discover that dance relates to music.

DA.K.4.2.b