Dance: Pre-Kindergarten

Performing (PR)

Creating (CR)

Responding (RE)

Connecting (CN)

Develop and refine dance techniques and work for presentation. 

Select, analyze, and interpret dance for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of dance. 

Generate and conceptualize dance ideas and work. 

Organize and develop dance work.

Refine and complete dance work.

Perceive and analyze dance.

Construct meaningful interpretations of dance.

Apply criteria to evaluate dance.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make dance.

Relate dance ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical contexts to deepen understanding.

Identify and move body parts and imitate movements upon request. 

Imitate basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements. 

Move safely in general space and start and stop on cue while maintaining personal space. 

Recognize food provides energy for physical activity. 

Imitate and follow directional cues for moving the body in general space (e.g., forward, backward, sideways, up, down, turning) and finding and returning to a place in space. 

Imitate speed of dance as fast or slow. Move to varied rhythmic sounds at different tempi. 

Identify and apply different movement qualities (e.g., slow, smooth, wavy). 

Dance with others in a designated area or space.

Use a simple prop as part of a dance. 

Respond in movement to a variety of sensory stimuli (e.g., music/sound, visual, tactile). 

Explore basic locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

Improvise dance that starts and stops on cue.

Engage in dance experiences moving alone or with a partner. 

Follow verbal cues for changing movement through guided improvisational experiences. 

Identify parts of the body and draw a picture of a body shape or position. 

Identify a learned movement in a dance. 

Demonstrate an observed or performed dance movement.

Observe a shape or movement and describe it.

Imitate a movement from a dance and explain how it feels to perform it. 

Recognize emotions expressed in dance movements watched or performed.

Observe a dance work. Imitate a movement from the dance and ask a question about the dance. 

Imitate a dance movement experienced at home or elsewhere.