https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k Connect dance class to home with these titles en-us 2021-09-26 13:28:13 UTC 2025-10-28 03:03:50 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4d6.png mkvictorson1 https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1768597819 Ask your students if they dance in the kitchen, at home, with parents or grandparents, siblings, pets, caregivers.]]> 2021-09-26 13:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1768597819 mkvictorson1 https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1768607329 Talk to your students about their own origins and family history. What places in the world do they represent? Their families? what is important about their origin and how does that connect to dance class? What do they wish to say about where they are "from." (I use it when we begin to study dances from around the world)]]> 2021-09-26 13:39:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1768607329 mkvictorson1 https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776361671 A little girl and her mom are out for a walk. She notices sounds everywhere and finds the rhythm in her feet, head, hands. A great book for exploring rhythm in dance class and listening for rhythms at home and in the world.]]> 2021-09-29 01:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776361671 mkvictorson1 https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776369847 Hop Jump is such a fun book for introducing actions and movement and building to improvisation. The little frog in the book wants to do more than hop and jump--she wants to dance and float and twirl like the leaves. ]]> 2021-09-29 01:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776369847 mkvictorson1 https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776371401 2021-09-29 01:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776371401 mkvictorson1 https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776384034 2021-09-29 01:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776384034 mkvictorson1 https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776392978 2021-09-29 01:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1776392978 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795198027 This is a lovely little bedtime book to read to your students. They can share the story at home and talk about ways they can move and stretch before they go to sleep.]]> 2021-10-06 03:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795198027 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795200792 This book has wonderful figurative language that inspires movement. Bring it out to read when there is snowfall and encourage students to dance through the snow while walking with their family.]]> 2021-10-06 03:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795200792 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795208068 This book is written in both English and Spanish. It is a picture book but the language in the book is more for older students. It is the story of a young dancer who is nervous about dancing on stage because she learns her mother had polio as a child which kept her from dancing.]]> 2021-10-06 03:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795208068 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795210140 Beautifully inclusive book!]]> 2021-10-06 03:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795210140 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795214732 If you don't have the Tanya dance books, start your collection today! There are SO many! This is a cute book about Tanya and her friend Emily, who is a beautiful ballet dancer. They take a walk through the zoo and dance like the animals. Encourage your students to look at the way different animals move and try to copy them!]]> 2021-10-06 03:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795214732 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795218860 This is a great book to read when teaching students to be proud of who they are, using their name as a part of their unique identity.]]> 2021-10-06 03:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1795218860 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804665413 This was shared during our session - what a great resource!]]> 2021-10-09 23:12:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804665413 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804667038 This is great for students of all ages. A story of a young girl's journey to center stage.]]> 2021-10-09 23:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804667038 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804667760 2021-10-09 23:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804667760 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804669322 Dance Teacher magazine - March 2021]]> 2021-10-09 23:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804669322 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804670383 2021-10-09 23:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804670383 gmspears https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804674934 Not exactly about connecting to home, but adding this list at the request of a participant looking for middle grade books. Terrific for your classroom library!]]> 2021-10-09 23:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mkvictorson1/7rjm80s6isofii0k/wish/1804674934