Veronica Daycare Photo: Ballet Dancing

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Date: Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:36 PM
Subject: Ballet Dancing

Hello Preschool Families,

Today we had an AMAZING circle. The children were incredibly engaged and loved showing off their dance moves. We talked about Ballet and where it originated from (France) We also talked about how the terms in ballet are actually in French. Some children already had some ballet experience so they helped us create a vocabulary list. Together we came up with:

The Nutcracker (Famous receital)

Arabesque (Leg stretched back)

Plié (Bent knees)

Pirouette (single twirl)

We then learned the first five positions in ballet! We looked at pictures and had it demonstrated by Aisha, Audrey A, Audrey R, Veronica, Alanya, Yael, and Lila. Everyone had a chance to show off their moves and we all had a great time. Please see the picture attached of our friends practicing an arabesque!

Today's circle time fostered gross motor skills, language, and social development. Social studies was included as well!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Aisha

Ps: Make sure to check your child's daily notebook for more pictures from today's activities!