Minute Masterclass Episode 191

Welcome to your one-minute masterclass. I’m Andrea Trench, founder of DiscoverDance and creator of the Foundations Course for Early Childhood Dance Educators and the DiscoverDance Experience Membership. Today, we’re exploring the concepts of dance with our favorite songs from Judi Cranston.

Jiggle Your Scarf is a directive song exploring the concepts of place, level, directions, and body parts.

I Can Play on the Beat is a music development activity with instruments exploring the concepts of level, directions, and speed. 

Windy Day is a creative exploration that I like to perform with a parachute as a group activity. We explore the concepts of level, speed, and weight. 

Make Your Scarf Fly High is a directive scarf activity exploring the concepts of place, level, directions, and speed.

Tiptoe, Tiptoe is a creative activity exploring the concepts of place, speed, directions, and weight.

Tap on Your Tappers is a rhythm stick activity that, with your guiding verbal cues, could explore many concepts. 

I Can Stretch is a creative shape making activity exploring the concepts of size, level, directions, body parts, body shapes, and relationships.

Add One More is a directive activity that gets longer every time you add one more, while exploring the concept of body parts.

Play on Your Instruments is a stop and go music development activity exploring the concepts of level, directions, and relationships.

Jump Up and Down is a self-space directive activity exploring place, size, level, and directions.

You can find all these songs and more from Judi Cranston on Spotify and iTunes. 

For more information, to enroll in the Foundations Course, or to join the DiscoverDance Experience and gain access to our curated playlists with hundreds of songs and videos of activities all categorized by concept, visit DiscoverDance.com.