World Music Units | Folk Dances in the Classroom | By: Audrey Klein | Folk Dances | PD Certificate | Percussion | Games | Ukulele | Boomwhackers

World Music Units | Folk Dances in the Classroom | By: Audrey Klein | Folk Dances | PD Certificate | Percussion | Games | Ukulele | Boomwhackers | Notation

4.5 Hours of Professional Development: Audrey uses an Orff based approach to teach folk dances to children. As well as teaching the dances in a rich and musical way through the body first, she then extends these with percussion instruments, games, ukulele, Boomwhackers, and notation.

Session 1: How to Teach Folk Dance

Session 1 - 60 mins
An introduction to how to teach and modify folk dances.
How to keep it musical and save your voice.

Session 1 - How to Teach Folk Dance

Session 1 Notes - How to Teach Folk Dance

Session 2: Junior Primary Folk Dances

Repertoire for junior primary.
A selection of tried and tested dances and what to do with them next.

Repertoire includes:
🎶 Shoemaker’s Dance from Poland
🎶 Indo Eu from Portugal
🎶 Pupu Hinu hinu from Hawaii
🎶 Chimes from Dunkirk from France

Session 2 - Junior Primary Folk Dances

Session 2 Notes - Junior Primary Folk Dances

Session 3: Middle to Upper Primary Folk Dances

Repertoire for middle and upper primary.
Now we’ve learned a dance, what else can we do with it?

Repertoire includes:
🎶 Bashana Habaa from Israel
🎶 Assessment Rubric
🎶 Rade Pere from Macedonia
🎶 The Blacksmith’s Apprentice from Germany

Session 3 - Middle to Upper Primary Folk Dances

Session 3 Notes - Middle to Upper Primary Folk Dances

Doudlevska Polka - Czechoslovakia

Doudlevska Polka: Double Clap Polka Trad.Czechoslovakia

This dance is also known as the Star Polka in Germany and was once also a favourite in the Israeli dance repertoire.

Unit Includes:
- Classroom Scores
- Videos
- Dance Instruction

Doudlevska Polka - Handout

Doudlevska Polka - Full Score (Audio)

Doudlevska Polka - Soprano Xylophone

Doudlevska Polka - Alto Xylophone

Doudlevska Polka - Bass Xylophone

Doudlevska Polka - Tambourine

Doudlevska Polka - Snare Drum

Doudlevska Polka - Dance Instruction

Doudlevska Polka - Shenanigans Dance Track