Hello Parents!
My name is Jessie Madden, and I am the Teaching Artist from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago working with your children. We had a great first week of movement! We learned the BrainDance, which will serve as our weekly warm-up. Ask your child to show you their favorite pattern (most of them like vestibular the best). We use fun rhymes and songs to learn the movement patterns, and your children did a great job of jumping right in and following along! We also learned how to make Shapes as dancers, as we created frozen positions with our bodies. Your children all learned how to freeze, exercising body control, and as they created unique shapes. We then moved through space working on gross motor skills, such as skipping and leaping, freezing in shapes when the music stopped. We had an awesome time dancing together, and I can't wait to be back next week!
Best,
Jessie Madden
My name is Jessie Madden, and I am the Teaching Artist from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago working with your children. We had a great first week of movement! We learned the BrainDance, which will serve as our weekly warm-up. Ask your child to show you their favorite pattern (most of them like vestibular the best). We use fun rhymes and songs to learn the movement patterns, and your children did a great job of jumping right in and following along! We also learned how to make Shapes as dancers, as we created frozen positions with our bodies. Your children all learned how to freeze, exercising body control, and as they created unique shapes. We then moved through space working on gross motor skills, such as skipping and leaping, freezing in shapes when the music stopped. We had an awesome time dancing together, and I can't wait to be back next week!
Best,
Jessie Madden