{"id":73038,"date":"2020-05-25T16:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T20:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=73038"},"modified":"2020-06-08T12:17:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T16:17:11","slug":"mirror-dance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/healthy-active-living\/healthy-active-living-all-grades\/creative-movement-dance-activities\/mirror-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirror Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Creative Movement and Dance Activities<\/h5>\n<p>For Movement Monday, grab a partner and let\u2019s do a Mirror Dance!<\/p>\n<p>Movement is essential for children\u2019s physical and mental development. Encouraging free movement gives children space to develop self-awareness, learn non-verbal ways of communicating and to get to know themselves and their body. Through movement, children learn their range of motion, balance, muscle strength, coordination, and endurance. When we combine music with movement, it enhances children\u2019s auditory system and sense of rhythm. (learningtree.co.nz)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73039\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance.png\" alt=\"Four middle-school aged children in a dance a studio, dancing in front of a large mirror\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance.png 1600w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance-165x110.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance-1140x760.png 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance-945x630.png 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/05\/mirrordance-750x500.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All you need is your favourite music and a partner. Note: Music with a slower tempo will be easier for someone to follow your movements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Listen to the music and think of movements that might match the tempo (e.g., swaying side to side, stretching your arms up to the ceiling, squatting to side, toe tapping, etc.,).<\/li>\n<li>Determine who will be the \u201cleader\u201d and who will be the \u201cmirror\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>The leader decides on the movements they will do and the partner acts as a mirror, trying to follow the leader\u2019s movements in the same way and move at the same pace.<\/li>\n<li>When the song is done, switch roles. The leader becomes the mirror, and the mirror becomes the leader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Challenge:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Try to complete the whole movement sequence without talking. How well can you anticipate the action and follow your partner\u2019s moves? Try to stay \u201cin-synch\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: Adapted from Ophea.net, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ophea.net\/sites\/default\/files\/pdfs\/blog\/ophea_brainblitz_mirrortravel_sample.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brain Blitz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Movement Monday, grab a partner and let\u2019s do a Mirror Dance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72428,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73038","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73038\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}