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I recently got a job teaching children and babies at a daycare how to dance. I want to start incorporating lessons into my classes, as well as change up the exercises each week. What kinds of things should I be trying to teach babies, and what kinds of things should I be trying to teach children from 3-5 years old?

Don’t expect amazing things from 3-5 year olds.

Here’s RADs pre-primary syllabus:
Running in a circle
Running en diagonale
Walking with stretched feet
Walking on demi-pointe
Skips
Demi-plies
Rises
Points
Knee bends
Jumps
Bounces
Claps
Marches
Pony steps
Pony trots
Pony galops

Here’s the primary:
Swaying
Step close step point
Knee lifts
Stork walks
Sautes
Echappes sautes
Spring points
Galops sideways
Jumps with eye focus
Skip change of step

Here’s grade 1:
Battlements tendus
Petit jetes
Bivided battlements tensud
Transfer of weight
Classical walks
Swaying
Spinning
Soubresauts
Galops forward
Step forward (heel toe)
Picked up runs

For babies, focus on rhythm and movement. Clapping in time, counting to 4, bouncing in time, ‘free dance’ to music, happy feet and sad feet (pointed and flexed), pretending to be animals /ghosts /trees /princesses /butterflies, etc.

I have to do a music/movement lesson plan and I need as many ideas as I can possibly get. An example would be like "Head, shoulders, knees and toes" but I can not do this one since someone else is already doing it. It is for a college class I am in.

Dear Stephanie,

The Learning Station, specializes in music and movement activities and will be perfect for what you’re looking for. This link goes to all of their FREE illustrated printable activity sheets. This will make it real easy for you and your assignment. Simply choose your favorite and print as many copies as you need. I print a copy of each movement song for each child to bring home and share with their family.: http://learningstationmusic.com/printablehandouts.html

Besides music and movement activities galore, there are activities for everything from simple sign language (ASL), math, language, science and much more! Even songs that promote positive behavior, healthy snack recipes and brain boosting music activities.

You will be a total HIT if for your lesson plan you do this really cool movement song, Tony Chestnut. This is the song our children perform at graduation and the families watching have a royal blast. The next day they post videos all over YouTube of their children performing Tony. This link goes to the songs lyrics and movement.

shttp://learningstationmusic.com/docs/TChesnutHOall%20pages.pdf

Tony Chestnut is by far my schools preschoolers and kinders favorite song. "Tony Chestnut" is on the CD, "Tony Chestnut & Fun Time Action Songs". It’s not a person’s names; it is a play on names. The tune invites active participation as it reveals new meaning, in the form of a movement to names. You point to your toe, knee, chest, nut (head), nose, eye and then who you love. It continues with other names including, Eileen (lean to the side), Neil (kneel), Pat (pat your shoulders), Bob (bob your head back and forth), Russell (move your legs back and forth and Skip (skip in place).

The catchy refrain starts out slowly, introducing each witty movement and then becomes more challenging as the speed picks up. And with the fast paced verses rapidly in motion, so ignites the explosion of fun and laughter!

Here’s a YouTube videos where you can see Tony Chestnut performed by the children:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTB5y4Y-hrY

Here’s a link to The Learning Station’s CD download of Tony Chestnut:

http://store.learningstationmusic.com/tonychestnut-download.aspx

I also came across this brand NEW release, The Book About Tony Chestnut! The children actually interact with the character in the story! And I LOVE the British story teller!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jOf5jOMYcE

Smiles for a super lesson plan!
Sabrina

I’m going to my first guitar lesson today! I was just wondering is there was anything I should know. I already know most major chords and one minor chord,and my fingers have toughened up(laugh). So should I just go with the flow or say anything that should be said? Thanks for your advice,

you don’t need to know anything. your teacher will assume you don’t know much. i take semi-private lessons with an instructor in her home and i think that lessons are well worth it. your teacher will be able to give you much more advice than you could ever give yourself.

http://kmsguitarjourney.blogspot.com

for my geography lesslesson i need to know what sustainable urban living is. help

Leaving a smaller footprint, for one. Recycling, using renewable energy sources such as solar water heating and solar PV, using public transportation rather than a car, living in a smaller space, conserving energy in the winter/summer (heat/AC), using farmers marketing for produce and meats.

Also, what is the spiritual lesson in wanting someone you can not have?

Learning to accept what is, when you cannot change it, will give you peace. Of course, this also means you need to be able to assess when you can or cannot change it.

When something involves the will of another person, the limit is reached if you are being honest and fair with them. Wanting someone you cannot realistically have is part of growing up. It is common, for example, for people to have fantasies about having a relationship with someone famous. It helps define what you really admire. But if you fixate on one person to the extent that you do more than perhaps write a fan letter, you set yourself up for disappointment and possibly criminal charges.

That’s why celebrities need bodyguards.

Also r there any 4 the iphone

try guitar tutee.com it shows videos of them playing and sometimes the chords. idk i like it. and they have all types of music too

So sometimes you have great teachers. And sometimes you don’t.
I find that teachers that make their students do things a little much, like coloring maps in social studies, or making power points on subjects that the class already goes over(without much other research) are simply useless. I mean, when are we actually going to need to know how to color the area where the Mayans existed orange?
There are just so many things that really are unnecessary, and I don’t understand why teachers make kids do these things.
Do they just run out of things to do in their lesson plans or something?

sometimes they just follow the suggestions in the teacher’s edition. I ignore a lot of childish things that are great with children but don’t really work that well with teenagers.

There is a place literally walking distance from my house that’s really nice, but it seems a little pricy. The rates are $60 for a private half hour lesson, and $50 for a group hour lesson. Is it just me, or are these prices insane?

You can’t judge a riding lesson based on the price alone. For what the trainer/instructor is teaching, it may be just right or even too little. What kind of riding lessons are they? I suspect that it may be of a discpline,….dressage or hunter jumper or eventing or reining or cutting?….

If you want a cheap lesson, you might want to go with a backyard instructor. they charge about $20-25 an hour or less and they probably don’t have the credentials of that barn’s trainer/instructor.

For a dressage trainer/instructor, they can charge anywhere from $35 - 75 or more an hour.

What kind of training does the instructor have at that barn? If the barn is really "nice" then maybe the instructor has taken the time and effort to learn a lot about real horsemanship so the price will reflect that.

It takes YEARS of riding and taking instruction from top notch trainers to become an intructor who can and should rightfully charge a lot of money for having taken the time to aquire that kind of knowledge.

You get what you paid for. Maybe this instructor is also into competing, so the better the trainer, the higher the price.

Also, take into consideration your area. Is it high price? I suspect so. The cost of running a barn in your area may be substantially higher than other areas. Also, the type of lesson horses can reflect the cost, too. Are they warmbloods that are well proven?

I suspect there’s a good reason for the price. Find out what it is. If this person didn’t think they could get that price, they’d go out of business very quickly. Obviously, they haven’t.

As for your actual question: what’s a reasonable amount to charge for a lesson?

That depends on what kind of lesson and from who you’re taking it from and if you are using your own horse or you’re using the lesson horses available.

You can pay anywhere from $20 on up to a hundred an hour. Depends on your area, too.

Reasonable? That depends on the skill level of the trainer/instructor.

Anything having to do with horses is highly subjective. There is no "right or wrong" answer for this type of question. Depends on too many individual factors.

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On Demand, also if you have the iPhone or iTouch theres apps fo it.

If so, I’d be happy to give you resources or clarify anything for you. I just finished writing lesson plans and my shower, so I have some time to kill. Also, I can’t go anywhere it’s a snowstorm outside.
I LOVE ancient Egypt (Kemet). Have fun with that!
Ok mystere…btw that is 1 hell of an awesome avatar.
Revolutionary War: Did you know the Germans (Hessians) played a role in it? Are you learning the contribution that African Americans made to it? Also, try to get the British ptv on it too : )
Just Dance: That would be annoying. I would try to remember more of what went on during each king’s reign rather than the specific dates. For ex, in 1066 Guillaume the Conqueror of France invaded England, and many French elite followed, influencing the English medieval language. It’s more important to know what happened in England in that era than to memorize exact dates.
Emily: Interesting. You might not know but you are also learning about Gay culture/contribution. Michelangelo, Donatello, Da Vinci, and more were homosexual. The Italian Renaissance was also the time of secret societies. You can find interesting facts at the HistoryChannel.com
Narcissa: It’s a weaning process when it comes to the Iraq War. The government *feels* that taking all soldiers out at 1 time would be detrimental. It’s not proven fact, just a feeling. You can read TIME magazine to find more out about that.
Did you know Stalin killed more people than Hitler?
It is a belief that we (Americans) went to Vietnam b/c the US government wanted to ignore the problem of equality (esp equality for African Americans). A sort of smoke and mirrors if you will. This is 1 side of the story, there are many. Feel free to pick up PBS documentaries at your library.
Band Geek: which country? I’m guessing England

I am entirely finished with my history classes. Forever. But I am quite interested in the workings of Communism, the ideals of Karl Marx, and the Cuban Revolution. Also, the relationships between Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Zedong.
And, why exactly did we intervene in Vietnam? I don’t see why those countries falling to Communism would have affected America’s economy besides us losing a few resources? Surely we are not that greedy. Oh, and why we have not pulled out of the Iraqi War by now.