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Thinking and Talking

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 Activity Name

The Donkey and the Tree - The story of the birth of son jarocho from Veracruz.

Country Study - This writing activity is geared for grades 3-5.
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2006


2006
 Muscle Memory – Learn to use your body’s special movement memory a dancer’s special tool!

2005

 Time and Time Again – How is time experienced differently depending on what you’re doing?2004
 The Earth is Dancing – Discover the immensity of geological time, and see the tectonic plates shifting through the eons on our geological clock.2004
 The Art of Seeing
An exploration of our imagination!
2003
 Cultural Appreciation
The power of positive words and understanding and appreciating differences.
2003
 Creation Stories
We invite you to make up your own story of how something in your life once began!
2002
 Windows to the Soul
How we use faces and masks to express, or hide, our emotions, both in life and in dance.
2002
 Folktale Detective - also a KidsRoom activity2001
 Folktales
Become familiar with folktales from many countries, and even make up your own!
2001
 Middle Passage
Give older children some background and food for thought regarding forced migration to the Americas.
2001
 Proverbs
Discuss and interpret African proverbs
2001
 Tricksters
Meet Tricksters from many nations, including our very own Bugs Bunny! Make up your own Trickster story and act it out!
2001
 Climb Your Family Tree
Discover the geography of your family tree, and find out what dance traditions you might have in your roots.
2000
 Designing Dance
Includes ideas about many ways that dances are developed.
2000
 Why And How We Dance
Discuss and notice emotional, environmental, physical, and musical elements of dance.
2000



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