Students will:Learn movement skills, eg mime, tai chi and more, integrating breathing techniques that help students work on self-regulation strategies that address stress, anger and or fr...
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Students will:
Learn movement skills, eg mime, tai chi and more, integrating breathing techniques that help students work on self-regulation strategies that address stress, anger and or frustration.
Communicate through a movement vocabulary, referencing a Chinese proverb, mindfully moving in and out of each other's space, working on spatial relationships.
Learn tools to manifest ideas from a proverb put into a few movements using critical thinking to distill down key concepts.
Learn movement techniques using varying body parts through Mime, Tai Chi, Spatial Harmonies( laban) neutral mask( without an actual mask) , and tableaux.
Explore short breathing patterns as they move hands or bodies and/or both in mindful way
Learn a Chinese Proverb( depending upon grade level the proverb will vary in complexity), that demonstrates mindfulness and movement in its theme
Learn how to put movements and words together in space being mindful of each other.
Using patterns, design and breath students, will work together in groups of 3 Each person gets one phrase( or word depending on the age/grade level) to choreograph into a movement , breathe story( using the viewpoints above,)
Students also have to involve one contrasting idea that has an interesection. For example demonstrating something strong but gentle.
Reflections/Observations
