Dance lesson plans

Get ready to make your best dance lesson plans yet! This blog post features plenty of tips and tricks that make the dance lesson planning process easier and more effective. Learn how to plan a years worth of dance lessons that will help your dancers grow in their dance technique, artistry, and social emotional skills. You’ll find everything you need to create amazing dance lesson plans this year!

Rising in popularity over the past 10 years is the idea of the “combination class”. There are teachers and studio owners who love the idea, and others who struggle with teaching all that needs to be taught in such a short amount of time. How can teachers learn to adapt and provide a solid dance […]

I remember when I first started teaching dance, I would google how to plan a dance lesson. Well look no further because by clicking here you will learn 7 steps to planning a dance class! Free resources are also available!

Jazz dance curriculum for kids and teens

Idea for dance classes, have them spell out a word.

Get your dance class off on the right foot! This blog post highlights four crucial habits dance teachers should adopt in the first six weeks to inspire success and passion in their students. Discover how to lay a solid foundation for a stellar year, foster creativity, and nurture a love for dance! Perfect for new dance instructors and seasoned veterans alike.

Make ballet accessible and fun for your elementary students, even if you're not a dance specialist! Whether you're looking to teach ballet as a standalone subject or incorporate it into your existing dance curriculum, this post has everything you need to create engaging and memorable ballet lessons. With helpful tips, creative ideas, and printable resources, you'll be able to inspire your students and nurture their love of dance.

Get those Jazz shoes ready because Vol. 2 of our “Across The Floor Jazz Routine” is here! Perfect for teachers to use as a lesson plan or students looking to brush up their skills via at home practice, this routine includes multiple pirouette practice, leg holds, calypso leaps and more! #dance

Grade 2 Elements of Dance

Just as strong technique brings freedom to the dancer, a strong lesson structure brings freedom to teaching. Here are two types of lesson plans that will enliven your teaching and engage your students.

Jazz curriculum for 5 and 6 year olds

If you're teaching elementary dance without training or experience, dance phrases (also called movement phrases) are a great tool for your dance lesson plans. Dance phrases are short and don't take too long to create or rehearse, which shortens the learning cycle and provides more opportunities for meaningful feedback. Dance phrases are frequently referenced in the Ontario Dance Curriculum.

Use ballet bingo printable to keep dancers engaged and learning. Test their ballet terminology by playing ballet bingo! Great exercise for all ages, just modify to fit the group. Blank spaces available for the dance teacher or students to put in terminology they are working on. Great for dance classes and dance teacher lesson planning.

Curriculum Goal Chart for popular ballet steps - Also links to a really great dance teachers blog

Ballet, Jazz, Tap

I am going to post Preschool Dance Lesson Plans that my colleagues and I wrote in our Techniques of Teaching Dance class at BYU-Idaho. Each lesson plan uses a theme to teach the three elements of dance to preschoolers- time, energy, and space. These are really fun, cute ideas for encouraging creativity in each individual child and I have successfully used a few of these lesson plans and intend to use all of them. So exciting! I only have hard copies of the lesson plans, so I've been scanning…

This ballet lesson planner is a great way to plan lessons. It's designed for ballet teachers. The planner contains sections: warm up, barre, and centre work, each with spaces for notes about what you'll be covering in each segment. It's easy to use--just print out the pages as you need and fill them out as you go! This is a digital download file. No physical item will be shipped to you. Your file will be ready for download after purchase Format: Print ready PDF Size: A4 & Us Letter *Terms…

Hello dancers and welcome back to From The Top! Today we are super excited to share a new follow along lesson plan with you all. Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome volume 1 of our “Across The Flo…

Are you a dance teacher wanting to plan for your upcoming classes? Reduce your stress & make sure you stay focused in class by creating lesson plans. You can do this pretty easily - and cheaply! - with one of these dance class lesson plan templates! Fill them out beforehand (digitally or on a printable version). It makes teaching your dance classes much easier. #dancelessonplansteachers #dancelessonplantemplate #danceteacherlessonplantemplate #danceclasslessonplantemplate…