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School and Learning, By Subject, The Arts, Performing Arts
School and Learning, By Subject, The Arts, Performing Arts
School and Learning, By Subject, The Arts, Performing Arts
School and Learning, By Subject, The Arts, Performing Arts
  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    Choose a body part and then try to touch another part with it; hand to heel, nose to knee, or heel to bottom.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    Ask your child to describe the characteristics of an elephant: size, strength, weight, and shape.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    This dance activity will teach your child about her body parts in a fun way.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    In this dance activity, your child will try to simulate the ways animals move.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    Have a discussion with your child about the shapes and sounds of fireworks, and about his reactions to fireworks displays.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    Show your child how a face can "dance" by moving your features in time with the music.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    In this fun activity, your child will march to a steady beat. It's great for a rainy day indoors!

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    Teach your child to master fine motor skills with this movement activity.

  • Performing Arts

    For this activity, children represent the sun, moon, and planets, and imagine they are in space above and around Earth.

  • Performing Arts

    Have one person read a poem while the other moves to the rhythm of the words.

  • Performing Arts

    Here's a great rainy day activity. Turn on some music and create a dance with a balloon.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    This fun activity will help to build your child's vocabulary. Call out verbs and have your child perform the action.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    Aerobic dance is an excellent fitness activity that can get kids moving.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    In this field-trip activity, children watch a rehearsal of a local performance.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    This activity experiments with shapes using an elastic band that kids move with their entire body.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    This activity describes how to get children dancing creatively, using pages from a newspaper.

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts

    What can parents do when the school drama department chooses plays that contain sexual content and curse words?

  • School and Learning
    Performing Arts
    By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

    Players must follow instructions and use their imagination as they act out animals, songs or even objects!

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