Tap Dance Curriculum Lesson Plans

Learn the tap dance terminology (and alternate tap terms) for each step. You can use this as an outline for a tap dance curriculum or if you need more detail, our tap lessons show how I teach each move, practice it and combine it with others. Struggling to create Tap dance lesson plans? Checkout our course (Free Trial Available).

We offer 130+ exercises, 5+ hours of tutorials videos. Students demonstrate rhythm through clapping and tapping and improvise "conversations" through tap. Length: 1-2 class periods Grades: 6-12 Concepts/Objectives: Students will gain a better understanding of the relationship between music and dance; specifically, between rhythm and tap dance.

Students will be able to recognize the use of improvisation and syncopation in tap dance and how. Bringing It All Together Crafting age-appropriate tap dance curriculum lesson plans involves understanding your dancers and adapting strategies to meet their needs. By focusing on age-specific approaches and maintaining an engaging atmosphere, teachers equipped with such plans can effectively inspire and nurture their students' passion for dance.

Tap Dance Lesson Plans Each lesson plan includes: easy-to-implement detailed Teacher's Guide with written exercise instructions short video demonstrations of skills and combos suggested songs for each theme visual aids to help engage your dancers prop suggestions tap obstacle course suggested calendar, to help you utilize each plan for 2-4. Set your new tap dancers up for success and get them ready to be terrific tappers! The My First Tap Class lesson plan has visual story pages and magical combos to introduce your students to their new "favorite" shoes! A Comprehensive, 10-Week, World-Class Teacher Training Program Specifically Designed to Empower Tap Teachers with Confidence, Strategies and Skills to create fresh, fun, excellent Tap classes that excite and engage each and every student!

Free tap dance dictionary: hundreds of tap dance steps explained through videos and written notes with counts. They're easy to follow and fun to learn! The NCAS Standards in Dance Resources include lessons, units, Model Cornerstone Assessments (MCAs), and curriculum maps as well as guidance documents to help you understand and implement the National Core Arts Standards for Dance.

Contributors include members of the dance standards writing and leadership teams and participants in the OPDI courses Implementing the National Core Dance Standards. The Hooray for Dance Notebooks include themed and detailed activities & class exercises, utilizing imagination and imagery, that you can combine with your current lesson plan and technique curriculum.