Tools for Activating Movement and Dance in the Early Childhood Classroom
In this professional development session, explore dance and imaginative play as tools to build collaborative, exploratory spaces with 2-6 year olds. Whether you are an early childhood educator, a maker of work for very young audiences, or a scholar studying early childhood development, this session will offer hands-on activities for working with very young children through artistic exploration of the body.
We will navigate how to support and promote the individual child’s immediate gross motor skill development, social development between peers, and emotional development in terms of body confidence and spatial awareness. Special focus will be placed on exploring activating patterns of total body connectivity, gross motor body actions, and body efforts such as shape and space. Workshop participants will leave with warm ups, examples of fully scaffolded lessons, and tools to develop both verbal and non-verbal connections with very young children.
We will navigate how to support and promote the individual child’s immediate gross motor skill development, social development between peers, and emotional development in terms of body confidence and spatial awareness. Special focus will be placed on exploring activating patterns of total body connectivity, gross motor body actions, and body efforts such as shape and space. Workshop participants will leave with warm ups, examples of fully scaffolded lessons, and tools to develop both verbal and non-verbal connections with very young children.
Hosted LIVE via Zoom
Tuesday, November 12th @ 7:30-8:30 Central Time
About the Facilitator:
Amanda Pintore (she/her) is a director, choreographer, and educator focusing on movement and dance education, devised theatre, and making theatre and dance performances with and for 0-6 year olds. She also specializes in arts integration, creative facilitation strategies, and training in teaching artistry. She is an Assistant Professor in Theatre for Youth and Community and Acting at Arizona State University. She is also a Fulbright Specialist and recently collaborated with students and faculty at the Atlantic Technological University in Ireland in the fall of 2023. She has an MFA in Theatre for Youth from Arizona State University. www.amandapintore.com
