Re: dance activity alternates/ sorry this is late

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On 11/29/10, L. wrote:
> I am teaching dance as part of my PE class. A parent has
> contacted me and said her daughter is not to do the dance
> we are learning due to religious reasons (it is Jingle Bell
> Rock) and asked that I provide alternate dance activities
> for her daughter. I am not sure how to provide these, as I
> will be working with the group, and what I should provide.
>
> Any suggestions?

this is late but for the next parent who calls with such a
request, teach the child a 'historic dance' or 'clog dancing' -
even if you don't know any. Do you know any ballet?

Any other dance form you know or can glean would work. Give the
child a handout - easily found online - for the Mazurka or a
square dance or the Minuet. The cha-cha or the rhumba -
anything - and ask the child to try to master the basic step
and then that child can teach it with you to the rest of the class.
 

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