Before we can talk, we can dance. Dancing is a primal experience and it
is innate. Before children master language they can express their
emotions through dance.
Children move naturally to explore mobility and
to
express a thoughts or feelings. They move because dancing feels good.
Children learn and develop movement patterns as readily as they learn
language.
Many ancient cultures organize movement and rhythm
into one or more forms of dance.
Through dance, children develop enhanced
sensory awareness, cognition,
and consciousness. It is this heightened state that creates the magic of
movement that is dance.
It is essential that early childhood
education provide our children with the developmental benefits and
unique learning opportunities that come from organizing movement into
the aesthetic experience of dance.
Dance provides young children
multiple perspectives. There's no right way to dance and we can learn to
appreciate and acknowledge each others unique preferences.
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