Playlists for Movement and Dance

1. 

Spontaneous Independent Movement

2.  Spontaneous Group Movement

Beginning Level

Level

2

(Children adjust to tempo)

3.  Adjusted

Spontaneous Independent Movement

4.  Adjusted Spontaneous Group Movement

Marches

Slow Walks

Slow Marches

Running

Trotting (slow running)

Gallops

Level

3

(Step Patterns)

5.  Step Patterns

There is a lot of current day music to which children would enjoy moving.  However, the music below has been chosen to expose children to a variety of music to which they may not have an opportunity to hear.  It is important that children have an opportunity to be exposed to a diversity of music and feel music of different moods, styles, and tempos.