{"id":10529,"date":"2022-08-29T14:44:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/?p=10529"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:56:59","slug":"what-will-1st-2nd-graders-experience-in-a-dalcroze-class-part-1-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/what-will-1st-2nd-graders-experience-in-a-dalcroze-class-part-1-of-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills and experiences for 1st-2nd Grade Dalcroze: Movement (Part 1 of 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The focus for this list is movement. In each Dalcroze class, I give a short warm-up at the beginning. The focus is usually on some kind of movement technique, and I often use the warm-up to provide an introduction to the musical subject of the day (for example beat and division, syncopation, simple triple meter, etc.). Of course, movement happens throughout a eurhythmics class, and some of the items are core movement objectives that we aim to visit and refine throughout the year.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Skills and experiences associated movement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Execute any kind of locomotor movement with grace and ease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>move isolated parts of the body with ease<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>change between\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>isolated parts of the body to whole body movement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>top half and bottom half of body<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>symmetrical and asymmetrical positions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>move\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>with spatial awareness\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>hi\/low\/front\/back\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>using oppositions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>of pathway\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>curvy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>straight with quick turns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>with different lengths of stride<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>with awareness of the room and the group<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>with spirals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>with awareness of how joints articulate in the body<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>with expansion and contraction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>vertical vs horizontal space<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Releasing isolated parts of the body vs. activating parts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Figure 8 in different planes (horizontal, vertical, sagittal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>using body weight to push, roll, turn and tumble across the floor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>using gravity to create momentum (e.g. with swinging arms)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>use hands and feet separately and simultaneously in simple ways<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>use gesture to express a wide variety of tempos and dynamics, in place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>move effectively\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>independently<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>with a partner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in small groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>with the whole group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create and remember sequences of movement (up to 5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-post_tag wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">For more lists see: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/tag\/1st-2nd-grade\/\" rel=\"tag\">1st-2nd grade<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/tag\/children\/\" rel=\"tag\">children<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/tag\/curricula\/\" rel=\"tag\">curricula<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The focus for this list is movement. In each Dalcroze class, I give a short warm-up at the beginning. The focus is usually on some kind of movement technique, and I often use the warm-up to provide an introduction to the musical subject of the day (for example beat and division, syncopation, simple triple meter, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[128],"tags":[93,113,119],"class_list":["post-10529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dalcroze-reference","tag-1st-2nd-grade","tag-children","tag-curricula"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ohMj-2JP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8875,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/letter-to-1st-and-2nd-grade-families\/","url_meta":{"origin":10529,"position":0},"title":"Letter to 1st and 2nd Grade Families","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"June 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"note: here's an end-of-the-year summary for the families of my 1st and 2nd grade Dalcroze classes. 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