Re: [Callers] pre-school dances?

2017-10-30 Thread Luke Donforth via Callers
Thanks for the suggestions! I've gotten lots of fun ideas on and off list; and resources I should go and check out. (I'll admit, I've picked up some of the CDSS pamphlet/books in the past, and been underwhelmed by their utility; but it sounds like there are some other ones to pick up). Part of my

Re: [Callers] pre-school dances?

2017-10-29 Thread Meg Dedolph via Callers
Hi Luke, I would come with a program that doesn't require kids to have a solid grasp of left or right, or to participate fully in a setting where you're telling them what to do and they do it, to music. Maybe plan on a lot of singing games, and a lot of you being out there doing it with them - the

Re: [Callers] pre-school dances?

2017-10-29 Thread Linda Leslie via Callers
Tom’s dance is the perfect type dance to segue into the “spiral” dance! No partner needed, and after doing the spiral in and out (led by you), you can march them all over your room, or even into other available spaces. My other go to dance is Galopede. The A1 can be a simple forward and back

Re: [Callers] pre-school dances?

2017-10-29 Thread Tom Hinds via Callers
Here's one. They have to know the colors of the clothes they are wearing. It's a circle. Circle left, right Forward and back . Those wearing red, for instance, skip in the inside. Then skip the other way back to place. Sent from my iPad > On Oct 29, 2017, at 12:53 AM, Luke Donforth