Dance and Movement in the Primary School : A Cross Curricular Approach to Lesson Planning

Written to meet the needs of the non-specialist class teacher who is required to teach physical education as a foundation subject of the National Curriculum, by the author of "Teaching Modern Educational Dance" and "A Ring-O-Roses: Poems For Dance And Movement".

It reflects the importance of dance within a properly balanced programme of physical education.

It explains the principles of movement upon which the dance programme is built and shows how to plan lessons and develop a scheme of work to be used throughout key stages 1 and 2.