Learn Together
Children develop coordination and observational skills as they experience the power of dance to help learn and demonstrate scientific concepts.
Materials
- Computer, tablet, or phone to watch the video
Dance Together
Learn about three different types of clouds and make a dance inspired by their different characteristics.
Join 92Y Dance Education Laboratory educator Barry as he takes you through a fun lesson on the three different clouds to make a “Cloud Dance”.
Barry helps us learn about three types of clouds:
- Stratus Clouds: Low-level clouds that float close to the ground and are wide and wavy like a blanket.
- Cumulus clouds: Puffy clouds that look like pieces of floating cotton but are actually heavy.
- Cirrus clouds: Hair-like clouds found at high altitudes that are wispy and silky sheen like strands of hair.
Find inspiration from the words that describe these different clouds to make a movement sentence. Action words describe the movement you make with your body. By putting two or more action words together, you can create a movement sentence with your body.
- Dance wide and wavy and low to the ground like a stratus cloud.
- Crouch midway and dance at the center of your body. Get puffy and heavy to dance like a cumulus cloud.
- Now stand high and tall moving light and wispy like a cirrus cloud.
Combine all these different words and actions to create a new cloud dance.
Explore more dance with 92Y Dance Education Laboratory. Create more movement sentences and enjoy more dance games with their Dancemaker App.