Movement explorations dance: teaching creative dance to children

This noncredit online dance curriculum course demonstrates to teachers how dance can be used in a classroom, how to stimulate interest in dance, how to introduce dance when it is not available, how to bring dance materials to teachers for practical use, and how to provide varied dance experiences for students and teachers.

Personal Instruction - Enjoy one-on-one communication with Joan Mills and Maureen Janson via your assignments, which they return with comments via e-mail.
Online Multimedia Instruction - The complete course materials and activities have been carefully prepared by a team of four dance instructors as a beautiful Web site and are combined with a solid textbook to allow teachers anywhere in the world to join in focusing on educational dance.
Learn Practical, Adaptive Skills - Educational dance is based on and uses natural body movement and draws upon familiar movement and experiences. Exploration is encouraged, multiple solutions are supported, and spontaneous responses are possible when using conceptual problem solving teaching techniques.

Note: Access to a classroom or group of students is required for completion of this course.

Course Units:

Me and what's around me
Basic ways of traveling and resting
Ways my body can move
In time with myself and others

Costs:

Who should take this course:

Anyone wishing to incorporate dance into their teaching, including school teachers, home schoolers, private instructors and studios.

Registration costs $139. Work at your own pace and take up to a year to finish. Earn 6 continuing education units (CEUs) by completing this course. This course is not available for university credit.

Your contact for more information about Movement Explorations Dance is Maureen Janson, 608-263-8927 or mjanson@dcs.wisc.edu.

How to register

Telephone: Call 608-262-2451 to register. Our phone is answered M-F, 7:00 am-4:30 pm Central Time. At other times please leave a message, and we will return your call. If you have other questions, call toll-free 1-877-336-7836.

Online: Register now online with our secure server.

E-mail: Send your name and contact information to LSAonline@dcs.wisc.edu and we will respond as soon as possible to assist you with registration.

Fax: Print and fax our registration form.

Mail: Print and mail our registration form.