Dance for Joy explores how dance tells stories using the whole body without words—coordinating breath with 4-beat movements and discovering large body parts (head, arms, legs, waist) and tiny body parts (eyes, eyebrows, fingers, toes). Students warm up with ‘Time to Shake!’, narrate their daily morning-to-night routine through dance movements, and explore the folk dances, costumes and instruments of their own region.
What Class 3 Arts Chapter 12 Covers
Activity 1 (Know My Body Parts): Coordinating inhalation and exhalation with 4-beat arm and body movements
Large vs Tiny Body Parts in Dance: Moving head, shoulders, arms and legs vs expressive movements of eyes, eyebrows, wrists and fingers
Activities 2–3 (Move to the Rhythm & Routine Story in Dance): Telling a story of waking up, getting ready and coming to school through dance
Activities 4–5 (Your Folk Dance): Learning and drawing a regional folk dance performed by 3–4 people
Exercises in Chapter 12
- Activities 1–3 (Pages 88–91): Practise breathing with 4-beat movements, shake large and tiny body parts to music and enact your daily routine in dance.
- Activities 4–5 (Page 92): Perform a local folk dance with classmates and draw a picture of 3–4 folk dancers.
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- Previous: Chapter 11: Let Us Dance
- Next: Chapter 13: I Play and Dance
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FAQ
How are body parts grouped in dance in Chapter 12?
They are divided into two types: Large body parts (head, hands, legs, waist) and Tiny body parts (eyes, eyebrows, fingers, neck, toes).
How does breath help in dance?
Breathing in and out in rhythm—like in Yoga—enhances energy and makes dance movements smooth and graceful.