Thomas Locker's three picture books - Water Dance, Cloud Dance, and Mountain Dance - are great springboards for group dances with students in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.
The use of the word "dance" refers to the changing of states, forms, and rises and falls within the natural world.
Water Dance is a book with poetic language. Each page describes a different form of water:
I wind through broad, golden valley
joined by streams,
joined by creeks.
I grow ever wider,
broader and deeper.
I am the river.
Cloud Dance also describes different forms - this time not water but clouds - with descriptive language. Students in small groups, trios, or duets can create phrases for each page.
Fluffy summer clouds
march
in the blue sky.
Gray clouds
with golden fringes
block the streaming sunlight.
Last, Mountain Dance explores the land and volcanoes, folded mountains, mountain ranges, types of erosion, and more.
All three books are a beautiful blend of art and science. The books could be a great starting point for a collaboration between dance teachers and science teachers.
Lovely images.
Posted by: Regina | 06/20/2017 at 01:34 AM