V is for Volcano
Volcanoes move and dance. We too can take inspiration from their movement - brewing, exploding, pouring, oozing, and spreading.
I love the book Volcano Wakes Up! by Lisa Westberg Peters and illustrator Steve Jenkins. Through a series of poems, a story of a brewing volcano is shared. Through five different perspectives - such as a cricket nearby and the sun and moon - you learn about a Hawaiian volcano.
I suggest reading the whole book to your group. This can become your research and brainstorming. Write down words and images that come to mind. In small groups, can your students list 6-8 ideas from the book and make a vignette based on it? How can the students explore dynamic qualities, pathway, direction, and tempo? Or, take some of the short poems from the book, divide into groups, and create vignettes based on the poems.
You could also select several of the illustrations, in the same manner (about 6-8), to create a movement phrase. There is lots of potential within this single book.
Alphabet Books Too
As I suggested in the first post of this alphabet series, creating a book bin of alphabet books is a great idea. For example with the letter V, look at all of the "V pages" in your bin. Have students pair up, and give each pair one alphabet book. Ask them to find the V page. What movement or shape can they create related to that page? Give each pair a chance to share in front of the class. Again, you can string all of the ideas together to create a "V Dance."
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