Moving Is Relating : Developing Interpersonal Skills Through Movement (Young Actor Series) [Paperback]

Helen Landalf (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 157525123X | ISBN-13: 978-1575251233 | Publication Date: February 1998 | Edition: 1st

Discover the excitement of learning through movement in the upper-elementary grades! Dacne educator Helen Landalf guides readers step-by-step through twenty-four "teacher friendly" lessons. Topics include identifying emotions, maintaining personal boundaries, inspiring trust, and creating through collaboration. Each carefully designed lesson is followed by questions for class discussion and ideas for extended learning activities. Introductory chapters focus on the basic concepts of teaching through movement. Both the classroom teacher and the studio dance teacher will find this book an invaluable addition to their libraries.

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About the Author

Helen Landalf is co-author of Movement Stories for Children Ages 3-6 with Pamela Gerke and Moving the Earth: Teaching Earth Science through Movement, Grades 3-6. She has been teaching, choreographing, and performing dance in the Seattle area since 1987, with an emphasis on teaching creative and modern dance to children. She is on the faculty of the Creative Dance Center in Seattle and has served as an Artist in Residence for the Montana Public Schools. She frequesntly presents workshops for preschool and classroom teachers on integrating dance into basic curriculum.

Product Details

• Paperback: 90 pages
• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc; 1st edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157525123X
• ISBN-13: 978-1575251233
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,131,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Helen Landalf was born in San Diego, California, where she grew up with her two brothers, one of whom has autism. His beautiful artwork can be seen in her picture book THE SECRET NIGHT WORLD OF CATS, which he illustrated, and on the cover of MOVEMENT STORIES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. When Helen was fifteen years old, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Although she recovered, it was an experience that made a dramatic impact on her life. Perhaps because her teen years were so difficult, she became inspired to write for Young Adults. Her debut YA novel, FLYAWAY, about a girl who struggles to deny her mom's addiction to meth, releases from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Fall 2011. When she's not writing, Helen works as a certified Pilates instructor and teaches Creative Dance to preschoolers. She has authored / co-authored five books for teachers about integrating dance and drama into the preschool and elementary classroom. Helen resides in Seattle, Washington.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Movement Fits!, December 6, 2000

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This review is from: Moving Is Relating : Developing Interpersonal Skills Through Movement (Young Actor Series) (Paperback)

This book, as do other books by Helen Landalf, fits into the curriculum and allows ANY teacher to use movement in a productive and postitive way.

I am working in an urban school extended day program and there are children of all abilities (social, cognitive, linguistic etc.) This book assists us in reaching each and every student, giving them a sense of success.

Ms. Landolf is able to distill in very complete and compact lessons ways to use movement giving children more self reliance. I find movement not only motivates students, but subsequently gives children the tools to expressively calm and control their own bodies. It is truly a miraculous approach.