A Moving Experience: Dance for Lovers of Children and the Child Within (Paperback)

by Teresa Benzwie EdD EdD (Author) "Most any small movement exploration can become a fuller more involved lesson by expanding the movement to include: individual body parts, to the use of..." (more)
Key Phrases: string painting, using yarn, locomotor movements, Temple University (more...)

Editorial Reviews

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A Moving Experience . . . establishes a learning environment where children can feel good about themselves and respect and support each other. -- Dr. Jean Houston, Psychologist, author of The Possible Human

A Moving Experience will bring new energy into your teaching and release . . . very positive energy [from] your students. -- Association for Humanistic Education

Aside from the brilliance and creative concepts . . . the book's greatest strength is its accessibility and non-threatening quality. -- Holistic Education Review

If you buy only one book on movement, we recommend this one! -- Northeast Foundation for Children, Inc., A Newsletter for Teachers

Teachers alert! [This] book . . . will inspire your creativity, which you can then joyfully pass along to your students. -- Association of Humanistic Psychology

Teresa Benzwie has written an important book for anyone involved in creative movement for children. -- Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

The text is refreshingly accessible, friendly, and inviting. . . . will surely be a most powerful tool in education on all levels. -- Anne Cassidy and Jaqui Gunto, Arts in Education for Children with Special Needs, University of Kentucky

[The authors] have captured the beauty of the world of movement, dance, music, and fantasy. -- Carmen Morales, Principal, Camden, New Jersey

Product Description
You don't need to be a dancer to teach students these easy movement activities. Let A Moving Experience dance its way into your heart, as it has for thousands of others. More than 100 exercises help children discover qualities of space, time, numbers, their bodies, and rhythm. Children learn to feel good about themselves, establish values, and respect and support one another as they explore creative movement. AUTHOR BIO: Teresa Benzwie received her B.S. and M.A. in Early Childhood Education at New York University and her Ed.D. in Dance at Temple University. Over a twenty-five year period of teaching inner-city children in New Jersey and New York, she developed her own distinctive method of guiding children towards self-acceptance and toward the mastery of basic skills through the use of creative movement.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Zephyr Press (September 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091370525X
• ISBN-13: 978-0913705254
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #363,939 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent book! A must for teachers!, September 20, 2000

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I had the oportunity to teach a class of corporal movement and creative dance for children. The school gave me a curriculum guide that took me 2 weeks to complete. What was I going to do for the rest of the school year? Then I stumbled upon this book and it was heaven! The ideas are magnificent; the ilustrations are clear, from then on we had a blast! Thank you!