Some of my go to dances like the Cupid Shuffle, Sid Shuffle, Cha Cha Slideand Wobble (Instrumental) are starting to get old and I’ve already taught them to most of my kids, so I am always looking for new stuff – this year Silento’s Whip Nae Nae Dancewas a pretty big hit with my kids ( Dance Steps Cheat Sheet Here).

I like to teach dances that kids will actually be able to use one day when they are at a party, wedding reception or anywhere with a DJ and a dance floor. We learn a group line dance as a warmup and then learn jumprope skills for the rest of the lesson. I’m also all for doing a creative dance unit, I don’t have enough time in the year to spend an entire unit teaching dance, since I only see my kids once a week – I combine my Jump Rope and Dance together into one unit. I’m not against square dancing or anything, but I don’t teach it at my school, because it’s most likely not very relevant to students as something they will use in the future.

Also, for a full example of the dance check out this video.

You can see an example of my teaching the Jump Song to my students below: He’s got some incredible Hip Hop dance albums out there aimed at teaching basics of dance and hip hop to younger students. One of my favorite takeaways from the Demo Slam was a song called “ Jump” that someone presented by an artist named “Mr.

It’s a great way to get a bunch of sharing done quickly and it motivates people to share the basics and keeps anyone from rambling on to long. It works like this… You get a bunch of people together and circle up, then put a 2 minute timer up on the screen and then people with ideas to share have 2 minutes to share their ideas with the group before getting “slammed” off the stage, as the next person in line begins sharing their idea. It’s pretty much a Dance-Off, but instead of sharing dance moves, you share Physical Education Ideas that other teachers might find helpful. The concept is pretty simple but really powerful. I had a blast at the conference, but one of the highlights was an event that the Physedagogy Team put on called a Demo Slam. It’s music from an artist that I originally heard about while attending an amazing PE Conference this summer called The National PE Institute. Today I wanted to tell you about a really great dance resource that I’ve been using this year.

Go hard or go home line dance