I'm teaching dance in a primary school at the moment and today I had to change everything that involved holding hands with partners, holding hands to get into the circle and so on.
My class began and ended with sanitizing hands followed by sanatizing the ballet Barre. We sung a lovely song called wash your hands (a version of the dreaded 'baby shark song'). Children can sing this while washing their hands to ensure they are washing them for long enough.
From this we even creating a little dance routine to go along with the song!!!
Thinking about freelance dance teachers and teachers with their own schools how can they change their current practice to ensure the health and safety of their students? If schools close can they continue to teach using WEB 2.0? Virtual dance lessons? Can stage shows be live streamed??
What happens in countries where virtual learning is not available for the basics of mainstream education?
So many questions.....
For any of you teachers out there who know 'baby shark' here are the alternative lyrics...
Wash your hands do do do do....x3
Wash your hands...
Lots of soap do do do.....x3
Lots of soap...
Take your time do do do ..x3
Take your time...
WASH YOUR HANDS!!!!
