A Presentation about

School Performance
Name: Jawaher Ahmed Alkaabi
Course: ECE 2603/ Learning through the Performing Arts
Instructor: Antoinette Wiseman
Date: 30th April, 2017
 CLO
Students will be able to develop their cognitive, physical, social & emotional skills.
Students will be able to recognize family members.
Students will be able to recognize sea creatures.
 Introduction
The implementation of a performing arts project
School Al Ansar International School
Target group Kg2
Age-range 4-6 years old
Type of the performance Role play, music and movement
Duration
Learning the dance 5-7 minuets
Preforming 1 minute
 Specific Aims
Piaget said that children do not think the same way as adult.

Cognitive Skills Physical Skills

1. Memorizing the movement.
2. Develop their imagination, creativity
& language.
Social & Emotional Skills
1. Understand and express their feeling
through dancing.
2. Students will interact and understand
each other.
1. Fine motor: moving small muscles
[cutting, coloring, using glue &
moving their fingers].
2. Gross motor: through large muscles
and actions [waving their hands,
body, clapping & running].
Evidence [Pictures]
 General Theme / Title of story
Theme: Sea life/ family members Story: [Baby Shark Family Members]
Story
Aspects of Drama, Music and Movement to
Be Explored
 How roles were assigned, resources obtained and the performance practiced?

Aisha: activity.
Fatima: ending evaluating the students.
Roles
Nada: explained the VIP cards.
Each one of us [Aisha, Fatima, Nada, Noura & I]
Noura: responsible for the transitions.
choose what she want to do.
Jawaher: circle time.
Whole: teaching the performance.

We divided the resources/materials we wanted

Resources between us and each one of us brought what she
was assigned too.

Performance Practiced
Each one of us taught her part.
Aisha: baby shark
Fatima: grandpa shark
Nada: mommy shark
Noura: grandma shark
Jawaher: daddy shark
Whole: the parts where the students had to dance
together
 Suggestions

What I did What I could do differently

Activity (decorating the shark) How does the ocean/ sea looks like?

when you teach a child something you take

Give answers to the students without asking
away forever his chance of discovering it for
them to try by themselves
himself (Piaget, 1972).

Reading the rules Demonstrate the rules in front of them

 Montessori & Steiner
Maria Montessori (1870 1952) Rudolf Steiner (1861 1925)
Medical doctor & anthropologist Waldorf school
Casa del Bambini house of children Germany 1919
Rome, Italy 1907

Similarities
Montessori and Waldorf considered to have the best educational system.
They respect the child individual, spiritual and creative being.
Both Montessori & Steiner agreed on preforming arts and both schools provide variety
of art, music, dance, and theater at all ages.
 Differences

Montessori Steiner
Academics are introduced when a child Academics are introduced when a child is
shows readiness, between 3-4 years old. around 7 years old.
Children need to be grounded until they They focus on fairies ,imagination and
are able to distinguish between reality fantasy.
and fantasy.

While Waldorf encourages imaginative play at early age, Dr. Montessori believed that all
materials and toys should purposefully teach concepts. She encouraged the childs
imagination by introducing them to a greater truths of the universe and believed that the
true basis of the imagination is reality (The Advanced Montessori Method, pg.196).