K - 2 Dance Diaries

Dancing at Home

We're all spending much more time at home these days and it's more important than ever that kids stay active and stimulated. There are so many amazing online dance channels on YouTube providing free dance classes right now:

• Go Noodle

This dance channel is a one-stop shop for all the latest dance crazes. With interactive themed choreography, Go Noodle takes children step-by-step through all the most popular playground dance trends, which even little kids can get to grips with. 

• Daniella Ballerina

Welcome to the soothing world of Daniella Ballerina, where classical preschool dance class meets whimsical animation. With music box piano accompaniment, story time, a range of exercises and the calming presence of Australian ballerina Daniella Rowe, your child can participate in a dance class format they may already be familiar with from real-life classes.

• Cosmic Kids

One of the most popular kids' workout channels on YouTube, Cosmic Kids, introduces children to the world of mindfulness and yoga. With colourful story-book backdrops, a bubbly host and a wide range of exercises that allow kids to stretch themselves out to the max, kids not only learn a huge range of yoga moves but also learn important mindfulness lessons.

• Kidz Bop

This chart-topping kids' dance troupe have produced tons of fun dance videos on YouTube that your kids will want to spend all their time watching and learning cool new moves from. With over 1 billion views on their YouTube channel and over 16 million albums sold, Kidz Bop are a huge hit with the kids, and even younger children will enjoy the upbeat tunes, simple moves and charismatic tween dancers.

• Zumba Kids with Dovydas

Offering some of the best kids' Zumba dance classes on YouTube, this channel offers lots of high-octane movement classes, and some are danced just by kids, for kids. Although there are only a few of the kids' videos, your child will likely want the same ones on repeat anyway. Repetition is the name of the game if you want your child to learn a new dance, so make a playlist of the kids' videos and let them workout to their hearts' content.

(source: https://kidadl.com/articles/online-dance-videos-for-kids-to-keep-active)

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Nicola Jackson
Kinder to Year 2 RFF Teacher