Good advise M.Ted. However that is not always possible. I taught myself the music and dances when I first started way back in 1965. I remember the strange looks I first got as others teachers were leaving school to see me in the room dancing with myself. I spent many hours over the years doing this. I admit that it would have been much easier to have had someone else teach it but it can be done by ones self. Not all dancers are good teachers. I had a
darn good folk/square dance unit that the kids loved and learned from. I did not just teach the dances, we "visited" the countries. Many performances were enjoyed by parents and community members but mostly by the kids and their teacher, me. The last 3 years of teaching I team taught with the PE teacher who didn't know beans about dancing but took the reins when I left and has continued this great unit.
Julia, I hope you can find something in this thread that can be of help to you. And, like M.Ted, let us know how it is going.
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