Saturday, February 6, 2016

The Little Ballerina


At the end of Art class in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade, I have been reading The Little Dancer. It is the story of Marie, the young ballerina who posed for Degas' famous statue. Then students line up in the little dancer pose: hands clasped behind your back, mouth closed, chin up. They have learned some new vocabulary, like clasped, chattering and tailor.