Music in the Classroom

I can remember being in 4th 5th and 6th grade and having the same music teacher all three years because of the schedule at that time. I loved my music teacher, she was entergetic, spunky, and new how to make all students feel good. She had a way of making music into a game and making it fun.
I feel that using music in the classroom is definately a plus, academicly as well as emotional and management wise. There are just ways to connect and help students to learn that wouldn't work as well.
In my class I love the idea of the warm up and get the students mind envigorated and ready to learn. I would love to have certain lessons that help the students to listen and release stress they may have.

#3 Entitled Dance.

When I try to think of me dancing in Elementary school my mind is blank because there was no dancing for me. I was a hip rip pure tom boy. Man how things have changed a bit. I do however remember a end of the year school dance we would have to perform for our parents kind of like a field day or something like that. I remeber feeling really silly then because it wasn't something i did.
I feel focusing on the creative aspect of dance allows the students not only to have fun but to realize and learn that there are many ways of expressing yourself through voice or movement etc.
I might use dance in my classroom by have cooperative learning groups where they can be creative and come up with skits, have (brain boosters) to stimulate their mind and get wiggles out. There's so much I could do.