Elephant's Fast and Slow Dance – Dance Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1 Arts)

About This Worksheet

Help the elephant decide which animals dance fast and which dance slow, then draw your own dance. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Arts worksheet gives young learners focused practice with dance, with a friendly elephant to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and a score box, and page 2 is a ready-to-use answer key for teachers and parents.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 4 activities worth 15 marks in total:

• Activity A: Sorting animals into fast and slow dancers.
• Activity B: Choosing the body part used for each dance action.
• Activity C: True or false about fast and slow dancing.
• Activity D: Drawing yourself dancing.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Describe movement as fast or slow
• Name body parts used in dance
• Decide if a statement about dance is true
• Show ideas in a drawing

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Check with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the elephant when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in IB PYP Grade 1 Arts (Dance). Answer key included.