Flamenco dance project: Motor and emotional development in early childhood education

Abstract

The present educational project, which has flamenco dance as its central axis, shows a didactic experience with pupils of early childhood education, with the aim to use dance as a didactic resource for motor and emotional development. Throughout the project, a methodology tailored to age, context, and to the objectives set at the beginning was maintained. Either recycled resources, material from the classroom, and other appliances strictly related to flamenco were employed. The results show that flamenco dance can be used effectively as a didactic ludic tool in early childhood education. Therefore, using this resource from early ages contributes to students’ integral development.