Social dance games in the first triad of primary school

The thesis talks about dance and focuses on social dance games which are a part of the dance lessons in the first triad of primary school; it describes the meaning of dance for children and its impact on their physical, emotional and intellectual development; it defines the content of dance games in the curriculum of PE in the first triad; it ends with didactic recommendations for primary school teachers and a model of a dance lesson. The second part of the thesis contains a program of social dance games suitable for the first triad and an analysis of the execution of the lessons. There were 49 students from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade from OŠ Videm pri Ptuju active in the research. The thesis also contains a DVD of the social dances taught and that were presented on the closing ceremony. The purpose of the thesis is to show the concrete social dance games that a teacher can use in his work. With the analysis of the lessons I found out that the program for the social dance games is adequately set and the goal has been reached