Enhancing literacy through circle dancing
Improving literacy through the arts and creativity
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The project partners were
Waterford women’s centre/Access 2000
St. Brigid’s family resource centre
About this project
This project enhanced literacy through a creative, multi-sensory programme. It combined circle dancing, reflection, vocabulary development, reading aloud, and collaborative writing.
The project used circle dancing as a pathway into literacy, linking movement, emotion, language, reflection, and writing. It supported learners to express feelings, expand vocabulary, read aloud, and create a collective poem.
More about this project
The course took place in St. Brigid’s family resource centre over 8 weeks from May to July 2025.
Kate Crotty ran the course, which combined
circle dancing,
group reflection,
discussion,
vocabulary building,
reading aloud, and
collective poem writing.
“Makes me feel like I have control of something.” - quote from a learner