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Tiny Dancers Class: 3 Awesome Tips to Inspiring Quick Order
Whether you’re facing a brand new class of littles or you are walking in to greet the same group you’ve had for months, law and order in the classroom is key. It’s important because a bunch of cute ballerinas in sparkly black leotards and pink tights can turn into a band of mini elephants faster than you can say ‘grand battement.’ Keeping a tiny dancers ballet and tap class orderly can be a challenge. I don’t know about you, but I personally go a little nuts when baby, preschool, and kindergarten dancers are running loose. It’s not necessary for littles instructors need to tolerate unbridled disorganization or noise. I remember one…
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Preschool Tap Class: 3 Fresh Ideas For Keeping Your Kiddos Engaged
Keep the kids engaged during tap class! Okay, so you have flaps, heel toe walks, shuffles. But as every dance teacher knows, you need something pretty powerful to grab your kids’ attention in preschool tap class. So, is is possible to keep those little ones engaged in preschool tap class while still teaching them the fundamentals? Of course! More than likely, you’ve developed a few activities of your own. However, you can never have too many options when it comes to great class ideas. But perhaps the ones that have become you’re go-tos need a break. Something can be fun and diverting to kids for a while. However, eventually the…
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3 Easy Peasy Tips for Keeping Preschool Tap Class Under Control
So you have a roomful of girls dressed in pink leotards and boys in black stretchy pants ready for preschool tap class. It’s adorable. Then you put tap shoes on all of their feet. The noise escalates. It just gets louder and louder….. So what’s to keep a teacher from going mad from all the chaos that comes with pairing 4-5 year olds with tap shoes? Here are a few ideas that will help you keep your tap class attentive and under control. Quiet Mice I find the metaphor of “tiptoeing quietly like mice” especially helpful during times of transition in class. In order to keep the kiddos from thundering…