Freshen up your lesson plan this winter break with 4 fun stretching songs! No need to plan for this 7 minutes of class time. Have your dancers make a circle and press PLAY on your Stretching Sampler playlist. Standing Stretch & Reach – “Good Morning Sun, Goodnight Moon” Sitting Butterfly Stretch – “Butterfly Catchers” Sitting […]
Let’s be honest…how many times can you get your 3-5 year olds to practice their recital dances each week? Maybe only a few, right?! Here are a couple tips to help your young dancers perfect their recital routines better! Did you know, incorporating choreographed songs throughout the entire season is great practice for working on […]
Studios across the world are looking for ways to keep their dancers safe and healthy while still offering a fun learning environment. Stage spots have become one of their favorite solutions to teach class while social dis-dancing! Because Stage Spots are brightly colored, they are easy marks for kids to see and to identify where […]
Here are 5 tips for a successful Pre-School class recital/recital dance! 1.) Separate your youngest dancers into their own show. Having a Toddler & Pre-School only recital will be your family’s favorite change you can make all season! The show is sure to be short and sweet, and dancers don’t have to be entertained backstage […]
The weather is changing, and your active student count may be changing too – hopefully it is going UP! However, If you are starting to experience drops at this point in the season, there are some things you can do to SAVE those dancers from leaving. Implement a drop system where the family is responsible […]
We all know that in order to stay a float during the summer months, we need to be holding successful summer programs. Read 5 Tips to creating or improving your summer camps below! 1.) Camp Mapping – Pull reports from last year’s summer and determine which ones did well and vice versa. Try to pin […]
We had a blast meeting all the studio owners and preschool dance instructors at Studio Owner University in Miami this past weekend. Thank you to those of you who stopped by to talk preschool dance! Our raffle winner, Carolina Buckner, (from Revita Dance Studio) left our booth with a Capezio Dance Bag filled with studio supplies, teaching […]
Incentives for Children’s Classes Rewards & Incentives are a great way to encourage good behavior in younger kids dance classes. Kids look forward to their reward week after week and are motivated by something that is more on their level. Rather than – your arabesque will look so beautiful in a few years if you […]
What is more important than written curriculum? Music! As dance educators and studio owners, we are often so caught up in the written dance syllabi and getting all of our teachers on the same page using a curriculum that allows us to create consistent classes. Don’t get me wrong, this is great and very important, […]