Thursday, August 13, 2009

It All Begins With A Good Curriculum

By Sarah Wilkiamson

Scanning the various options available to parents wanting to enroll their children in a good dance school can have quite a few pitfalls. It should be a 'no brainer', but ultimately a dance school's curriculum can be the deciding factor in whether a child continues their dance classes or not.

Think about the sorts of challenges of training children: Training young children presents its own set of challenges. Whilst contemplating dance lessons for your child you have to be aware of the specific needs of your child concerning their age and learning abilities. When you have recognized this, you can better access a dance school curriculum and settle on one that is right for them.

The age of your child should be taken into consideration: Young children can have short attention spans. A curriculum that mixes a combination of fun and hard work will take care of this problem and enable your child to progress at a better rate. It is essential not to let a learning curriculum become too long with boring dance routines that young child cannot enjoy and learn from.

Tediousness and disappointment are also factors to avoid when training young children: this is very detrimental to learning. The integration of entertainment with learning helps to avoid this. It breaks up lessons into smaller portions enabling a young child to be trained better. With an entertaining curriculum the children will be competent and certainly focus on the dance routines and not become disinterested or annoyed.

Realizing potential: many young children have potential at a young age but it's difficult to be sure of. A curriculum that is particularly designed for young students will allow your child to recognize their potential. You may not actually realize this until your child tries the dance lessons. Once they do this and prove successful, you never know how far they will go. It will also give them further confidence in other learning fields as well as dance.

The right environment: Young children have the ability to learn at this age but can only do so with the right environment. It is important to take this into consideration when looking at dance school curriculum. An environment that is friendly to young children is very important for them to learn how to dance. So try to find a school that has a good learning environment for your child.

The curriculum should include activities that are fun and will develop muscles. These activities are all done to music so that the student will develop a sense of rhythm, which is essential in dance. Activities should also include ones that encourage creativity. This will help your child to use their creative skills.

So, not all dance schools are the same. A good curriculum is a starting point in finding the right school. You should check out a few different options before you make a decision, just like you would with any other important decision. Remember that something like dance should be a great experience for your child and may influence many aspects of their life to come.

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