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“No, Don’t Go!” Ideas For Easing Separation Anxiety

August 29, 2012 by Maria Hanley Blakemore

Teachers of young dancers are always looking for creative ways to ease the separation anxiety children feel when their grown-ups drop them off for class. Maria shares what’s worked best for her and acknowledges those times when a child just isn’t ready to separate.

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Teaching Tagged With: children, children's dance, creative dance, early childhood, encouraging independence, first class, first dance class, first day of class, independence, independent dancers, leaving a parent, little dancers, little movers, preschool dance, preschool dancers, separation, separation anxiety, young dancers

Choices, Choices: Growing Independent Dancers

July 28, 2012 by Maria Hanley Blakemore

Yellow or Pink? Maria teaches life lessons and manages behavior by giving her young students a balance of direct choices and free choices during dance class. Apply these tips for growing independent dancers in your own classes.

Filed Under: Blog, Teaching Tagged With: be specific, choice, choices, classroom management, creative dance, dance for young children, dance teacher, direct choice, disruptive behavior, encouraging independence, free choice, giving choices, improve behavior in dance class, independence, modeling behavior, not listening, preschool dancers, preschoolers, teacher tools, teaching children, you get what you get, young children

Leading Adults Through Toddler Dance Class: Part 2

February 28, 2012 by Maria Hanley Blakemore

IMAGE A Kindermusik session with grown-ups and children IMAGE

When young dancers are accompanied by an adult for class it’s not enough to just keep the child engaged. A dance teacher has the added challenge of keeping the grown-up active in their participation. In part two of this series on Grown-up and Me classes, Maria provides tips for keeping the adults happy, too.

Filed Under: Blog, Teaching Tagged With: class expectations, classroom management, daddy and me, dance for young children, dance with me, dealing with parents, directing adults, directing parents, encouraging grown-ups, encouraging independence, expectations, grown-up and me, independence, keeping adults active in class, mommy and me, parent and child, parent or guardian, parents on their cell phone, partner with an adult, preschool dance, preschool dance skills, tips for adult and child classes, tips for mommy and me, toddler dance, working with parents

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