Why should kids dance?

Why should kids dance?

Dance offers many more benefits than you might realise, both when you’re an adult and when you’re a child. As a toddler, dance can begin to introduce you to all sorts of important parts of your development, from your motor skills, co-ordination and balance, to learning to communicate, use your imagination and react to music and rhythms. Learning to move different parts of the body independently in a dance class is hugely beneficial to a child’s physical development and will help their concentration. The most fun part of a dance class as a young child is developing their use of imagination; where else do you have the opportunity to chase butterflies, be a princess, march like a soldier and stomp around like a Gruffalo other than in a dance class? Teaching children to use their imagination and own creativity as a source of inspiration for their activities is precious in a world where technology and video games prevail! 

As Children get a bit older, the classes become a little more structured and energetic. It’s great for them to continue developing the skills they learnt in their ‘baby’ classes and also to increase their physical fitness and learning to listen to the teacher, take instructions and work with other children. They will continue to use their imagination, with even more exciting scenarios and work with props and in larger groups.

The availability of dance classes is abundant and there are all sorts of different types of classes. So the important question is –which class do I chose for my child? It’s a tough call, but consider their other interests and activities. I’d recommend speaking to the teacher to see what these classes entail, get a feel for the person who will be teaching them and find out what kind of learning outcomes the teacher is focussing on to ensure you and your son or daughter are getting the most out of having fun and dancing!

I teach Baby Ballet, Ballet, Disco Babies and Street Dance for a great variety of classes, if you’re interested in finding out more about my classes in Northamptonshire visit www.amieballet.co.uk