Course Offerings - Dance, Movement & Tumbling for Younger Children

Dance, Movement & Tumbling for the Younger Child The following classes support your child’s natural curiosity for movement and exploration while fostering creativity and self-esteem. Young children will develop new skills in a nurturing environment with our caring instructors. Creative Dance, ages 3-4, and 4-5 50 minutes A playful introduction to dance through music and motion. Creative Dance begins with circle time, warm-up & stretching. Children explore movement concepts of tempo, space, levels and energy. All young children delight in gliding, sliding, galloping, leaping and skipping. Creative Dance for ages 4-5 will also include a segment of introductory tap and counting skills. Kindergym, ages 3-4, & age 4 ½-5 50 minutes A great start for the active child! Our young tumblers are introduced to basic tumbling skills in a safe and fun setting. Children will develop strength and coordination through log rolls, egg rolls, forward & backward rolls and basic loco-motor skills. Children will develop balancing skills and core strength. Focus is also given to teaching children how to take turns and foster self-confidence. Each child will receive his/her own personal chart for you to record the progress and skills learnedthroughout the semester through our “Fun & Fit” recreational gymnastics curriculum. Pre-Ballet, Tap ages 5 ½ to6 ½ 1 hour Emphasis in this combination class is on developing movement and musicality while introducing students to positions of feet and arms in classical ballet. Students continue to build upon existing skills and movement concepts and develop a variety of movement patterns. Elementary tap skills are introduced to enable students to develop rhythmic awareness and musicality.