SUPER RUDY KIDS
Music: “Baila Como Yo” – District 78
Children move naturally. They move to achieve mobility, they move to express a thought or feeling and they move because it is joyful and feels wonderful.
When their movement becomes consciously structured and is performed with awareness for its own sake, it becomes dance.
Dance is a natural method for learning and a basic form of cultural expression. Children learn movement patterns as readily as they learn language.
Yet, while our educational systems for early childhood include drawing and singing, they often neglect to include dance. It is essential that education provide our children with the developmental benefits and unique learning opportunities that come from organizing movement into the aesthetic experience of dance.
Dance is a powerful ally for developing many of the attributes of a growing child. Dance helps children mature physically, emotionally, socially, and cognitively.
The physical benefits of dance are widely accepted, but the emotional, social and cognitive attributes have only recently begun to be appreciated.
– Physical Development: Dance involves a greater range of motion, coordination, strength and endurance than most other physical activities. Dancing utilizes the entire body and is an excellent form of exercise for total body fitness. Young children are naturally active, but dance offers an avenue to expand movement possibilities and skills.
– Emotional Maturity: Dance promotes psychological health and maturity. Children enjoy the opportunity to express their emotions and become aware of themselves and others through creative movement.
– Social Awareness: Dance fosters social encounter, interaction, and cooperation. Children learn to communicate ideas to others through the real and immediate mode of body movement. Children quickly learn to work within a group dynamic.
– Cognitive Development: Young children will create movement spontaneously when presented with movement ideas or problems that can be solved with a movement response. Movement provides the cognitive loop between the idea, problem, or intent and the outcome or solution.
in Standards for Dance in Early Childhood, National Dance Education Organization
NURSERY RHYMES – WHY ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT?
Reason #1: It Improves their attention span
Reason #2: It aids in their language development
Reason #3: It improves their social skills
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