CREATIVE ARTS PRESCHOOL: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Since the years of childhood are short, our goal is to use dance as a method of developing core values and important life skills so that the benefits of dance go well beyond the classroom and prepare our students to be happy, healthy, successful adults.
Suzy Simpson
Supporting the Formal Operational Stage of Development in Dance Class
An intentionally designed dance classroom experience can help promote the growth of physical, emotional, social, and cognitive (brain) development in children. To capitalize on the critical experiences in the most formative years, our 3-D Dance our staff receives ongoing professional training on how to apply Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development in the dance classroom environment to provide best support to our dance students’ through developmentally appropriate practices.
Suzy Simpson
Supporting the Concrete-Operational Stage of Development in Dance Class
Introduction:
An intentionally designed dance classroom experience can help promote the growth of physical, emotional, social, and cognitive (brain) development in children. To capitalize on the critical experiences in the most
Suzy Simpson
Supporting the Pre-Operational Stage of Development in Dance Class
An intentionally designed dance classroom experience can help promote the growth of physical, emotional, social, and cognitive (brain) development in children. To capitalize on the critical experiences in the most formative years, our 3-D Dance our staff receives ongoing professional training on how to apply Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development in the dance classroom environment to provide best support to our dance students’ through developmentally appropriate practices.
Suzy Simpson
Supporting the Sensory-Motor Stage of Child Development in Dance Class
An intentionally designed dance class experience can help promote the growth of physical, emotional, social, and cognitive (brain) development in children. It has never been more critical for our dancers’ classroom experiences to support cognitive progress, following the significant delays in natural development patterns that have occurred due to pandemic disruptions, resulting in decreased experiences that would have naturally facilitated social, emotional, physical and cognitive maturity.
Suzy Simpson
“The Room Where It Happens”
I was in Topeka, Kansas earlier this week for a gathering of 6 influential dance studio owners from across the US. It was my 2nd trip to Kansas in 4
Suzy Simpson
What We’re Learning in March!
Our brand new Bloom Curriculum concept is “I am loved and valued”. In today’s world, children experience so much negativity which can lead to negative self talk. We will be
Suzy Simpson
The Dangers of Premature Pointe Placement
Most people, even those who train as dancers, understand that human feet were made to support weight on the bottom of the soles of the feet, and not directly on
Suzy Simpson