We currently run DanceKids Programs in schools, preschools and childcare centres in the ACT, with six trained instructors visiting approximately twenty centres each week. We offer twelve different themed programs, such as Honey Bees, Under the Sea, Rainforests and Around the World.
The focus points for each theme unfold like chapters in a story. Each program is run over five weeks, with 4 x 30 minute sessions and 1 x 45 minute session in the final week, where all the focus points are tied together. Throughout all the sessions, and especially in the final week, we use props and costumes to enhance the children’s learning experiences.
Through comprehensive research each of the 12 programs has been carefully designed to facilitate a factual learning experience about nature, society and the world. With the aid of props, sets, costumes and experienced instructors, every child is also able to learn the fundamentals of movement, strengthen their coordination, rhythm and balance, build confidence and self-esteem, and most of all, have fun.
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Toddlers:
The Toddlers Program aims to kindle an interest in the world around us: different environments and life forms. It introduces concepts through movement and play acting, and enables each child to develop an awareness of their own body and their capacity for movement. The program also covers colour and image recognition using pictures. imaginary paint and other techniques.
Preschool:
The Preschool Program builds on the foundation of the Toddler Program. It aims to grow a deeper interest in and knowledge about the world, and introduces more complex scientific concepts and language. It continues to facilitate kinaesthetic learning, and includes more physically challenging movements. Children are taught about the differences in animal anatomy and how that affects the way they move.
Primary School:
The Primary School Program continues to deliver content through a kinaesthetic means of learning and extends each child’s physical abilities, hypothetical thinking skills and imagination. The program provides primary school children with a safe place to experiment while they learn, which allows them to become fully engaged with the learning materials.
Beyond this, the program prepares the children for greater social and environmental responsibility. Their place in the natural and human world is explored and they are encouraged to be proactive in all aspects of their lives. This underlying philosophy is the core tenet of the Primary School Program as it assists teachers in setting their students on a successful path in both their social lives and their eventual careers.
