What to expect from Danzart's Tiny Mover Class

Welcoming Environment

Our Tiny Movers are welcomed with a happy smile by their teacher/s, who love their job of teaching dance to this precious age group when entering the class.

The teacher eagerly learns and uses students' names throughout their time together.  

With guidance from our teachers, students will find a coloured marker to sit on while waiting for other dance friends and for the class to begin.

Parents can sit ready to enjoy watching their child via the TV screen air-conditioned foyer.  There is also a coffee shop right next door.  (Danzart Studios)

Parents are welcome to sit in and join the class if any of our little dancers feel insecure.

Upon enrollment, our dancers receive a Tiny Movers Leotard or T-Shirt and a free Tiny Movers Tote Bag.

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Class Goals and Objectives

Danzart's Tiny Movers Class encourages children to express themselves through movement while developing physical and cognitive skills.

Warm-up: The class may start with a fun warm-up that includes stretching, bending, and twisting to get the children's bodies moving.

Exploration of movement: In a creative dance class, children will be encouraged to explore different moving methods, such as walking, running, skipping, jumping, hopping, and spinning.

They may also be encouraged to create their own movements and use their imaginations to explore different characters and stories.

Music and props: The teacher will use music and props such as scarves, ribbons, or balls to inspire the children's movements and make the class more engaging.

Group activities: Tiny Movers dance classes may include activities encouraging children to work together and develop their social skills.  This could consist of games that involve taking turns or working in pairs or small groups.

Cool-down: The class typically ends with a cool-down that includes stretching and relaxation exercises to prevent injury and promote recovery.

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Class Development

Danzart Tiny Movers dance classes also progress with age-appropriate gross motor skill development and dance technique.

The Tiny Movers Program has been divided into themed lessons.  Each themed class will be taught for four weeks to become familiar with each exercise, retain the movement, and improve on these movements each week. 

We also encourage our little dancers to express their ideas in their dance lessons, and we plan the classes from their responses.

Along with gross motor development, age-appropriate classical ballet technique is also required for progression.  This includes feet and arm positions, basic steps and movements.  The Ballet technique has been written into the program with careful consideration and placement.

Our Teachers will provide a positive and encouraging environment throughout the class to help the children feel comfortable and motivated to learn.  The focus is encouraging creativity and self-expression while developing fundamental movement skills and a love of dance.  

Class Structure

Welcome - Hello song & warm-up dance (In a circle)

Circle Time Sitting - hand action or nursery rhyme, good toes/naughty toes (point and flex), Hideaway (curling and stretching).

Circle Time Standing – big body movement song, plies and tendu, essential ballet technique, e.  We use age-appropriate instructional songs and music.

Working in a circle is an excellent way for the dancers to feel safe and secure.

Theme box surprise – What's in the box?  It is a great way to open up a discussion with our little dancers and relate the item in the box to the class content.

Moving in a Circle – Walking on tiptoes, fairy runs, marching, instruments.

Travelling steps –  Large gross motor movements - hopping, jumping, galloping, skipping.

Learn a Dance - We work towards our Tiny Movers to link simple steps and movements to form a dance sequence to some fun tunes.

Goodbye song - We have a wonderful goodbye song the students love to sing.

Sticker Time - Our Sticker cards are always a big hit with the Tiny Movers

Highlights of the Class

Theme box surprise – Each week, a different object of discovery related to the theme can be a picture, book or tactile object.

Use of Props – Students are excited when props are used when dancing.  They help with musicality, imagination, teamwork and spatial awareness.  Props used within the Tiny Movers Program include scarves, wings, wands, parachutes, beams, coloured dots, hoops and instruments.

Sticker Time- At the end of each lesson, students will receive a sticker on their sticker card for attending the class and a well-deserved reward for their efforts.  This is a highlight of the course to see their sticker, show their friends what they have, and finally, show their parents or caretaker after class.

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What else to expect during the year at Tiny Movers:

Parent-watching day: This is an opportunity for parents and caregivers to come inside the classroom to experience the class for themselves.  (Term 2)

Themed Days;  A guest, such as a real ballerina or a character from a book, may pop in from time to time to dance with our Tiny Movers.

Concert, Costumes & Photos: Students will learn a routine during the year and be able to perform on stage at the end-of-the-year Concert.  Students love dressing in their new costumes and having their special photo taken on photo day.   

This isn't compulsory; however, the students who don't wish to participate in the end-of-year concert will be included in learning the dance, and our classes continue in the same format throughout the year.