Summer vacation is right around the corner and this means
family vacations, lazy days at home, time spent at the park or doing other
activities. This can start to excite
dancers young and old. Families start to
plan their annual vacations and this may interrupt a dancer’s dance
education. It can be a challenge to get
motivated to come to dance when your friends and family are outside enjoying
the warm weather or going and doing fun activities. So what can you do to make summer dance fun
and stay motivated to keep reaching for your dance goals?
First, remember why you or your dancer started dance in the first
place. You could even write down the reasons
and tape them up in a highly visible area to look at them each day. Focusing on your
goals creates personal drive
and motivation to keep working hard and to stay positive about going to your
summer dance classes. Second, try to
plan family trips around summer dance classes.
I understand this isn’t always possible, but doing your best will help
keep you or your dancer on track to reaching all dance goals. Third, create an incentive program for young
dancers. An idea would be to get a jar
or glass and buy some marbles, you may even have some around already. With each day your young dancer goes to dance
they get a marble in the jar. If they go
without complaining, they get a marble in the jar. You can create any reason for them to earn
these marbles. So when the jar is full
you take your dancer out for an activity or family night of their
choosing. Kids get excited when they see
the jar filling up. It is even more exciting
for them to add the marbles to the jar.
For older dancers, discuss their why’s with them daily. Create a positive environment and let them
know that you support them and it will be worth all the hard work. Lastly, share the summer dance program with
family and friends. It can be a more
enjoyable and rewarding experience to have friends and family going to dance
with you. Spreading the reasons why you
love Shaw Dance Studio can remind you of
your passion and goals for dance. When
you believe in something it is easy to spread the news and get excited for the
next stages in your dance development.
Here at Shaw Dance we are all about teaching and showing
dancers what it means to work hard, stay on track, stay positive, and live
without excuses. All of us teachers and
administration believe in our dancers.
We believe each and every one of you have the potential to reach your
biggest dreams. All you have to do is
work hard, stay positive and never give up.
We can’t wait to see all of you during your summer dance classes and
remember to keep reaching for the stars.
