Creating A Positive Experience With Summer Dance

 

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.