Dance to Learn® Podcast | The Preschool Dance Teacher's Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

A dance parent unenrolled her child after our instructor read a book in dance class. How can I best educate my dance families on the importance of incorporating books with dance class? 

Special Guest Once Upon a Dance
Once Upon a Dance offers movement, breath, joy, connection, and imagination through stories.

Their catalog of 25 interactive dance books highlights positive messages and role models throughout four main series:
 Dance-It-Out! stories combine whimsical tales with movement and subtle life lessons (spans ages 4-9)
Dancing Shapes peeks at a professional ballerina's journey, teaches ballet, and explores detail and form (spans ages 6-11)
Ballet Inspiration and Choreography Concepts deep dives into technique, tips, and insight for aspiring dancers (ages 8-12)
Prop-Based Dance Stories for Classroom and Anytime Fun debuts in 2023 to encourage scarf and parachute play.

Visit DanceStories.com to learn about the mother-daughter duo, book details, charity partners—all royalties donated through 2030, or parent/teacher resources. Follow @Once_UponADance for upcoming sneak peaks, dance photos, and the latest on their goofy cats.

About the Authors
Teacher Terrel arrived in Seattle after a Peace Corps stint teaching English and dance. Complementing decades of dance instruction, Terrel worked in early childhood education and for non-profits supporting kids. She was recognized by her local City Council for "embodying the spirit of partnership and commitment to children in our community" for her work with young dancers. Her daughter realized her dreams and is a full-fledged professional ballerina.

How to Connect with Once Upon a Dance:
Website: https://www.dacnestories.com
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Website: https://CreativeMovementStories.com

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OnceUponADanceViralDancing

Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/OnceUponADance   
Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/onceuponadance

Topics covered today: 

• How to use Books successfully in a Dance Class. 
• Setting Expectations and Educating Families on what they can expect from your classes before registering. 
• The benefits of utilizing Children's Literature in Dance Class

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My students will only dance if they hold my hand, it's causing disruptions in class.
How can I best structure a shorter 6-8 week dance session so all my students can feel challenged and nurtured. 

Special Guest Maria Hanely
A passionate advocate for early childhood dance education, Maria Hanley specializes in teaching ages 0 months to 6 years. She has left NYC to teach dancers in the greater Cleveland area. Currently, Maria is teaching early childhood classes at The Mandel JCC, Hudson Conservatory of Ballet, and virtual classes with BOLD Arts!

Maria has designed and implemented creative ballet programs for the young families and after school division at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan and the Mandel JCC in Cleveland, OH. Maria has taught a variety of creative dance and infant/toddler programs throughout New York City and Cleveland, including The Mark Morris Dance Group, Dancewave Center and 92Y Parenting Center, The Beck Center, Cleveland City Dance, Solon Chabad Preschool, Park Preschool, JDN preschool, and Ganon Gil.

Maria authors the blog Maria’s Movers (www.mariasmovers.com) where she shares creative ideas and strategies for teaching young dancers. The blog unites a community of teachers who are inspiring our youngest dance artists every day. Maria holds a Master’s degree in Dance Education from New York University and a Bachelor’s degree in dance from Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania. Maria served on the Dance/NYC Junior Committee for 2 years and presented at the 2012 Dance USA Conference. She also presents at the Dance Teacher Summit in New York City!

Additionally, in 2020 Maria started a dance and movement subscription box service called Move & Bloom.

How to Connect with Maria:
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https://www.instagram.com/mariasmovers

Topics covered today: 

• Working through disruptive behaviors in a positive way.
• How to restructure activities to limit anxiety in dancers. 
• How to structure shorter 6 week dance sessions for success. 
• Meeting the needs of all students in a shorter dance session.

Show Notes:
Separation Anxiety Webinar
Separation Anxiety in the Dance Studio
Dance to Learn® Podcast Season 4 Episode 9: Separation Anxiety 

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Welcome to the Dance to Learn® Podcast - Where I help dance teachers and studio owners dance, learn and grow right along with your students. I’m your host Jessica Strong, I’m the Creative Director and owner here at Dance to Learn. In Today’s episode I am sharing 3 of my favorite Classroom Management Tricks with you!

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Welcome to the Dance to Learn® Podcast - Where I help dance teachers and studio owners dance, learn and grow right along with your students. I’m your host Jessica Strong, I’m the Creative Director and owner here at Dance to Learn. In today's Podcast episode, I interviewed Jennifer Randall to learn 3 key Facebook Strategies every dance studio should be taking to stand out on social media!

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Welcome to the Dance to Learn® Podcast - Where I help dance teachers and studio owners dance, learn and grow right along with your students. I’m your host Jessica Strong, I’m the Creative Director and owner here at Dance to Learn. In Today’s episode I am discussing Teaching the Dance Concept of POSITIONS.  Why learning different positional concepts is important for our dancers and how we can teach them in creative ways. 

Teaching the Dance Concepts Episode List:
DTL S2 E3 - Teaching the Dancing Concepts
DTL S2 E4 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Space
DTL S2 E7 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Tempo
DTL S2 E9 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Size
DTL S3 E2 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Levels
DTL S3 E7 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Pathways
DTL S3 E11 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Directions
DTL S4 E10 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Positions

Props Mentioned in today's Podcast (Affiliate Links):
Parachute
Stretchy Band
Campfire Props

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Welcome to Season 5 of the Dance to Learn® Podcast! I’m your host Jessica Strong, I’m the Creative Director and owner of Dance to Learn®

This season, I’m excited to continue some of our most popular topics! Including episodes on 

Teaching the Dance Concepts

Addressing your Biggest Dance Teacher Challenges

Classroom Management Hacks I’ve learned from Tik Tok and Instagram! 

I will also be adding some new topics on Child Development, Sharing the mistakes I’ve made as a Dance Teacher as well as bringing on some amazing influencers and dance teachers in our industry for exclusive interviews! 

If you are interested in being a Guest on the Dance to Learn Podcast, please visit dancetolearn.co/podcast to fill out the online application! I would love to have you join me in my mission of helping dance teachers everywhere dance, learn and grow! 

Happy Dancing!
Bye!

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Today I was able to sit down with Jennifer Randall and share my process for creating my lesson plans! My preschool dance lesson plans are designed to flow and tell a story almost like a choreographed dance. Learn the 4 components of a lesson plan plus what subjects can be turned into a story-based lesson plan!

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BrainDance Warm Up Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMouPPEAhjY&list=PLEHQcc_XZn4O9Sa2--2GwyDTH0slnE74J

Dance Me a Story Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zot8_AKsgHA&list=PLEHQcc_XZn4NGOeYNGSneFIimW2u5jnLp

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Florrie Flamingo: www.florrieflamingo.com
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Welcome to the Dance to Learn® Podcast - Where I help dance teachers and studio owners dance, learn and grow right along with your students. I’m your host Jessica Strong, I’m the Creative Director and owner here at Dance to Learn. In Today’s episode I am discussing Teaching the Dance Concept of POSITIONS.  Why learning different positional concepts is important for our dancers and how we can teach them in creative ways. 

Teaching the Dance Concepts Episode List:
DTL S2 E3 - Teaching the Dancing Concepts
DTL S2 E4 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Space
DTL S2 E7 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Tempo
DTL S2 E9 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Size
DTL S3 E2 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Levels
DTL S3 E7 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Pathways
DTL S3 E11 - Teaching the Dance Concepts: Directions

Props Mentioned in today's Podcast (Affiliate Links):
Florrie Flamingo Dance Concept Box
Velcro Carpet Dots
Poly Dots
Crawling Tunnel
Traffic Cones
Bean Bags
Balance Beam
Hula Hoop
Jump Ropes
Pool Noodles
Lily and River - Little Steps
Parachute


Songs:
Airplane - Laurie Berkner Band
The Goldfish Song - Laurie Berkner Band
Under the Sea - Little Mermaid Soundtrack
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Wizard of Oz Soundtrack
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In today's podcast, I am addressing your toughest Dance Teacher Challenges!
Today I am talking about a topic that has been the  most requested by you and in fact, this topic has received the highest interaction of any other post that I've ever shared on my Instagram and Social Media accounts: and that is Separation Anxiety.
As Dance Teachers and studio owners Separation Anxiety is most common in our youngest dancers, but can trickle into the older age brackets as well. It's important as Dance Teachers that we can identify the signs of separation anxiety so we can work on building the trust and rapport between dancers and parents needed for them to feel comfortable and safe in your studio.

If you have a dance teacher challenge you would like me to address on an upcoming episode, please send me an email to info@dancetolearn.co so with the subject line: Dance Teacher Challenges Help!

Today's episode focuses Helping Dancers and Parents with Separation Anxiety

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In today's episode of the Dance to Learn® Podcast I am discussing student engagement, the reasons students may lack engagement during your class and how you can address the issue!
Today's podcast episode is a REPLAY from Season 3 Episode 8! Addressing your Preschool Dance Teacher Challenges! I've broken down the episode into 4 parts and will be rebroadcasting it in a 4 part mini-series over the next few episodes, since the original episode was nearly an hour! I want this to be a nice bite-sized audio clip for you to enjoy and hopefully help you if you are experiencing these challenges yourself!

If you have a dance teacher challenge you would like me to address on an upcoming episode, please send me an email to info@dancetolearn.co so with the subject line: Dance Teacher Challenges Help!

Today's episode focuses on balancing having FUN with teaching technique.
Join me next week for part 4

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