Hi Friends! Guess what? Continue reading Take Advantage Of This!
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Setting goals is a huge topic. When I think of my own goals, I think of how many I have accomplished since graduating college. I also think of how many more I want to accomplish. Eeek, makes my head hurt! If you ask my husband, he says I have a new goal every week! He’s right, it is just in my nature to be ambitious. It’s good to have goals, but sometimes I dwell and think about them too much; I’m still working on the balance. Continue reading 6 Goals To Set For Your Littles: AKA My Hidden Agenda
Have you heard about the book My Princess Boy? A mom wrote it about her little boy who wanted to wear dresses and jewelry instead of pants and baseball caps. She decided to not make it a big deal and allow him to express himself with whatever he wanted to wear. When I saw this, I thought “wow, how awesome is that?” A brave mom who isn’t allowing the world’s impressions of gender roles affect her son. She is letting him decide for himself. Continue reading What Would You Do If Your Boys Wore Tutus?
I love doing partner dances with my littles. It’s such a great lesson to teach them about teamwork and plus it’s always more fun when you have someone to dance with. Right? That’s where the magic string comes in… Continue reading My Magic String
The Dance Buzz is starting a blogging challenge and I thought I would join in today! The challenge? Post a personal dance first. I didn’t have to think to hard to come up with this one because I think about it ALL THE TIME! The picture above is the end of the semester showing of my very first creative ballet class in NYC! Continue reading The Class That Started It All
Guess what? You helped me get to the second round of Dance Advantage’s Top Dance Blog Contest! I am truly grateful! Now, there is a second round! The most exciting part of this contest and the good news is this round is a little easier! All you have to do is click the circle and vote! That’s it! Read It. Move It. Share It. is a collaboration with Kerry from Picture Books and Pirouettes. Once a month Kerry recommends a book for me to use in my creative movement classes. Then I write a post on what I did with the book and how I used it with my students in hopes of giving you some new ideas to use in your classes! Here is the December book. Enjoy!
One day as we were doing the Toy Shop dance one dancer said let’s be a bouncy ball! Well, I never thought of that and thought it might be fun to explore. I was in luck because Kerry had already picked the book Bounce to try with my class. Here is how I used the book in my 4 year olds. Warning: It’s really bouncy!
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Maria Hanley is an independent dance educator in New York City. She holds a masters degree in dance education.
Maria has been selected to serve on the Dance/NYC Junior Committee for the 2010/2011 year.
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