Move. Create. Educate.
By maria, on January 30th, 2012%
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 January book. Enjoy!
2 weekends ago in NYC we got snow for the first time this year! Well, we had some in October (yeah, I know) but I don’t really count that. I woke up on Saturday to teach and surprise, there was snow! I planned to use the book The Snowy Day anyway, but with snow coming down it seemed just perfect. And it was! Read on to see how I used it with my 4′s in creative movement! Continue reading The Snowy Day Dance
By maria, on January 25th, 2012%
By maria, on January 22nd, 2012%
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
By maria, on January 20th, 2012%
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?
By maria, on January 19th, 2012%
 If you are a frequent reader you know that I love to incorporate books into my creative movement classes whenever I can and you probably also know about the collaboration with Kerry at Picture Books and Pirouettes we do every month! So, when we were asked to write a blog post for Living Barefoot!, The Barefoot Books Blog, we said yes immediately. Continue reading Featured On Living Barefoot Books Blog!
By maria, on January 18th, 2012%
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
By maria, on January 11th, 2012%
 Do you ever tire of singing the same songs? Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good itsy bitsy spider and ABC song. BUT if you teach many classes of the same age group like I do, you might start to feel a little crazy! Here’s something new to try: Continue reading Retrograde: Dancing Favorite Songs Backwards
By maria, on January 3rd, 2012%
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
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