tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54595103363473615342024-02-07T23:56:19.108-05:00Little People's Creative WorkshopLPCW Corporatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01099014522096672089noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459510336347361534.post-52391636065975103852015-07-02T13:07:00.001-04:002015-07-02T13:07:15.371-04:00New Beginnings<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was a bittersweet end to the school year in Northern Virginia as we said goodbye to our students who are moving up and onward to elementary school. However, it is always a pleasure to see how our students have grown in coordination, strength and personality over the last few years!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We are very excited to be saying hello to so many new students this summer! The greatest joy of being a teacher is having the opportunity to work with so many incredible young people and watch their excitement as they master new movements and become encouraged to work hard towards big achievements. These kiddos keep a big smile on our face!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Great job to all of our 2013 - 2014 students!</span></span></b></div>
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Learning Dance in School Can Produce Smarter Kids</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Only “43
percent of all public elementary schools and only 14 percent of secondary
schools offer any instruction in dance,” according to Carmen Carter‟s 2004 study
published by the University of Florida. Instead, teachers focus on science,
math, and English, often leaving out the arts. This is partly because, according
to Serin Ngai, these subjects are measurable on state achievement tests, and
students‟ high scores lead to higher school district funding.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It makes
sense that under-funded teachers design lessons to increase students‟ test
scores, but it shows a disturbing skew in kids‟ education. Subjects such as the
arts have had huge budget cuts; many schools have cut them entirely to fund test
prep courses in math, science, and English. Unfortunately, studies have shown
that students who learn to dance in school have significant advantages: high
grades and higher SAT scores, compared to students without dance
lessons.</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dance
Lessons Help Kids Learn Other Subjects</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Multiple
sources show that dance in schools relates to increased mental ability and high
grades. In MacDonald‟s study, elementary school teachers worked dance into their
lessons on math, history, and other subjects. Teachers in this study said,
“children responded to creative dance with an intensity, concentration,
„ownership,‟ and enthusiasm they did not usually see in children‟s educational
activities.” Teachers found that it was relatively easy to use dance to teach
many subject areas, and were “astonished at the possibilities it
offered.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Using dance
to teach standard subjects allows students to have fun with the material, but
also helps them gain a deeper understanding of concepts by approaching them from
new angles. Cognitive scientists, such as Patricia Alexander, agree that the
understanding of concepts‟ underlying truths is the mark of expert-level
knowledge. When students are given multiple ways of understanding a concept,
they are better able to deeply grasp the underlying principles.</span></div>
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School Makes Kids Smarter</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dance‟s
mental benefits are clear, both when taught with other subjects and when taught
alone. Cognitive generalization means that a learned skill in one area expands
to skills in many other areas. For example, when students scan an essay for
spelling errors, this improves their ability to recognize errors in other visual
patterns, such as rows in an accounting spreadsheet, or in a piece of sheet
music. In the same way, dance lessons give students important cognitive skills
that boost their ability in many other subject areas.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In addition
to the overlaps with other subjects, learning dance in school can lead to high
grades through an overall increase in mental ability. In dance class, Carter
explains, students practice physical exercises that “„stimulate mental
alertness, modeling, sequencing, attention to detail, and memorization
skills‟... —thereby promoting the learning process.” When kids learn to dance,
they learn important skills, like how to pick up new ideas quickly, to pay
attention to small details, and to focus on the task at hand.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Four studies
in the REAP (<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 11px/normal Helvetica;"><i>Reviewing Education and the
Arts Program</i></span>) report showed a relationship between dance in school
and improved reading skills. Another three REAP studies showed that dance
lessons improved nonverbal reasoning, which includes math and mechanical
ability. This makes sense when you look at the overlap between dance and other
school subjects, as Carter explains: “...the spatial designs and angles of
the body are expressed with geometric terms; an understanding of anatomy and
physics are needed to properly negotiate the body in space with proper technique
and alignment...and the most apparent conception is that dance is
language-like...Writing a book is similar to the process of making a dance...The
art of choreography can be simply defined as composition of
movement.”</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Learning to
Dance Leads to Higher Grades & SAT Scores</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The positive
effects of dance on students‟ grades are shown in various scientific studies. In
a controlled study of high school students, there was a statistically
significant difference in the grades of dancer and non-dancer groups. The
dancers‟ overall Grade Point Average was 3.22, while the non-dancer group
averaged a 2.87. This equates to the difference between a B+ and a
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Non-dancers
average two grade scales below students who have dance lessons; these students,
if they had access to dance in school, could do much better. Dancers‟ high
grades suggest to Carter that “dancers are able to manage themselves better in a
variety of academic situations, have higher levels of self-discipline, and have
better coping skills thereby achieving higher academic
success.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The positive
effects of dance in school go beyond high GPA into standardized testing.
According to Carter, “the College Board revealed that students who take arts
courses tend to score higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) than those
who do not,” and are more likely to be successful in college.</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Both
Students & Teachers Need Dance in School</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Now that we
know that dance in school leads to smart kids, high grades, and high SAT scores,
it would be wise for teachers to include more dance lessons. Instead of
shortchanging kids by limiting lessons to test preparation, including dance the
curriculum would help both students and teachers. It would give students the
advantages mentioned above, and it would help teachers by improving students‟
overall academic performance, test scores, and by extension, district funding.
With benefits to both students and teachers in mind, the data is clear: We need
dance in school."</span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Alexander,
Patricia A. “Can We Get There from Here?” Educational Researcher 32.8 (2003):
3-4. SAGE Publications. Web. Braaksma, Martine A.H., Gert Rijlaarsdam, Huub Van
Den Bergh, and Bernadette H.A.M. Van Hout-Walters. “Observational Learning and
Its Effects on the Orchestration of Writing Processes.” Cognition and
Instruction 22.1 (2004): 1-36. Informaworld. Taylor & Francis Group.
Web.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Carter,
Carmen S. Effects of Formal Dance Training and Education on Student Performance,
Perceived Wellness, and Self-concept in High School Students. Diss. University
of Florida, 2004. Web. MacDonald, Colla J. “Creative Dance in Elementary
Schools: a Theoretical and Practical Justification.” Canadian Journal of
Education (1991). JSTOR. Web.</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ngai, Serin.
“Painting over the Arts: How the No Child Left behind Act Fails to Provide
Children with a High- Quality Education.” Seattle Journal for Social Justice 4
(2006): 657. </span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We have had such an amazing start to the 2013 - 2014 School Year in Northern Virginia! Our classes sizes are growing and we are so happy to be bringing dance to both returning and new schools in our region! Here are some highlights from the year so far:</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Celebrating Halloween AND practicing tendus!</span></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Northern Virginia is <span style="font-size: small;">practicing hard</span> for Parent <span style="font-size: small;">Informances next week! We've been working <span style="font-size: small;">a lot</span> on our technique - stretching <span style="font-size: small;">our legs in <span style="font-size: small;">our leaps and memorizing our ballet arm positions! </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I can't believe it's already the end of the school year! Time has been flying by. It has been an absolute pleasure <span style="font-size: small;">working with <span style="font-size: small;">the</span> students and seeing them grow <span style="font-size: small;">a<span style="font-size: small;">s dancers <span style="font-size: small;">and <span style="font-size: small;">as <span style="font-size: small;">individuals</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">We love feedback and hearing our students </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: white; color: lime; font-size: large;">HAPPY SPRING!!</span></strong></div>
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<em>"Avery loves your class so much. She shows me her moves (which she practices in front of the oven so that she can see her reflection) and uses all her terms: plie, tendu, pas de chat, tour, and sloucho the groucho. :)"</em><br />
<em>-Nathalie, Giving Tree Parent</em><br />
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<em>"My husband and I were entertained tonight by Breanna showing us her dance moves of "bird in nest" and" flying butterfly" that she said was part of dance. Thanks for sharing your talents with the kids."</em><br />
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<b>We are sending lots of love to our LPCW family! These two sweet Valentines are having a blast this month! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday!</b>Summerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377504266298540964noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459510336347361534.post-75288720843070112172013-01-30T14:25:00.000-05:002013-01-30T14:25:35.704-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> We have had a great week so far showing off the dance and theatre skills we have learned. These are just a couple of great moments shared this week. We can't wait to see what the rest of the week has to bring for our little performers! What a great way to bring in the new year!</span></div>
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LPCW Charlotte-Meck.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17135008769903714816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459510336347361534.post-51517728966166989202012-12-04T09:52:00.000-05:002012-12-04T09:52:06.724-05:00A Magical Time of Year for Dance<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">December is full of holiday traditions, family gatherings, delicious food and (hopefully!) falling snow. As a child I looked forward to decorating the Christmas tree, drinking hot chocolate, building a snowman, opening presents and having time off from school to sleep in and watch Christmas movies all day long.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But one of my favorite Decembers was the first time my parents took me to see the Russian performance of The Nutcracker. My parents saved up money that year to buy tickets and we all went to the theatre dressed in our very best. Obsessed with ballet since the age of two, I couldn't wait to see the tutus, the pointe shoes and the magical dancing of the beautiful ballerinas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In time I was no longer just watching the dancers on stage, but I was performing the roles that I had watched in awe. And even though I have heard the music from the ballet countless times, spent hours upon hours in the studio rehearsing the same scenes year after year, I can't help but feel like a giddy child when the first notes of the overture begin the play.</span><br />
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This is dedicated to a little dancer in our program that recently had to discontinue due to cancer related issues. He will be missed and hope to get him back soon. It was powerful to watch him grow and become stonger in our class. The power of dance and the arts is AWESOME!</div>
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As a dance teacher, fall is always an exciting time of year. We are getting back into the groove of our regularly scheduled classes. The new faces bring new imagination and eagerness. The familiar ones bring an accomplished enthusiasm after feeling successful in our program previously. As we introduce new themes and exercises, we fall into an easy rhythm and delight in the joy of dance. Our little dancers are like the falling leaves twirling, spinning, pirouetting, and whooshing around. Oh to be so carefree. Welcome fall!!<br />
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<q> October gave a party; The leaves by hundreds came - The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples, And leaves of every name. The Sunshine spread a carpet, And everything was grand, Miss Weather led the dancing, Professor Wind the band.</q><br />
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LPCW Charlotte-Meck.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17135008769903714816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459510336347361534.post-34691318897724942182012-09-20T15:37:00.001-04:002012-09-20T15:37:27.302-04:00Northern Virginia Gallops through September!<br />
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LPCW Charlotte-Meck.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17135008769903714816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459510336347361534.post-11310667774679605972012-08-16T14:21:00.001-04:002012-08-16T14:21:45.698-04:00It's That time of year!! Registrations are here!!<br />
Our students in the Triangle are getting ready for the new fall season! We have so many great things planned for the year!! Can't wait to see all my friends at registration!!<br />
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LPCW Charlotte-Meck.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17135008769903714816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459510336347361534.post-82312637758594880272012-08-07T14:05:00.000-04:002012-08-07T14:05:46.696-04:00Keep Dancing!<b> </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This quote sums up my love of both dancing and teaching young children. It's such a delight to see my students have so much joy when learning their plies and tendus, dancing like Safari animals or finally mastering that tricky polka step. Their smiles and laughter are a constant reminder that I have the best job in the world! I hope your child's love of dance inspires you to dance with them and feel like a kid again, even for just a moment! </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great rest of the summer! See you in September! </span></b> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12099198890979830369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459510336347361534.post-14630070787919030152012-08-01T17:46:00.001-04:002012-08-01T17:46:35.789-04:00World Dance, Olympics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The Olympics are so exciting. We are cruising around the world experiencing fun dances for our LPCW classes to end our summer session. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> In the Charlotte- Meck. region we used this week to celebrate the Olympics and all the countries who come together for this wonderful event. We gave all of our students their own Gold Medal because they are all winners in our eyes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Don't forget to be on the lookout for our fall information. Registration begins next week. Hope you have had great summer filled with wonderful memories!! </span><br />
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We have been having a blast this summer in class and in camps!</div>
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It's hard to believe that it's time to get ready for fall.......</div>
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We hope that you are getting lots of living room performances from your young dancer or thespian.</div>
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