Cognitive Development

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Our studio is all about playful, powerful learning.

Dance is the perfect way to introduce little minds to concepts like size, speed, levels, weight, space and pathways. These powerful concepts aren't just important in dance. They're also widely transferable into their everyday lives. Our Leap 'N Learn curriculum develops conceptual thinking into each and every exercise, which means our dancers aren't just going to thrive in the studio - they'll be totally set for success in school and in life.

We make it our mission to equip our students with the very best dance education out there.

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Leap 'N Learn exercises are embedded with powerful learning that extends far beyond the dance studio.

Pattern recognition is a crucial element of many LNL lessons, such as identifying which colour mat will be placed on the floor next, for example 🟢🔵🔵🟢🔵🔵, and observing relationships between movements, for example "little, big, big".

As children identify patterns, they make predictions and logical connections, and develop their reasoning skills. Pattern awareness in early years has also been linked to positive effects on number understanding and increased mathematical proficiency in later years.

Dance class isn't just about creating amazing dancers. It's about equipping your kids with tools and ways of thinking that will stay with them for life.

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Caption 3: Colour, shape, size, speed, emotions, relationships... our littlest dancers are getting to know the world around them.

With a Leap 'N Learn curriculum, we're all about embedding conceptual learning into playful, spirited classroom moments. It's learning that will last them a lifetime. 🌈

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Caption 4: Teaching correct terminology is an important part of ballet. With our Leap 'N Learn curriculum, we connect known objects and concepts to ballet terms to support students' knowledge building.

By linking a passé (or retiré) to the imagery of how a flamingo stands we make abstract or unknown concepts more accessible.

We know it's important to build our little dancers' knowledge, one brick at a time.

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Caption 5: We're all for multimodal teaching in our classrooms but having students watch a video and follow along isn't quality dance teaching. 🚩

In fact, it's not dance teaching at all.

With our Leap 'N Learn curriculum, we use different modalities and invaluable tools to enrich students' learning experience with props, books 📚, images 🏞, colouring sheets 🎨 and more!

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All teachers would love a room full of students who know how to make straight lines, can listen closely to instructions, communicate their wants and needs, and are ready to learn. But how do we foster this behaviour in our young dancers?

The answer is by valuing and considering their cognitive development.

Cognitive development is the way that students learn and absorb information. It's all about information processing, language learning, and problem solving.

To fill our studios with forward thinking dancers, we need to teach them skills that will help them down the track. This means teaching them about size, levels, speed, shapes, patterns - all the things adults take for granted!

Unlike other programs, our Leap 'N Learn curriculum isn't a "monkey-see, monkey-do" type of dance class. Our classes cleverly and playfully support children's cognitive development with different exercises that develop the whole child.

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Caption 7: Dance is the best way to introduce big concepts to little ones.

Concepts like size, speed, levels, weight, space, and pathways aren't easy to learn - but dance is the perfect medium to introduce them.

Using the Leap 'N Learn curriculum, we develop conceptual thinking with each and every exercise, which means our dancers aren't just going to thrive in the studio - they'll be totally set for success in school and in life.

We're here to equip your kids with the very best dance education out there.

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Did you know that being able to clap, sway, or move to the beat is a crucial part of child development?

🧠 Clapping to the beat means that the neural pathways needed to start learning to read are connected and active.

🥁 Rhythm also helps language and communication skills (think syllables and sounding words out).

👯‍♀️ Synchronous activities (like marching or clapping to the beat as a group) supports social cohesion and teamwork.

...and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Musical awareness is built into the fibre of our Leap 'N Learn curriculum. Counting and tapping to a beat, moving at different tempos, matching rhythms and exploring dynamics doesn't just develop musical dancers – it sets kids up to get the most out of life.

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