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Choreography For New Twirlers
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New teachers often ask about choreography and how to choreograph for their newest students. Here are a few tips on choreographing for your newest students. These concepts will help build student's confidence, engage parents and let kids learn our amazing sport. Tip #1 - Keep Formations Simple. Straight lines that are horizontal or vertical are easy for new students to remember and grasp. Tip #2 - Allow Every Student To Be In The Front Row. Parents love seeing their child be the star and for new students that can be a great opportunity to shine. Tip #3 - Allow Each Student...
Themed Routine Ideas
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Positive Language, Part III. Encouraging Students To Use Positive Language.
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If you have read parts I and II are of this series, you have seen that there is a shift for educators to use positive language to guide what we want children to do versus telling them what we don't want from them. In part II, you evaluated your own language to see if you have any communication that is negative focused versus positive (and we all do, I catch myself all the time reverting back to a negative language pattern). In part III, we encourage you to have your students begin to use positive language in their self-talk and...
Positive Language, Part I. Why Positive Language is Important to Kids.
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