How to End Your Dance Class

I write a lot about how to properly end a dance class in my book, How to Teach Preschool Ballet: A Guidebook for Teachers. If you have not read it you can get your copy here! In my book I go into detail about how I end my preschool ballet classes and the other classes...

The Power of Stuffed Animals!

Fall is in the air and that means it is time for the start of preschool ballet classes! We have kicked off many Wish Upon a Ballet classes here in MN and have met so many wonderful students! I had a great experience with a shy child today at one of my classes and...

The Benefits of Preparation

by Meg Gronau I just came home from three of the best classes I’ve ever taught. This isn’t totally earth-shattering news, because as a teacher I am always trying to improve – so my classes SHOULD get better and better as time goes by. One reason today went...

Taking Good Care of Yourself

Here in Minnesota we are very anxious for spring. March seemed more like January with the cold and one snowfall after another. One of my four year old ballet students put it best, “We have 100 snows in our backyard!” To which a another student said,...