Giving your children an early start into the performing arts can have many benefits on their development – greater confidence, better self-expression, increased disciplined, just to name a few.
It is no wonder then that the performing arts for children have been garnering much attention in recent years as schools attempt to integrate such courses as part of their curriculum.
However, have you ever considered that your child could benefit from a full-time performing arts curriculum instead of a couple of extra classes a week?
What sort of plus points could such a programme have for your child?
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Discover the Benefits of Performing Arts for Children
1. Creative Self-Expression
The pursuit of any art form tends to manifest in a person’s individual character and nature. The freedom to express oneself in an art form is boundless, since art encourages you to think outside of your comfort zone.
The involvement of performing arts for children, therefore, promotes their ability to be comfortable in their own skin. Whether your children choose to take up dance or theatrical arts, there is a vast richness of expressive techniques that they can explore.
If you have noticed that your little one cannot put down a favourite musical instrument or will not stop twirling and dancing, they could be prime candidates for the performing arts.
2. Confidence
A part of being involved in performing arts includes letting go of the expectations that others might have of you.
In the process of doing so, your children must have a certain level of confidence to be able to carry forward the vision that their current efforts are the best representation of their creative nature – as imperfect as it may be. This is naturally difficult as children often crave the approval of others to validate their actions.
Confidence is developed as a result of knowing that the opinions of others do not need to be your children’s reality.
3. Collaboration
The performing arts tend to be deeply collaborative because they are all about forging connections through common interests and goals with other people. When your children are involved in projects that require them to work with others, they will come to understand that pushing through their opinions strongly may bring them nowhere.
Instead, it can be much more helpful to seek to understand other people’s viewpoints. Building collaborative relationships with others also involve learning how to solve disagreements amicably without hurting their relationships.
In the process of learning to collaborate with others, your children will also develop problem-solving skills as they circumvent the issues that they face.
4. Focus
The performing arts for children also seek to engage their ability to imagine and experiment with the various tools necessary to master the craft. It will take a lot of willpower and determination for children as they envision their end goal and work towards it. This is the same for any other academic or non-academic endeavours that your children will be involved in next time.
Most performing arts disciplines are also great for children because they are kinaesthetic – in other words, children learn best from moving and doing. This kind of learning grabs their attention like no other.
5. Leveraging Feedback
One of the biggest problems that children face is their inability to accept negative criticisms. In an environment where praise is an important component in building their self-esteem, we need to remember that praise is not the only way to help children do better. Negative criticisms, when phrased in a positive manner, allow your children to understand their mistakes and strive for improvement.
The performing arts, with each intricate and deeply personal project, is one of the best avenues to help children learn how to use feedback to their advantage.
Constructive feedback should be taken as a guide for improvement. When negative feedback is received, you can help your children to turn it around into something that can serve them rather than break them down. In this way, your children can learn about useful failures.
Rather than losing hope and giving up on themselves, they can return to their tasks, more determined to put an even better effort going forward.
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Getting an Early Start in Performing Arts for Children
Considering the benefits of the performing arts for children, many parents have started to seek enrichment programmes that can hone these essential skills in their children. However, providing children exposure to a full-time programme that immerses them in the various disciplines of performing arts can be rewarding as well.
MindChamps Performing Arts Preschool, our latest addition to the family, will be launching in July 2020 to cater to the developmental needs of young children.
Combining the benefits of our renowned preschool curriculum with key learning outcomes derived from the performing arts, our performing arts preschool programme is designed to unleash your child’s creativity, confidence and ability to create something out of nothing through drama, singing, music and dance.
Using an integrative approach, your child will learn a curriculum developed by performing arts professionals. Through this, the fundamental processes picked up from the four disciplines can be transferred to academic skills, such as literacy and numeracy, as well as social and emotional skills that are essential for young children to develop.
This makes for a holistic learning experience that develops your child’s creativity, confidence and Champion Mindset, giving him/her an edge to succeed in life.
Classes at MindChamps Performing Arts PreSchool begins from 27 July 2020 and registration starts now.
Enquire with us today and register for the Virtual Open Day on 4 July 2020!
Written by Danielle Hee