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Movement Leads To Learning in Children

Our Adapted Gymnastic class looks like a lot of fun, but there is more going on than what the observer sees. Recently our Adapted Gymnastics...

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Tomboy -> Dancer -> Gymnast -> Musician -> Athlete -> Scholar -> Collegiate Athlete -> Doctor

Is your child on the right path for success? Did you know that children that study performing and visual arts from grade school through high school, consistantly,generally have a higher degree of commitment, confidence, and good self image that sets the path towards later success.

It is easy to find out about the many different company CEO's, presidents of corporations, universities and yes even the United States that learned to play an instrument at an early age, performed on stage as a dancer or actor.
The benefits of studying the arts has even reached the level of science, where universities in California have been testing and tracking the actual strength levels of collegiate dancers versus collegiate athlete for strength and endurance (and yes, the dancers have won the results of the study each time).

Locally, success in studying the arts is evident. Two former students from our school, high school athletes and scholars went on to college to again repeat the school athlete and scholar pattern, to then become successful doctors. And then there are our former students that are currently educators, nurses, musicians, ministers, and mental health professionals.

Research has shown in some instances that studying the arts on a consistant basis, pre-grade school through high school, does give a child a much bigger advantage over other activities that could have been chosen by the parents. So if confidence, ability to set goals and follow through, focus, a sense of accomplishment and more are what you are looking for to set the path towards collegiate success and beyond, then you may want to give more time and consideration to the the studying of performing and visual arts.

For hundreds to thousands of well informed parents, the decision to have their child actively involved in performing and visual arts is a no brainer. Success is just around the corner and time is gone in a blink of the eye. The time to plan your child's course for success is from the beginning.Help them to discover success at a young age and carry it through to the future. Discover performing and visual arts.