About Me

Hello! My name is Nicky Wilson! Here at Kids R Kids I am a dance and gymnastics instructor for our “Movin’ and Groovin’” special program, and the instructor for our after-school “Kick Start” dance club. I am 20 years old and a junior at Wright State University where I am studying business. I’ve been dancing my whole life, since I could walk. Dancing and teaching dance is truly my passion. I was a high school cheerleader and state champion dancer, and during that time I coached multiple pee-wee dance and cheer teams. I’m engaged to be married to a sailor in the U.S Navy, however right now I live with my two wonderful parents, my twin sister Christy, and our spoiled toy poodle named Ace. I have a blast dancing and I hope that the children will love dance as much as I love teaching it.

When do I "Kick Start"?

Kick Start Dance is offered Mondays from 4:30 to 5:30 at our Mason Kids R Kids location, and Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:30 at our Maineville location!

KICK START DANCE CLUB!!!

"Kick Start" dance club is a new afterschool club where your child can learn dance basics and fun routines to share with friends and family! In this program we will be working little by little on learning complete dance routines to performance perfection; we will also be exploring dance as a form of exercise through daily stretching and warming up; as well as doing fun dances and dance games! Dance education promotes a healthy lifestyle through movement, stretching, and improving balance, coordination and even cognitive skills such as memorization. Dance is a fun way to get children moving and working on these skills. I hope to "Kick Start" your child's dance future this school year!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Winter Club Showcase!

This Winter, Kids R Kids All Star Clubs will be presenting a club showcase! Kick Start Dance club will be doing a dance medley performance of all the fun dances we've been doing so far this year. This includes, the Hannah Montana "Ice Cream Freeze", the super fun Cha Cha Slide, and the Cupid Shuffle. Come see what your kids have been up to in all their fall clubs!
All Star Club performances will start at 6 pm on the following days!
Fairfield Center
Monday November 30th, 2009
Mason Center
Tuesday December 1st, 2009
West Chester Center
Thursday December 3rd, 2009
Liberty Township Center
Monday December 7th, 2009
Maineville Center
Wednesday December 9th, 2009
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Monday, September 28, 2009

Benefits of Dance for Children

Physical Development

• Moving safely, imaginatively and with confidence
• Moving with bodily control, co-ordination, flexibility and balance
• The development of spatial awareness
• Dancing with props; developing manipulative skills
• Experiencing a range of gross motor movements and fine motor movements
• Keeping healthy - dance as part of a healthy lifestyle

Creative Development

• Communicating ideas, thoughts and feelings non-verbally through movement
• Using the imagination to create ideas, characters and narratives
• Making movement responses
• Having an enjoyable, exciting and motivating time
• Working individually, with a partner and as part of a group
• Developing trust and co-operation
• Selecting and using movement ideas independently and with others
• Exploring feelings and views of self and others - including other cultures and beliefs
• Accepting the moral code on which discipline and courtesy within the group is based
• Interacting with a new social group

Communication, Language and Literacy Development

• The use of sounds, music, words, poems, rhymes, texts and stories as stimuli for, and
accompaniment to dance
• The use of language to imagine and recreate roles and ideas in the dance
• Interaction - negotiating plans and activities and developing conversational skills
• Appreciation - talking about personal dance performance
• Observation - talking about the dance performance of others
• Developing a vocabulary of movement
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