By popular demand, please find Nina Ballerina in her newest series –   girls ballet coloring pages- 5 positions of the feet.  Joining our range of technically correct and beautifully designed ballet coloring pages is this 5 positions of the feet collection for girls.  These girls ballet coloring pages  – 5 positions are perfect for reinforcing what is learned in class and make a great welcome back to dance or end-of-semester treat.  The girls ballet coloring pages – 5 positions show each of the 5 positions of the feet, first position, second position, third position, fourth position, and fifth position.  These are also ideal for hanging up around the studio

Girls Ballet Coloring pages – 5 positions – features

• Technically correct representation of the 5 positions of the feet
• Tracing activity for each of the 5 positions
• Hands placed on hips in line with best practice pedagogically sound teaching methodology, allowing young students to focus on their body position before introducing arms.

Once purchased you can print out your girls ballet coloring pages  – 5 positions as many times as you like. You can hand them out in class or email them home.  They make a lovely welcome back to dance treat.

These girls ballet coloring pages – 5 positions are part of the Ballet Blueprint series – part of the bestselling downloadable ballet curriculum used by studios worldwide to provide quality ballet instruction. The Blueprint series includes a fully choreographed curriculum, playlist, technique checklist, tips for classroom behaviors, games, circuits, activities activity sheets, and a full range of coloring pages for boys and girls featuring 5 positions of the feet and a range of basic steps.

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Halloween Preschool Dance Class plans includes

• Fully choreographed exercises that explore learning concepts through dance, dancers will go on a fun-filled adventure, developing gross motor skills with the Monster Mash, exploring articulation with the witches, learning about levels and directions with Mr. Bones, counting a sequencing on a trick or treat adventure and learning patterning and developing working memory with the Swinging Transylvanians.
• Circuits and games, including Halloween, themed Movement Cards with extra ideas for use
• Full playlist
• 19-page coloring and activity sheet pack
• Pedagogically sound curriculum focussing on 
  • Levels
  • Speed
  • Direction
  • Fine Motor Skills
  • Gross Motor Skills
  • Rhythm
  • Emotions
  • Coordination
  • Imaginative Play
• Social Media Marketing Material
• Pre-prepared Informative Flyer for Parents

All this adds up to saving your hours and HOURS of work! If you employ multiple Preschool Teachers, just give them the link and with the click of a button, your whole staff is on the same page. The pre-prepared letter for parents and activity pack helps cement the concepts covered in class.  It also builds parental engagement and trust. These extra educational materials make it so easy to add enormous value to your program.  Not only are children enrolled in a dance class but they are also receiving educational material that supports early years education.   Parents who love your program will spread the word!  

These tried and tested class plans are based on the Preschool Ballet Blueprint, the bestselling downloadable Preschool curriculum, currently being used worldwide to deliver super popular preschool Programs.  Join the thousands of schools already enjoying these affordable and easy-to-use class plans designed in conjunction with qualified ballet teachers and childhood development professionals. 

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Unicorn Preschool Dance Class plans includes

• Fully choreographed exercises
• circuits, games, and activities.
• Full playlist
• Coloring and activity sheet pack
• Place Markers and game pieces
• Pedagogically sound curriculum focussing on 
  • Levels
  • Speed
  • Direction
  • Fine Motor Skills
  • Gross Motor Skills
  • Rhythm
  • Emotions
  • Coordination
  • Imaginative Play
• Social Media Marketing Material
• Pre-prepared Informative Flyer for Parents

All this adds up to saving your hours and hours of work! If you employ multiple Preschool teachers, just give them the link and with the click of a button, your whole staff is on the same page. The pre-prepared letter for parents and activity pack helps cement the concepts covered in class.  It also builds parental engagement and trust. These extra educational materials make it so easy to add enormous value to your program.  Not only are children enrolled in a dance class but they are also receiving educational material that supports early years education.   Parents who love your program will spread the word!  

These tried and tested class plans are based on the Preschool Ballet Blueprint, the bestselling downloadable Preschool curriculum, currently being used worldwide to deliver super popular preschool Programs.  Join the thousands of schools already enjoying these affordable and easy-to-use class plans designed in conjunction with qualified ballet teachers and childhood development professionals. 

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Are you looking to add value to your Preschool Dance program?  Looking for something to set your program apart? Say hello to the Brainy Ballerinas Preschool Ballet Activity Sheets! Preschool educational activity books are HOT right now.  Parents are always searching for ways to boost their child’s learning skills and keep them engaged with educational activities. Parents who enroll their children in Preschool Dance class definitely fall into this category which is why our ‘Brainy Ballerinas’ Preschool Ballet educational activity pack is SO popular. It is a combination of dancing AND preschool educational skills.

Designed in conjunction with ballet teachers and preschool educators, this 20-page Preschool Activity Pack helps set your students up for educational success.   Aimed at dancers aged 4-6 this pack focuses on the building blocks of early literacy and maths skills all with a ballet theme!  It is the perfect way to add value to your Preschool Dance Program with very little outlay.  You can print out the pack or even email it straight to parents.  Suddenly they are not only enrolled in dance BUT they are receiving quality material to advance their child’s early learning skills. This enhances your program immensely and yet it is so simple!

The activity sheets cover everything from counting and writing letters to matching, sorting, and fine motor skill development.  The sheets are designed to enhance what children learn in dance class so it is a win for everybody! They have been specially designed with beautiful graphics and engaging activities to keep your little learners busy for hours. This means, happy parents! Combining dance classes with school readiness skills is a new and emerging field.  Jump on board while it is still new!

Here’s what you can expect from our ‘Brainy Ballerinas’ Preschool Ballet activity pack, and how it helps children stay engaged with learning.

Brainy Ballerinas Preschool Ballet Activity Pack

• Pre-reading activities
• Literacy activities
• Pattern recognition
• Matching activities
• Fine motor skill activities
• Pre-writing activities
• Sorting activities
• Size matching and sorting

Our Brainy Ballerinas Preschool Ballet Activity Sheets are also PERFECT for dance camps.  Once again you can easily add another feature to your dance camps by marketing them as incorporating Pre-K and school readiness skills.

These  Preschool Ballet Activity sheets are a downloadable resource so you can download once and use and distribute as many times as you like. They are available in A4 and Letter format.

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Included in the pack is

• Positions of the feet tracing, coloring and counting exercises
• Basic steps in ballet matching and tracing exercises
• Meanings of basic movements in dancing coloring and tracing exercises
• Beautifully illustrated famous ballet unit studies including short synopsis, crossword, featured ballet step plus activity (coloring, mazes, spot the difference)
• Class phases

The pack includes 31 pages of information, exercises and activities to introduce your younger students to basic ballet theory and start to build their knowledge of ballet.

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The Downloadalbe Ballet Activity Pack II is perfect for sharing with your students online and equally at home as a Backstage Recital or Camp resource. This particular activity pack comes with a link to download individual pages so you can send it as a booklet or page by page if you prefer.

Activities include

• Swan Lake, spot the difference
• Help the dancers find their stage maze (featuring girl and boy dancers)
• unscramble ballet words
• Help the ballerina find her pointe shoes
• Help the boy find his pas de deux partner
• Color the Ballerina
• Join the dots and color
• Trace basic ballet terms
• Match the boy and girl dancers with their dance gear
• Help the ballerina find her tiara

This downloadable Ballet Activity pack comes to you as a digital download. You can choose to send the pack as a booklet, send it page by page or print it out, whatever works for you.

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“If you wish to move mountains tomorrow, you must start by lifting stones today” – African Proverb

The idea of working step by step towards something can be difficult for young dancers to grasp. The Goal Setting Resource kit helps scaffold that process by challenging students to really grasp the hard work that is necessary for success and by helping them uncover their personal roadblocks and dead ends that may be holding them back from achieving their personal best.  

Once dancers are empowered to set goals and given the tools to help achieve them, their improvement is phenomenal.  Goal setting is an amazing tool to fast track dancer success.

Meanwhile, developing a Success Mindset in dancers is a total game changer and one of the most valuable skills you can impart to your dancers. The Success Mindset for competitive dancers resource kit helps you provide your students with the tools they need to succeed at dance competitions.  The Success Mindset for competitive dance kit draws on the latest research on mindset and performance and contains over 40 pages of dance specific instructions, worksheets and activities to give dancers the winning edge. Topics covered include defining success, redefining failure, reframing negative thoughts, facing fear, dealing with nerves, facing anxiety, goal setting, reflection, utilising laser focus, matching actions with intentions, motivation, pre-performance routine, effort and success, how to fix corrections, confidence, being a good team mate, motivation and being an inspired dancer.  The Success Mindset for competitive dancers comes as a digital download so you can print it and share it with your students as often as you like.  

Units in the “How to succeed at Dance Competitions” mindset bundle include

Defining Success – differentiating between success symbols and success itself.

Dealing with Failure – dancers are challenged to examine failure and redefine it as a stepping stone to success

Dealing with fears and anxiety – dancers examine their fears and learn strategies to deal with them

Reframing negative thoughts – how to be a unicorn dancer

Dealing with nerves – dancers are challenged to look at what makes them nervous, how they react and then explore strategies to overcome nerves and harness their power for good

Developing Laser Focus

Dance competition reflection – dancers are challenged to examine every aspect of their performance, what went well and what didn’t, before, during and after.  This then forms a learning tool to shape future performances

Setting SMART goals – an introduction to goal setting and a springboard for the Goal setting for dancers resource kit

Matching intentions with actions – a challenging unit that asks, do you deserve your results?

Dance class reflection – a weekly activity sheet to help dancers take responsibility for their training

Corrections – helps dancers to link their corrections in class to the goal they have set themselves to achieve

Motivation – understanding and exploring motivation as it relates to goal setting and classwork

How to be a great team member – a particularly powerful worksheet if you are dealing with lack of commitment to your dance program

How to be an inspired dancer – time for a mindset reset.  This worksheet challenges students to step outside of their comfort zone and start to operate with a growth mindset. It explores the notion of being inspired rather than threatened by the success of others.

The Wheel of Success – the Wheel of Success brings all the units together and presents dancers with the secret of “How to succeed at dance competitions”

Access the latest research into Growth Mindset, Grit and Goal setting with this bundle pack designed especially for dancers.

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• Boy and Girl coloring pages
• Boy and Girl copy to draw
• Help the dancer find his pas de deux partner maze
• Help the dancers find their Christmas surprises maze
• Sugarplum Fairy spot the difference
• Ballet theory color and write
• Nutcracker scramble
• Help the dancer find her Nutcracker maze

These ballet activity sheets are so much fun and are also perfect for keeping little hands busy backstage at recital. Pop these in your foyer, send them out to students over the Christmas break, buy once and print as many times as you need.

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