It is so important for children to recognize their special talents and gifts. It is also important for them to have confidence and feel pride while sharing these with others! We were so lucky to have some visitors with us last week who shared with us their special gift of dance!
Our first visitor is a 9 year old who did her own choreography for her school talent show and came to demo her hoola hoop skills for us. We were amazed at all the cool tricks and amazing moves she has with that hoop!
The other talent shared was by a recent HS graduate....clogging. We asked the children what they knew about clogging. Some said "I have no idea". One said "It's when something gets into something and stops the water " another added, "Clogging a toilet. I clogged a toilet before. It's how you make floods."
We learned clogging originated in Ireland and Netherlands with wooden shoes. First people used to wear wooden shoes to work in factories. Then they noticed when they tapped their toes to music it made cool rhythms. They stated dancing....it's evolved into metal taps on shoes. One student was able to figure it all out as they excitgedly shouted "There are little metal things on the bottom of her shoes. It makes a noise!" Another added, "it sounds like bells because there's stuff on the bottom of her shoes." What great observers they are!
After our special visitors, we read the book "The Talent Show" by Jo Hodgkinson. Each of the children decided to participate in their very own talent show. We have challenged the kids to think about their special talents and cant wait for them to share them with us.
Come see our annual program "Hands-On-4-Kids Preschool Talent Show!" You will not want to miss it! This year it will be held on Friday, August 17th, at 7pm. All students will be participating and we will have 6 kids graduating so it will be a wonderful event!
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