On the road to parenting, I've always respected the love and encouragement approach to education. My daughter has loved dancing since she was a little girl. Every time she passes by a dance training class, she sees the young ladies dancing in their pink practice clothes, and she always cries to go in. After consulting with several training centers, they all refused, and the unified response was to come back after 3.5 years old. Children too young to understand the teacher's instructions. Finally, through the introduction of colleagues, finally in March 2018 to participate in the trial class of the dance initiation class.
The first class was a big blow to me, an old mother, because she was the worst performer in this class. The child usually follows the kindergarten teacher jumping around, small dance style. The kindergarten teacher often praised her. I thought my daughter was gifted and a good candidate for dance. I didn't realize that once I started professional dance training, it wasn't like that at all. For a three or four year old, one or two months makes a huge difference. Not to mention that the kids trying out at the same time were more than half a year older than her. The older kids were already understanding the teacher's instructions and practicing the basics in style. My daughter, on the other hand, was completely out of her element. She didn't understand what the teacher was saying, she couldn't even understand the hooking and tensing of the feet, but she knew how to observe the movements of the children around her. But she was always half a beat slower and looked especially clumsy. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that, but I'm going to be able to do it," he said.
Throughout the session, the kids were confused inside, and I was suffering outside. Parents were standing in front of the monitor discussing the situation, but I could only maintain an awkward and unobtrusive smile. I didn't realize that I had been a schoolteacher for a lifetime, but I lost my face in the child's case. The child's father was furious and only scolded: "I told you not to come to waste this money, you have to not listen. Now you are slapped in the face by reality, right? Snapped."
The girl is still ignorant and unaware. When changing clothes, took a 2-cent Shangxue coin to me. Also asked me with an excited face, "Mom, did I do well?" I could only reply with a thick face, "Yes. Baby, you're the best!" "So, are you coming back next week?" I asked. "Still coming!" My daughter replied loudly. The four-year-old next to her bristled and said loudly to Grandma, "She's not a good dancer at all." I could only go selectively deaf.
The trial class is 1 time a week, 10 times a ****. Regardless of the performance each time, I said to my daughter, "Baby, you dance very well, mom is very happy." Despite bouts of heartburn. Daughter, on the other hand, always whispers and asks, "Really? Did I dance well? I don't think I did too well." Despite her young age, she could already read the reactions of the teacher and the children around her, and knew that she was not doing well if she always got 2 points (the best performers in each class get 5 points). She would not be satisfied until I had the audacity to praise her repeatedly and swear that she was the best kid in the class. The child's father, on the other hand, grunted, "There are no rotten apricots in your own basket."
Three months have passed, and my daughter is barely keeping up. Although she never refuses to do the exercises at home, she is still very happy to go to class every weekend. After all, the people dancing with her are all little girls of the same age, and she can even go out to dinner with her mom and dad afterward. The joys of children are always simple. I always go out of my way to praise her, for example, the teacher said you are very good. For example, the teacher said that you were very good, and that you were the only one who insisted on coming to class when all the other kids didn't show up. At the end of the trial class, the teacher invited the parents into the classroom to watch the children's performance. Although it was just simple basic skills and a few small dances, I saw my daughter's progress. I can see that my daughter is making progress. She can keep up with the movements and understand the teacher's instructions.
After the trial class, I asked my daughter's opinion, and she still wanted to dance. And the initial trial class together 10 children, only 8 left. The reason for leaving was that the children were too young to keep up. Even though the training school was far away from my home, we didn't miss a single class. Fortunately, the teachers were still very experienced and my daughter has maintained her interest in dance. Although the father continues to scoff at the idea of learning to dance, at least he is quick to fill in when I'm not in a position to pick up and drop off the kids for class.
Towards the end of the summer, the training school organized an art festival. In fact, it was an internal display of teaching achievements, and every child in every training class had a program, from voice to dance, from the initiation class to the 9th grade class, more than 100 children showed up. I was personally shocked by the festival. I really didn't expect the tiny teenage children to perform as well as a TV program (I later learned that they do often participate in various TV shows). During the waiting time, the children naturally split their legs and lower their backs without any supervision from the teacher. You can tell that they love dancing from the bottom of their hearts. As a warm-up, my daughter's Enlightenment class also performed two cute little dances. It was praised by the teachers and parents alike. Of course, she continues to perform poorly. She refused to nap at home, but closed her eyes when she was lined up to go on stage. I pinched her hard in a hurry, and she cried and went on stage. Luckily, she did pretty well on stage. I'm not going to be able to get a good look at this, but I'm going to be able to get a good look at this," he said.
Perhaps infected by the young ladies, after the festival, my daughter actually a little bit of enlightenment, the performance is getting better and better, and occasionally can get a 3 points of the Shangxue coin. The first time I saw this, I was able to see the woman's face, and I was able to see the woman's face, and I was able to see the woman's face. The last class of the last semester had summer homework, and the teacher actually chose my daughter to demonstrate 3 basic standard movements (5 total***). As a result, over the summer she refused to do any of the basic skills exercises, would only do little dances, and didn't complete the clockwork required by the teacher. Time flew by and the next semester was neither stormy nor clear. From the Sangaku Coin, it is stable at 2 points. Teacher evaluation softness is better, coordination is not too outstanding.
The turnaround came at a competition in January. The teacher organized to participate in the Dance World National Finals for the toddler group. I originally thought that my daughter had just learned to dance a few months, too young, and the strong gap is far, but in the spirit of the teacher does not mind, we will try the mood to enroll. I didn't want to win, but it would be nice to see the world on a bigger stage. The teacher's only requirement is that the child can attend the training for two weeks in a row, two hours a day. Because the training is held on weekdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., it is not convenient to pick up and drop off, so many parents were discouraged. But it was the two hours of training per day that sparked the child's interest in dance. The seed of love germinated without being realized. My daughter took the initiative to practice the dance every night. When she danced, she did look good. The whole family came to watch and let out heartfelt admiration. The child is getting more and more confident. After the training class, she often gets 5 points from the training teacher.
At the end of the training, which coincided with the last dance class of the semester, the teacher finally praised my daughter loudly, gave her 10 points of ShangXueBin rewards (the rest of the children were 5 points), and continued to choose my daughter to demonstrate the 3 most difficult basic standard movements of the winter vacation homework. Next up was the dance competition. The teachers were quite experienced and the little ones didn't shy away from the stage and actually won the gold medal in the toddler category. As the youngest contestant, my daughter's performance was still not good enough. But being on the big stage makes the little ones realize the significance of dance; the wonderful performance of the ladies makes the little ones feel the strength of the strongest; the gold cups and certificates give the little ones real encouragement.
After the competition, my daughter will ask to dance once a day the competition dance, and then clock dance winter vacation homework. Without intentional supervision, the 21-day punch card homework was actually successfully completed. The other little darlings who participated in the competition also kept up the excitement, but also had a fancy dance on New Year's Eve to pay tribute to the New Year.
Life is not a 100-meter race, but a long marathon. Perhaps at the beginning of the child's performance is not outstanding. At this time, especially need mom and dad's constant encouragement and applause. There is no applause, mom and dad give you applause. In mom and dad's heart, you are the genius, you will always be the best! Only in this way can we plant the seed of confidence in the child's heart and face any difficulties and obstacles without fear.
Parenting road ten million, do not like do not spray!