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  • Straddle Stretch Forever

    Straddle Stretch Forever

    In an effort to keep my digital content focused on what my audience wants to see and to encourage myself to keep to routines that make me feel great physically, I’ll be focusing on stretching for a while! When it comes to stretching, you should know that I like to keep it simple. There are […]

    Saumirah McWoodson

    05/04/2021
    General
    adult ballerina, adult ballet beginner, beginning ballet, dance, dance blog, dance educator, dance teacher, dancing, movement, simple stretches, stretches for dancers, stretching, The Happy Dance, the happy dance blog, the happy dance by saumirah mcwoodson, Yoga
  • The Importance of Flexibility

    The Importance of Flexibility

    I recently posted a few polls on the Dance Daze Dance Boards™ Instagram account asking which kind of dance education content my audience there would be most interested in seeing. One of the top-voted content choices, receiving 88% of votes, was information about improving flexibility. As a dance educator and as a former pre-professional dancer, […]

    Saumirah McWoodson

    05/03/2021
    The Happy Dance
    Ballerina, ballet, ballet dancers, dance, dance education, dance teacher, Flexibility, flexible, IG, Instagram, movement, Saumirah McWoodson, strength, strength training, stretching, stretching exercises, TikTok, Yoga
  • Dance Classroom Management: Make Compliance Visible

    Hello dance friends! Today’s behavior management technique modified for the dance classroom setting is called Make Compliance Visible. As always, this technique comes from Doug Lemov’s book Teach Like A Champion 2.0 (paid link), and it is part of most classroom teacher training programs today. As a former classroom teacher, as the founder and director of […]

    Saumirah McWoodson

    11/11/2019
    Behavior Management, General, The Happy Dance
    attenion getters, Behavior Management, behavior management techniques, behavior modification, dance, dance classroom management, Dance Ed Startup, DanceEdStartup.com, doug lemov, Education, refocusing, refocusing techniques, Saumirah McWoodson, School, teach like a champion, teach like a champion 2.0, teacher induction, teacher training, teachers, teaching children, teaching dance
  • Dance Classroom Management: Do Now

    Happy Monday! Today’s dance classroom Behavior Management Monday tip is Technique #20 in Teach Like A Champion 2.0–Do Now. It falls under the larger category of lesson structure, and it reminds us that our dance lesson plan begins as soon as the students arrive at our studio/stage/dance room door. If you’ve spent time in a […]

    Saumirah McWoodson

    10/14/2019
    Behavior Management, The Happy Dance
    Behavior Management, behavior management techniques, dance, dance class lesson plans, dance classroom management, dance ed lab, Dance Ed Startup, dance education, dance education lab, DanceEdStartup.com, DEL, Do Now, doug lemov, how to teach dance, lesson planning, lifelong learning, movement, movement activities, movement games, Saumirah McWoodson, stretching, teach like a champion
  • But, what’s a hobby?

    Okay, so the title of this blog might seem a bit ridiculous to some people. But, in the same way that I’ve always hated answering questions about what kinds of music I like (and, yes, I’m saving those juicy deets for another blog),  I’ve always hated answering the questions “What are your hobbies?” or “What […]

    Saumirah McWoodson

    08/13/2019
    Dance Ed Startup, The Happy Dance
    an idle mind, cultivate happiness, dance, Dance Ed Startup, dance education, DanceEdStartup.com, free time, hobbies, hobby, live your dreams, Meetup, Meetup.com, saumirah, Saumirah McWoodson, social life, spare time, the happy dance blog, the happy dance by saumirah mcwoodson, The Happy Dance Podcast, the happy dance with saumirah mcwoodson, the pursuit of happiness
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