Why should parents consider dance lessons for their children?

• Improve physical health: flexibility, stamina, range of motion, muscle tone, balance

• Improve socialization skills: communication, cooperation, trust, working with others

• Improve self-esteem: confidence, self-expression, a better sense of self

• Improve learning skills: focus, concentration, practice, discipline

• Improve test scores: Family Talk Magazine notes that students who have a background in dance tend to achieve significantly higher SAT scores and do better in math and science competitions!

A study by the National Endowment for the Arts notes that students who take regular dance lessons:

• Earn higher GPAs overall (especially in math) over their nonparticipating peers
• Are more likely to complete calculus
• Enjoy higher test scores on SATs, particularly in science and writing
• Perform better in math and science competitions
• Enroll in four-year colleges, earn mostly As and complete bachelor degrees