Preschool dance is about more than steps
Two on-demand courses for preschool dance teachers, assistants, and studio owners. Learn how young children grow through movement, rhythm, play, and relationships, and turn that into classes that are responsive, engaging, and joyful.
Choose your course
Take one or both. Each includes a certificate and on-demand access.
Understanding Preschool Development Through Dance
A practical, research-informed course that translates the science of how young children learn through movement, rhythm, play, and relationships into responsive, engaging classes. Six on-demand modules you can pause, revisit, and complete at your own pace.
- Why preschoolers learn best through movement, repetition, and play
- How to use developmental milestones as guides
- Scaffolding techniques that meet kids at the right challenge level
- How to support executive function skills through movement and music
Building Brains Through Dance™
Learn how to use movement, music, routines, and play to help children practice attention, memory, self-regulation, flexible thinking, creativity, and connection, while keeping the joy and magic of dance.
- How to recognize working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility in everyday class moments
- Supportive, strength-based ways to help children notice cues and re-engage after distraction
- How to turn freeze dance, across-the-floor work, rhythm games, and creative movement into games with a clear developmental purpose
- Clear routines, visual supports, music cues, and just-right challenges
Included with every course
Certificate
Complete knowledge checks and reflection exercises to earn a certificate in developmentally responsive, inclusive, and joyful preschool dance teaching.
On-demand access
Learn on your schedule. Pause, revisit, and complete each course at your own pace.
Built for real classrooms
Practical strategies for preschool dance teachers, assistants, and studio owners that you can use in your next class.
Meet your instructor
Tiffany Henderson
Tiffany holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona and a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a research partner with Stanford University's MEL Lab.
She developed both courses to bring the science of how young children learn through movement, rhythm, play, and relationships into everyday preschool dance classes.