My family loves to turn music on and dance. It’s easy for everyone to do, it changes the mood, you can be silly or be serious, different types of music inspire different types of movement and it is just fun to do!
It is an activity that everyone can do. From mom and dad all the way down to the baby. I have even felt my baby move inside the womb! It doesn’t matter who you are, if there is a beat, you can move. It can be the smallest, intricate movement or as big as you can go… Everyone can dance!!!
Music and dance help change the mood. If there is tension in the air or someone is feeling down, we can turn on some upbeat music and it usually puts a smile on everyone’s face and we want to get up and move. Dancing makes us happy!
Turning music on and dancing is a great time to be silly and make each other laugh. We either copy each other or get creative and see who can come up with the silliest move with each song. Laughing is another one of my favorite things to do. Laughing and dancing put together brings me such joy! We all have fun! And on the flip side this is a great opportunity to give each other constructive criticism, to improve technique and learn new and better ways to do certain dance moves. Dance can be silly and fun or be serious and intense!
Another great thing about music and dance in the home is that different types of music inspire different types of movement. Turn a slow and full of life song on and everyone wants to move slowly with big and inspiring movements. Then turn around and put an upbeat, fast song on and everyone wants to have short, quick, sharp and strong movements. What a great way to teach your children about different genres of dance and different cultures. Learning about cultures and their dance is a wonderful way to connect with everyone around the world. Dance is the universal language!
Bottom line: dancing is fun! Dancing with your family is even more fun! Dancing in the comfort of your own home with your family is the best!
So when you walk by our home and you hear music blasting just know that we are all dancing, feeling happy, being silly or striving to improve our technique and learning about cultures or different ways you can move and most importantly having fun!