For our tiny tot classes (especially Tiny Movers, which is the first big girl and boy class where parents are outside of the room) be prepared that there can sometimes be tears that can happen at any point in the dance lessons. Know that this is not unusual. Remember, it often takes time for them to get comfortable with all the newness. Our teachers are prepared to work with this age for dance lessons and that means working with tears. It’s okay, just keep movin’ and groovin’. Our teachers also have a lot of experience working with separation anxiety…yours and/or your dancers. ;-). Sometimes a new dancer is simply uncharacteristically shy. Trust our suggestions as all of this is normal. Typically, we recommend that parents don’t enter the room. (Once you enter the room with your dancer, it can be difficult for them to let you leave. It also makes the other dancers want their families in the room with them.) So if your dancer isn’t ready yet, that’s OK. We encourage that you stay with your dancer at the doorway just outside of the dance room but close enough to see and hear what is going on in the class. It is even better if you slowly start doing dance moves together from the doorway to engage your child in what the teacher is doing. Our teachers will tell the dancer that s/he is welcome to come and join the dance class anytime and will continually welcome her/him in. Again, this gives the new dancer the choice to come and join the class when s/he is ready so that it isn’t scary or intimidating.