Dragon Preschool Gymnastics Philosophy

Keeping first things first when raising kids!  Child development experts know, for preschoolers, acquiring healthy learning attitude is far more important than mastery of specific skills.  The Dragonfly Preschool Gymnastics program is focused on the total well-being of each child.  This philosophy enables us to assist in the development of a strong learning foundation for a lifetime of health and fitness.

Please compare:  The Dragonfly program is not like less sophisticated preschool  gymnastics programs.  The Dragonfly curriculum is carefully designed for exactly what children need most during these formative years.  Gymnastic skills are used as tools to teach learning attitudes while skill mastery is a secondary goal.

                                                                        FUN IS FAR MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!

One of the objectives of Dragonflys is FUN!  Of course, this is cool with the kids but parents sometimes fail to realize the importance of fun in a learning setting, especially for preschoolers.  Adults often feel that when fun is present, learning is not.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Why is fun so important?  All well adjusted, life-long learners, at some point during their formative years formed a subconscious association when presented with a learning situation approximating:  challenge=risk=learning=fun & excitement.  In
other words, "a challenge is worthy of by best effort in and of itself.

The value of this association becomes even more apparent when inspecting the opposite association that is so prevalent in today's teenagers and young adults: challenge=risk=failure=fear & anxiety.  For a person possessing this negative  association the pain of possible failure is simply not worth the risk.  This person learns to 'insulate' themselves from their fear and anxiety by creative, clever excuses and dis playing apathetic attitudes about "trying" such as 'who cares? or, 'why should I even try, I'll never be able to do it anyway?'  OK...now that you know a little more about the substance of the Dragonfly program, we have a favor to ask. 

Shh!... Don't tell the kids: They think Dragonflys is PURE FUN!!