Mini Ninjas Class
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The Mini Ninjas Program is a detailed curriculum that focuses on improving pre-school age children's basic motor and listening skills. These skills will help them enter society with a more confident and enthusiastic outlook. They will become better students at school, better listeners at home and more ambitious towards the future. Most people believe the time between the ages of 3 and 6 are the most important years of a child's development. Our program will enhance positive development in a fun and motivating way.
The Mini Ninjas program will also prepare your child for the Youth Mix Martial Arts class here at Ridge Pointe Fine Arts Academy.
The skills they are taught are composed of physical and mental benefits. The following are the skills with the benefits from participating in the Mini Ninjas class.
The 8 Mini Ninjas skills:
Focus This skill will help your child's aim, listening skills and reaction skills. They will excel faster in any physical activities. Your child will also become a better listener and more focused student in school.
TeamworkTeamwork is necessary for any young child to develop. The more confident your child is willing to work with others, the more he or she will accomplish. Your child will develop character, which will help him or her make new friends and become a better leader in life.
ControlHaving control means making good decisions. Whether your child is handling a pet or handling a problem, he or she will to learn to make the right decisions. Control builds confidence.
BalanceThis skill is crucial to develop at an early age. Your child is beginning to participate in many physical activities that are challenging like riding a two-wheel bicycle. Your child will develp good balance and a better posture.
MemoryDeveloping a good memory is exercise for your child's brain. The sooner your child exercises, the smarter he or she will become. Our drills are constantly helping your child think and make smart decisions.
DisciplineOur instructors use the Mini Ninja drills to help create the vision that discipline is fun and rewarding. Your child will take pride in doing the right thing. Your child will also follow directions better.
FitnessIt is important for children to understand the importance of being healthy and physcially fit. If your child does not burn off excess energy exercising how will he or she burn off all of that energy.
Co-ordinationYour child will learn left from right. They will become better physical participants is sports and activities. The better co-ordination your child has, the fewer injuries your child will sustain.
In our Mini Ninjas classes, we make learning fun and educational. Our goal is to help your preschooler be the best they can at everything they put their minds to. Our motto is
"Mini Ninjas today - Leaders tomorrow"
Mini Ninjas Belt Promotion
After every first skill lesson the instructor will place a sticker within the Mini Ninjas Achievement Record Card and on the completion of the second skill lesson your child will be awarded a skill stripe for developing that skill. Each skill stripe is a different color. Your child must earn all eight colored skill stripes in order to qualify to advance to the next level. Each ninja with all eight skills stripes will perform at the Mini Ninjas Belt Promotion to be held every nine weeks.
The Mini Ninjas Belt Promotion gives your child the opportunity to show the instructors and parents how developed each skill has become.
After the performance, an awards ceremony is held to reward the Mini Ninjas with their new rank. Their rank advancement gives your child a new challnege for each skill. Your child again begins to collect the colored skills stripes as they set their goal for the next belt performance. This keeps the program exciting and challenging. Your child will learn how to set goals and achieve them accomplishing their new ranks.
The following is a list of each skill with the color of the skill stripe.
1. Focus...........White
2. Teamwork........Yellow
3. Control.........Orange
4. Balance.........Green
5. Memory..........Blue
6. Discipline......Brown
7. Fitness.........Red
8. Co-ordination...Black
Mini Ninjas instructors monitor your child's progress by his or her skills stripes. Make sure your child is consistent with his or her attendance so that he or she earns each skill stripe before the Mini Ninjas Grading. In order to avoid excess time at each rank and prevent boredom, follow the curriculum calendar.
If your child has difficulty with a specific skill, the instructor may ask you to work with him or her at home to improve the skills. Homework assignments are provided so your child can be the best that he or she can be. Our goal is to thoroughly develop the eight skills in the Mini Ninjas Program. With your help, your child will learn and grow with committment and dedication to excellence in everything that he or she does.
