The girls were constantly yelling at the boys to grow up and put away their light sabers before they poked each other s eyes out. I went home stressed, not knowing what I was going to do next. The show was in two weeks and they barely had any conformed movements prepared. At this point, the most logical step would been to quit, but I had committed and figured that I must persist. In a matter of minutes, I realized that I needed to change my tactics because they were only kids.
Kids don t have massive attention spans nor do they have much gumption.
With patience in mind, I plunged in. The next day, I split the children into smaller groups and worked with maybe two, three, or even one at a time. With that in mind, we modified each other s ideas and worked as a team. Together we developed a couple of dances that suited each song. I could tell by the smiles on their face that they were happy.