Four Ways to Get Your Kids Involved in the Arts

When kids are invested in the arts, they have more opportunities to express their creativity and may do better in school. However, with budget deficits in public schools, arts programs in schools are being reduced. Here are some ways to get your kids involved in the arts outside of school.

Brushstrokes n’ More

If you’d rather not commit to a formal class, consider exposing your kids to a painting studio such as Brushstrokes n’ More. They can paint on canvases or ceramics, or make board art. They can even make jewelry or glass crafts. You can go during an open painting session, take a class, or host a kids’ birthday party at the studio. Kids can have the opportunity to explore painting without having the supplies at home. This means less cost and mess.

Dance Classes at the Centre for the Performing Arts

The Centre for the Performing Arts in Kingsport, Tennessee, offers dance classes to a wide range of age groups from 3-year-olds to adults. For preschool- and kindergarten-aged students, kids learn from a curriculum based in pre-ballet, pre-tap, pre-acrobatics, creative dance, and music appreciation. Starting with 6- and 7-year-olds, students start to learn the classic skills behind ballet, tap, acrobatics, and jazz. A boys-only class is available for boys of all ages.

Workshops and Camps at the Kingsport Theatre Guild

For many school-aged students, nothing is more fun than playing make believe in front of an audience. If your child has an interest in performing, the workshops and camps available at the Kingsport Theatre Guild are likely a good fit. During the summer, the Kingsport Theatre Guild offers week-long camps for kids, divided by age groups and topic.

For instance, Youth Theatre Camp is for kids from kindergarten to sixth grade. In this camp, students act, design sets, try on costumes, and learn more about stage combat. At the end of the camp week, the kids work together to put on their own stage show. During teen theatre camp for seventh graders to 12th graders, teens learn about auditions, monologues, stage lighting, stage combat, improvisation skills, stage makeup, directing, and stage management. The teen camp also features a show that takes place at the end of camp.

Portable Art On the Go

Are you familiar with busy bags? Busy bags are simple activities that you keep in a bag or case to always have them with you on the go. It is a great way to keep kids entertained when you are out and about, such as in a doctor’s office, waiting for food at a restaurant, or on a plane. A busy bag can contain markers and a drawing pad, an age-appropriate learning activity, or stickers and other supplies. You can use busy bags to infuse art time into each day.

Getting your kids involved in the arts doesn’t have to be a hassle. By using one of these strategies to encourage your kids to participate in the arts, it can be easy. Plus, your kids are sure to have fun

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