My goal for your little is to help them to find joy in movement! Combining fun moves with songs we can sing along to will encourage them to have fun and build stamina, strength, and flexibility. I seek to do this by providing an engaging and upbeat dance workout that your child will look forward to every week!

Benefits of Zumba Kids:
Helps develop a healthy lifestyle and incorporate fitness as a natural part of children’s lives. Classes incorporate key childhood development elements such as leadership, respect, teamwork, confidence, self-esteem, memory, creativity, coordination, balance, and cultural awareness.

Group classes with familiar faces each week are great practice for developing social skills and building friendships. I never mute learners (except in cases of distracting background noise, etc).  Music will be shared from my computer, and play directly from your child’s device, so it will be easy to sing along!

Improvement in the areas of strength, balance, coordination, and other gross motor skills.

They will also be working towards achieving the daily physical activity recommendations of both the CDC and American Heart Association. According to the CDC, it is recommended that children and adolescents ages (6-17 years) should do 60 minutes or more of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity each day, including daily aerobic – and activities that strengthen bones (like running or jumping) – 3 days each week, and that build muscles (like climbing or doing push-ups) – 3 days each week." 

According to the American Heart Association: 

Active kids are more likely to have: 
-a healthy weight 
-stronger, healthier bones and muscles 
-better heart and brain health 
-improved brain function, including memory, attention and problem-solving 
-better school attendance and academic performance, especially in math, reading and writing  
-lower long-term risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and some kinds of cancer 
-less stress and fewer symptoms of anxiety and depression 
-less inappropriate and distracting classroom behavior 
-improved mental health and psychological well-being, including confidence and self-esteem

Mrs. Marilyn
-Licensed Zumba Instructor through the Zumba Instructor Network (ZIN) (2012-current) 
-Bachelor of Science, 9 years of classroom teaching experience, 3 years of online teaching experience
-10 years of experience teaching in-person and online Zumba workouts

Miss Shannon
-Bachelor's Degree- Elementary Education 
-Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) License- National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) 
-Youth Exercise Specialist (YES) Certified- (NASM)
-Fitness Nutrition Specialist (FNS) Certified- (NASM)
-Experience- 5+ years youth/adult trainer and group exercise instructor
-Former USGA Gymnastics Coach and Competitive Dance/Cheer Coach