DanceSport Club’s Summer Dance Camp

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DanceSport Club kids’ summer programs help keep kids active, happy and learning. Kids get to enjoy different activities with other kids while learning new skills or knowledge. The camp provides dance and other fun, healthy and educational activities for boys and girls ages 6-10.

During this camp, your child will be introduced to several activities, such as fitness, different styles of dance such as Ballet, Hip Hop, Ballroom and Latin dance, and musical skills such as rhythm (节奏) and timing. The club has satisfied COVID-19 stricter requirements.

Time: 9 am-3 pm, Monday-Friday, July 26-30, 2021

Ages: Boys and Girls 6-10 years old

Prices: Early Bird Special Price $249 is ready through May 7, 2021. Starting May 8 regular (平常的) price $499.

Warm-up begins at 9:00 am. If students arrive late, please go with them to the training center. Our camp closes at 3:00 pm. There is a 15-minute period for you to pick up your children. If you are running late, please call 281-933-2623 to tell us. If you need to make arrangements for after-hour care, please tell us in advance of the beginning of your camp. We would be happy to help you make special arrangements.

For more information, please visit www.dancesportclub.com.

Ever heard of the words “one man's waste is another man's treasure? ” Nabeel Alam has taken that idea to a whole new level.

He and 26 other high school students from Durham, east of Toronto, Canada, started a company that turns unused clothes into practical reusable bags.

Nabeel said the clothing they use is in good condition, but is being thrown away because it's no longer useful or it' s out of style. By repurposing clothes（given by family and friends) heading for the garbage dump(垃圾场），Nabeel can work toward achieving his goal: cutting down on textile(纺织品）waste in Canada. "We give it a new purpose, "said Nabeel, the company' s president.

How does the company work? The students take the clothes and put them in the wash. Then a team member cuts the clothes to match a pre-drawn outline. After that, the bags are sewn(缝制）together by a sewer who volunteers to help the company.

The team puts pictures of them on their website and Instagram so people can buy them for between $8 and $12. Nabeel said the goal of the company named Vivlio Amet—is to let people know how much textile waste leads to climate(气候）change.

But Vivlio Amet will only last for a little while longer. That’s because Vivlio Amet started in October 2019 as an 18-week Junior Achievement Program project. Through the program, volunteer advisers team up with students to help them start a temporary business from the ground up.

Though the program is completely separate from school, Nabeel said it doesn't feel like extra work. “I don’t treat it like a task. It’s something I like a lot,” Nabeel said. “If you want to be successful you need to work really hard at it.”

I don’t believe lying in children is usually a moral (道德的) problem. So, I think it’s unnecessary to take it personally if your child lies.

Indeed, most kids don’t lie to hurt their parents. They lie because there’s something else going on. As a parent, what matters most is that you should know the behavior behind the lie when you know the lie in the first place. If you’re taking it personally, you’re probably angry and not clearing up the behavior that leads to the lie.

Let’s say your child didn’t do his homework, but he told you he did. When you find out that he is lying, he explains that he was playing sports with his friends after school. And that’s why he didn’t do his homework. At this point, you have a choice to make as a parent. Either you can focus on (关注) the fact that your child lied to you, or you can focus on the fact that he did not complete his homework. I strongly recommend that you focus on the underlying (根本的) behavior - the homework not being completed. As your child improves the underlying behavior, the reason for lying will go away. He won’t need to lie.

But if you shout at your child because of his lying or showing disrespect, then that’s all you’re going to be able to deal with. Your child will shut down. And you’re not going to be able to know the real problem of your child and he still can’t finish his homework and may lie again.

Your anger caused by the lie is not going to help your child change the behavior that makes the lie necessary for him. So, don’t be angry when you find your child has lieD. Remember that lying is not strictly a moral problem. Your child is lying because he doesn’t know how to get his homework done on time. You can help him work on how to finish his homework and improve his problem - solving ability.