Mountain Kids Blog
How to Encourage Your Kids with Outdoor Play (Safely) This Fall & Winter
Keeping your kids active during the cold winter months can be challenging, especially as streets and playgrounds get icy. The last thing you need is a trip to the emergency room! Your kids need movement year-round to build self-esteem, confidence and encourage...
6 Family Movie Night Films to Help Teach Kids All About Self Love
Why does it seem like the best and most memorable movies are the ones you watched when you were a kid? Maybe it’s the feeling you got when a happy ending unfolded or the thrill of watching the daring adventures undertaken by your favorite characters. Whatever the...
5 Mental & Physical Benefits of Getting Your Child Moving
As a parent, you do a lot to help your kids thrive. You want them to be healthy, succeed in school, and be able to navigate the ups and downs of life like a champ. We get it — you want what’s best for them, and that means setting lofty goals! With so many hopes and...
Why Your Gymnast’s Mental Health is Important And How You Can Discuss It
It’s no secret that growing up has its ups and downs. Children and teenagers everywhere are dealing with the pressures of developing into who they want to be — all while dealing with the expectations of their parents, peers, and society. Children and teens are slowly...
How We Helped Our Community During the Marshall Fires
Nature can be beautiful in our home state, but it can also bring its share of disasters that we can’t control. As a Colorado company, we understand the devastation that wildfires can cause. That’s why we jumped into action during the Marshall Fires on Dec. 31st. This...
Meet Alison Fletcher, One of MCDA’s Most Inspiring Dance Instructors
At Mountain Kids, we’re dedicated to providing children with fun and engaging learning experiences with top-notch teachers and instructors. When it comes to MCDA, our dance instructors are compassionate, highly experienced, and excited to help your child be their...
Why Stretching Is Important For Your Child and How You Can Make It Fun
As a parent, your child’s health and well-being are your top priority. Your little one is growing at an incredible rate — and they need to exercise their body as they develop. While getting active is easy during the warmer months, the same can’t always be said for...
Books That Teach Children How to Love Themselves and Others
When looking back on the education you received growing up, do you ever wish you learned more about things that were simply glossed over? Things like how to have hard conversations, self-identity, or maybe even a nutrition class to save yourself all that money trying...
5 Enriching Podcasts for Kids to Help Reduce Screen Time
When it comes to being a parent, one of the many challenges you face is helping your children cut back on screen time. Too much screen time can result in issues like obesity, irregular sleeping patterns, attention problems, and exposure to violence. According to the...
The Top 5 Ways Gymnastics Helps Kids with Disabilities
Children with special needs navigate the world around them differently than their peers. In their schooling, friendships, and daily lives, they face physical and mental challenges that can keep them from enjoying the freedom of childhood. This makes activities like...
Help Your Kids Stay Healthy and Confident with a Backyard Parkour Course
As summer passes, keeping kids active gets a bit more difficult. They’ve grown tired of the swing and slide routine, and you’re tired of the cleanup after playing “hot lava” on the living room furniture for the 500th time. You might not have the time to guide your...
Make the Joy of Summer Camp Last All Year with These Fun Activities
Picking up the kids from summer camp can be a bittersweet experience. You’re glad to be reunited and see all the amazing things your child got to experience, but at the same it’s tough to tear them away from their own little utopia. And it’s no wonder kids enjoy it so...
The 5 Surprising Perks of Joining Ballet as An Adult
It’s never too late to live out your dreams – even if your dream is to learn ballet. While ballet is an activity many people associate with childhood, others prove this theory wrong by enjoying ballet at any age. In some ways you can enjoy ballet even more as an...
Kick Summer Boredom to the Curb With These Fun At-Home Gymnastics Challenges
Summer is here, and that means the kids are home from school. Having the kids home, 24/7 can be overwhelming, but it's also the best time of year to enjoy time together as a family. The summer months provide the perfect opportunity to break out of your routine and try...
Best Family-Friendly Colorado Summer Attractions for Kids 10 and Under
As a parent, you want your family to enjoy summer. No more laying around in front of the TV or summer boredom this year. And there’s no better place to explore summer fun than in Colorado. 300 days of sunshine? You bet. There’s the Rocky Mountains, of course. And...
Check out MCDA Featured in This Year’s Colorado Dance Film Festival
It’s been a long time since our dancers have been able to wow a live audience, and they really miss it. There’s something about dancing for an audience that can’t be described — and any dancers reading this will know what we mean. But thanks to the digital age and...
3 of the Most Fascinating Founders of Contemporary Dance
With all the wonderful dance styles out there — from hip hop and jazz to tap and ballet — your kids might have a hard time deciding which direction to go when it comes to picking one to pursue. Especially if you both only have a vague idea of what each genre entails,...
Exciting and Entertaining Scavenger Hunts Your Kids Will Love
We’re deep into winter, and chances are you’re probably running out of creative family activities to do inside. And while you’re trying to balance work, helping your kids with school, and more, creating fun new plans might get pushed down on your to-do list. While...
How to Model Healthy Habits for Your Children
If there’s one thing 2020 has taught parents, it’s that it’s never too early to start teaching children healthy habits. While the main focus for children during the pandemic has been hand washing and covering coughs, it might have gotten you thinking about other...
Fight Illness Better by Staying Active
The arrival of winter means cozy nights by the fireplace, building snowmen in the front yard, and holiday cheer. There are so many things to look forward to! But with winter also comes the arrival of cold and flu season. And who would want to ruin the wonder of winter...
3 of the Best Ways to Give Back as a Family
Everywhere you look, there are stress-busting recommendations: bath bombs, yoga classes, herbs and supplements. And it makes sense — between worrying about the health of ourselves and our loved ones, managing remote work and schooling, and going a little stir crazy...
3 Powerful Reasons Why In-Person Learning is Best
As if being a parent doesn’t already come with a million choices to make every day, 2020 has really put our decisiveness to the test. One huge decision has been looming over all of us: Do I take the risk of sending my child to in-person education? When it comes to...
Top 10 Reasons to Join us for National Gymnastics Day
One of our favorite holidays is just around the corner…National Gymnastics Day! On September 19, 2020, gymnastics enthusiasts all over the country can come together (not literally — keep that mask on!) to celebrate a sport that’s not only loads of fun, but healthy for...
6 Expert Ways to Encourage Independence in Your Child
As parents, we all want our children to grow up into responsible, independent adults someday. And as it turns out, nurturing your child’s independence isn’t just about giving yourself some relief as a parent. It also has long-term positive health effects for your...