FMAC Tiger Tots Denton

THE SEPTEMBER TIGER CHALLENGE 🐯

This month, can your Tiger improve:
🎯 Concentration
👂 Listening
⏳ Waiting their turn
📋 Following instructions
🧍 Body control

We're not looking for perfection.

We're looking for tiny improvements.

Because those little improvements don't stay inside the Do Jang.

They walk through the school gates too.

Existing Tigers:
Don't wait until they're “back into school” to get back into routine.
Get back to training.

New Tigers:
September is a brilliant time to start.
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September places available until the end of September.

Very good listening and loud shouts from our Sunday tigers 🤩
Please remember to count and check your smoke alarms at home 🔥
Congratulations to Umair- our Star of the class

You asked... so we did it!

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6-WEEK SUMMER HOLIDAY AUDIT

Be honest...

During the summer, has your child's:
☐ Bedtime shifted?�
☐ Routine disappeared?
�☐ Screen time increased?
�☐ Concentration decreased?
�☐ “Wait your turn” skills been tested? 😂
�☐ Listening become... selective?

Don't panic.

That's what September is for.

Routine isn't something children either have or don't have.

It's something they practise.

Getting your Tiger back into regular martial arts classes gives them another consistent opportunity to practise:
Listening.
�Waiting.
�Following instructions.�
Body control.
�Concentration.

So let's get the routine back.

Our Friday tigers: super loud, super fast, super strong just as we like it 🤩👏🏻
Congratulations to Millie- our Star of the class

For parents of younger children, make this about distraction rather than phones.

“LOOK AT ME.”

How many times do you say it?
😂

Young children are surrounded by distractions.
Toys.
TV.
Noise.
Other children.
People talking.

And school adds even more.

Our Tiger classes regularly ask children to:
👀 Look�
👂 Listen
�🧠 Remember
�🧍 Stay still
�👉 Then act

It's surprisingly hard.

Which is exactly why we practise it.

Concentration is easier when you've practised concentrating.

Great moves from all our tigers- Mrs. Kelly is very happy 🤩
Congratulations to Bowen- our Star of the class

EVERY CHILD HAS A “BEHAVIOUR BUTTON.”

Something happens.

Someone takes their turn.

They don't get the toy they want.

They make a mistake.

They get told “not yet”.

And their reaction comes...

But between what happens and what we do about it, there's a tiny space.

That's the bit we're teaching Tigers to control.

Stop.
Listen.
Wait.
Choose what to do next.

At school, that same ability can mean the difference between:
“I can't do this!”
and
“Can you help me?”

That's why self-control matters.

WE ASKED: “WHAT DOES A TEACHER REALLY WANT?”

Probably not:
❌ The world's fastest runner�
❌ The loudest child
�❌ The child who can do 47 karate kicks

Probably:
✅ Someone who listens
�✅ Someone who can wait
�✅ Someone who follows instructions
�✅ Someone who can control their body
�✅ Someone who can concentrate

Funny thing...
Those are exactly the behaviours our Tiger instructors work on every week.

Martial arts isn't school.

But the habits practised in martial arts can help children be ready to learn when they're at school.

POV: It's the first day back at school.

Your little one walks through the school gates.

New term.
New classroom.
New instructions.
New routines.

And underneath all of that are some very simple skills:
Listen.
Wait.
Follow instructions.
Control your body.
Stay focused.

Those are exactly the kinds of behaviours we practise in our Tiger classes.

Not because we're trying to turn 5-year-olds into tiny adults.

Because they're learning how to learn.

And that is a pretty useful skill to take through the school gates.

Welcome back, Tigers. 🐯