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 | KinderdanceWhere Children Learn How to Learn While They Learn How To Dance |
Business Type
FranchiseMin Liquid Capital
$14,950 to $46,100Number of Units
113In Business Since
1979* For Current Info See:
Franchise Disclosure Document
Overview
Take control of your life and make a positive difference in the lives of young children in your area by becoming a Kinderdance® franchisee.
All levels are awarded a marketing area consisting of approximately 400,000 population and approximately 250-400 marketing locations. There are three choices with Kinderdance®.
All levels are awarded a marketing area consisting of approximately 400,000 population and approximately 250-400 marketing locations. There are three choices with Kinderdance®.
- BRONZE - A Bronze Level franchise territory is designed for the person who wants to teach all the classes by themselves on a part-time or full time basis.
- SILVER - A Silver Level franchise territory is designed for people who want to teach the Kinderdance® programs themselves or with teachers on a full time basis.
- GOLD - A Gold Level franchise territory is designed for a motivated, financially qualified person who wants to manage an exclusive territory and unlimited teaching locations and who may or may not teach the program themselves.
- GOLD PLUS AREA DEVELOPER - A Gold Plus Area Developer territory is designed for the person who is a motivated, financially qualified person who would enjoy an additional profit center.
Products & Services
Kinderdance® is developmental dance, motor development, gymnastics, and fitness programs, blended with academics, specifically designed for boys and girls, ages 2 to 12.
Kinderdance® offers five programs: Kinderdance® and Kindergym® for ages 3 to 5, Kindertots® for age 2, Kindercombo™ for ages 6 to 9, and Kindermotion® for ages 3 to 12. All programs use a developmentally designed curriculum that teaches to the total child.
Preschool age children learn the basics of ballet, tap, gymnastics, creative movement and motor development skills, while learning their numbers, colors, shapes and songs. After school age children 6 to 12 are involved in a combination ballet, tap and modern dance class or a motor development and fitness program.
The programs were designed to meet the needs of preschool children, after school age children, parents and child care centers. No studio required. The Kinderdance® programs have been successfully taught to thousands of children, on-site at thousands of pre-schools, child care centers and other viable locations throughout the United States, Canada, Singapore, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, and Australia.
In 1979, Carol Kay Harsell was busy running the American Academy of Dance, a successful dance school she founded in Scottsdale, Arizona. Harsell, who had great expectations for the school, was eager to expand her offerings and clientele. She looked to Bernard Friedman, a semi-retired businessman and entrepreneur, for ideas. After several months of hard work, Harsell and Friedman had more than tripled the size of the dance studio and raised the school's enrollment to more than 600 students, but enrollment in the academy's pre-school dance program, aptly named Kinderdance®, was still low. While talking one afternoon, Friedman asked Harsell why she thought that participation was limited? Harsell replied that it was because many young children were in child care centers and preschools. Friedman thought a few minutes and said "then why don't you bring the program to the children?" It was at that moment that the concept for Kinderdance® International was born.
The very next day, Harsell approached a local child care center and signed up six children for her Kinderdance® program. Thirty days later, more than 60 children were enrolled. Sensing that they were on to something big, Friedman marketed the Kinderdance® program to all of the child care centers in the greater Phoenix area. Six months after the original "on-site location", the Kinderdance® idea was off and running. Harsell and dance teachers from her studio were instructing classes in more than 30 child care centers around Phoenix, and were teaching in the Phoenix public school system.
By 1981, Harsell and Friedman were thrilled with the success of the Kinderdance® program. Clearly there was a demand for their innovative "on-site location" education through dance programs. Friedman and Harsell put their marketing and business experience to work, researching and developing an expansion plan for their new endeavor. Establishing Kinderdance® as a franchise organization seemed like the obvious answer-both knew that other motivated people like themselves could successfully market the Kinderdance® programs to child care centers, preschools and other viable locations around the country.
In late 1981, Kinderdance® International was incorporated and in 1985, the first Kinderdance® franchise was opened in Houston, Texas. Today there are over 100 Kinderdance® franchises operating in 38 states throughout the United States, Canada, Singapore, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, and Australia.
Kinderdance® offers five programs: Kinderdance® and Kindergym® for ages 3 to 5, Kindertots® for age 2, Kindercombo™ for ages 6 to 9, and Kindermotion® for ages 3 to 12. All programs use a developmentally designed curriculum that teaches to the total child.
Preschool age children learn the basics of ballet, tap, gymnastics, creative movement and motor development skills, while learning their numbers, colors, shapes and songs. After school age children 6 to 12 are involved in a combination ballet, tap and modern dance class or a motor development and fitness program.
The programs were designed to meet the needs of preschool children, after school age children, parents and child care centers. No studio required. The Kinderdance® programs have been successfully taught to thousands of children, on-site at thousands of pre-schools, child care centers and other viable locations throughout the United States, Canada, Singapore, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, and Australia.
In 1979, Carol Kay Harsell was busy running the American Academy of Dance, a successful dance school she founded in Scottsdale, Arizona. Harsell, who had great expectations for the school, was eager to expand her offerings and clientele. She looked to Bernard Friedman, a semi-retired businessman and entrepreneur, for ideas. After several months of hard work, Harsell and Friedman had more than tripled the size of the dance studio and raised the school's enrollment to more than 600 students, but enrollment in the academy's pre-school dance program, aptly named Kinderdance®, was still low. While talking one afternoon, Friedman asked Harsell why she thought that participation was limited? Harsell replied that it was because many young children were in child care centers and preschools. Friedman thought a few minutes and said "then why don't you bring the program to the children?" It was at that moment that the concept for Kinderdance® International was born.
The very next day, Harsell approached a local child care center and signed up six children for her Kinderdance® program. Thirty days later, more than 60 children were enrolled. Sensing that they were on to something big, Friedman marketed the Kinderdance® program to all of the child care centers in the greater Phoenix area. Six months after the original "on-site location", the Kinderdance® idea was off and running. Harsell and dance teachers from her studio were instructing classes in more than 30 child care centers around Phoenix, and were teaching in the Phoenix public school system.
By 1981, Harsell and Friedman were thrilled with the success of the Kinderdance® program. Clearly there was a demand for their innovative "on-site location" education through dance programs. Friedman and Harsell put their marketing and business experience to work, researching and developing an expansion plan for their new endeavor. Establishing Kinderdance® as a franchise organization seemed like the obvious answer-both knew that other motivated people like themselves could successfully market the Kinderdance® programs to child care centers, preschools and other viable locations around the country.
In late 1981, Kinderdance® International was incorporated and in 1985, the first Kinderdance® franchise was opened in Houston, Texas. Today there are over 100 Kinderdance® franchises operating in 38 states throughout the United States, Canada, Singapore, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, and Australia.
Training & Support
From leotards to business cards, from original music to videos to operations manuals to business forms, Kinderdance® provides everything you will need to start your business. - BRONZE - Bronze Level franchisees receive a "no-extra cost" start up package of supplies valued at more than $850.00.
- SILVER - Silver Level franchisees receive a "no-extra cost" start up package of supplies valued at more than $1250.00.
- GOLD - Gold Level franchisees receive a "no-extra cost" start up package of supplies valued at more than $2000.00.
- GOLD PLUS AREA DEVELOPER - Gold Plus Area Developers receive a "no-extra cost" start up package of supplies valued at more than $2000.00.
Kinderdance® support also stays with you as you run your franchise. Continuing education conferences are held once a year to sharpen your teaching and business skills while keeping you abreast of current teaching materials and methods. Our quarterly "Kinderdance® Continuing Education Newsletter" provides timely teaching and business updates, as do our special news flashes. Additionally, our complete office staff is available at our toll free 800 number to assist you in any procedure or operating problem that you may encounter.
All levels receive a free webpage maintained and administered by Kinderdance® at no additional cost. You also have your own personal page on the Kinderdance® website that you can customize.
Kinderdance® starts by teaching its teachers. Dance, motor development, gymnastics, creative movement, fitness, education, and fun are the building blocks of Kinderdance®. At our franchisee training course, you learn not only how to use our programs,but also why they work so well with children.
Why Kinderdance?
- Low Investment - Low Overhead
- $28 Billion Children's Service Industry
- Simple business procedures
- Exploding customer demand
- No nights or weekends
- Comprehensive training & support programs
- Adorable
Kinderdance® is the largest and fastest growing "Education through Dance, Motor Development, Gymnastics, and Fitness" programs for young children today.
When you keep in step with Kinderdance®, you are associating with a company that is reaching out to young children in a very special way. We are also increasing awareness of the value of the arts and education as the "Mind/Body Connection" for the new millennium.
Are You a Good Fit for Kinderdance?
We are looking for people who have:
Franchise fees are as follows:
- High Energy with the ability to multi-task
- An Interest in the Children Services Business
- Are Physically Active
- Experience in Sales and Marketing is always a plus
- No dance experience required
Franchise fees are as follows:
- Bronze $12,000
- Silver $18,000
- Gold $28,000
- Gold Plus Area Developer $33,000
