I put my daughter in dance classes from ages 3-6. Roughly around 3 years of ballet, 4 months of Hip Hop, and 1 summer of tumbling for probably like 4-6 weeks. Now, this little girl is full of energy and loves to dance all around the house and make up her own songs. She literally never stops moving.
However, I encountered problems with her not wanting to go to classes sometimes for the following reasons:
1) She found the classes boring.
2) Other times she was tired, especially if classes fell right after school or if they were in the evenings.
3) Sometimes she just wanted to play at home with her toys or at the park.
Here is the kicker, she overall often times enjoyed the classes despite her initial resistance. But I also feel if it is important to her, it's not something I should have to make her go to. I did because we had already paid for it and were preparing for the end of the year recital. After we finished, we have been taking a break.
She is asking to go back now, but I kind of feel its better to put older children in an activity and not younger. Because the older ones can tell you what they are interested or passionate about and have the ability to stick to something, practice on their own while little kids are hit and miss.
She is turning 7. So we may try at the start of next school year when she is 7 or 8. It would have been better to save the money honestly, since taking the classes didn't add to her social skills or technique. If she had shown a natural ability for something and was already serious about it at a young age, this would be a different story.
I think after going through preschool and kindergarten, she is better able to sit still for longer periods of times, pay attention, follow instructions, imitate, so should do better than when she had no pre-school or just preschool under her belt. With our second child, the plan is to wait right now until he is 7-8.
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