So this is normal ...

Cbidt's girl

Obsessing about our major fail at taking a class today. I should just expect to pay for an entire session of classes and plan to sit in the waiting room with him and his little brother? How else will he get used to it?

emiliemadison

What kind of class is it? How old is your kid? What's the issue?

veloelle

Background?

emilykristene2006

Does this go with your gymnastics class post below?

Cbidt's girl

Sorry all ... Just because I've been obsessing all day doesn't mean all of nest land has too. Background - my independent minded 4 year old flat out refused to even step foot in the gym today for his first gymnastics class. This is something he's wanted to do and was excited about until theomeng I opened the gym door. There is not a parent participation class for his age group and he does fine at open gym if I'm on the floor with him so I'm just trying to gauge whether I really should plunk down the couple hundred $ for the winter session and just expect we'll spend it in the waiting room and someday he'll actually go in the gym. He's at preschool two full days so it's not an issue of him never being without me.

J&A2008

We had a similar issue with our middle one and martial arts.  Older brother started lessons at 5 and he wanted them too, but he was really not ready.

Don't enroll him again for a while. 

peekaboo716

Talk to the teacher or the director at the facility. Your child is not the first to be anxious about this new setting. Like I said earlier, open gym is NOT the same as a class setting. By talking to the teacher, you can see if this teacher would be a good fit. Some teachers are able to ease the fears and anxiety in a new student while still teaching an effective class. It sounds like this teacher was not.

Ask more questions and see if there is something you can do to help him. Maybe having him come in a couple minutes before the class starts with the teacher so she can show him what's going to happen. Maybe having you stand at the side for the first 5 minutes. Maybe he's not ready to participate without you. This is something you need to explore before throwing in the towel.