"Extracurricular" activities
ArcticFox
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Not sure if extracurricular is the right word, but what kind of activities is your preschooler involved in, if any? e.g. soccer, swim, gymnastics, dance, art, music class, etc. Also are there ones you want them to get involved in?
We did dance, but the teacher wasn't that great and it was 3 year olds, they got bored really easily, so we stopped going. If my daughter wasn't into it, I wasn't going to drag her there.
It seems like enrollment is also super competitive, so we missed soccer and dance this fall, but a new gymnastics place opened up in October so we started and DD loves it.
I really want/need DD to take swim in the spring at the Y. She has to learn to swim but we just haven't had a chance because DH takes classes on Saturdays and I don't have someone to watch the baby.
I used to take music classes all the time with DD, but not since she started preschool and I had our 2nd baby.
Re: "Extracurricular" activities
We tried soccer last fall.
FAIL!!!
Now he's saying he wants to do it again but when you really dig down he has zero interest in soccer but LOVES the snack.
So.... we'll practice in the yard and if he shows an interest in the actual sport we'll try again.
They've both done swim lessons but now that we've done them I really think they make better progress with DH and I working 1:1 with them so we canned that.
I think sports will pick up for us next year because Jace loves ALL sports and once he starts wanting to do them I think his oder brother will want to more as well.
If I could find a crafts-type work shop at our rec center that worked with my schedule I'd put them in that because they both LOVE that kinda stuff but sadly it's just not working with my school and work right now. Maybe in January.
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None unless library story time counts.
We do lots of activities on our own, but nothing formal. To be honest, I probably won't enroll her in anything like that until she's 5+.
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Griffin takes gymnastics at school.. it's the only "extra" that he was interested in that they have on the days he is there (wed/th/fri)... they do hip hop dance and soccer that i'd love for him to do- but that's mon and tues
we're going to start swim classes in january... but other than that, he hasn't done any exctracurricular stuff - haven't had time/money/energy, since there are 2 other i have to deal with
when he is older he'll do more - soccer in our town starts in kindergarten... that for sure.
When DD started preschool this year, we stopped her other "classes" (music and Gymboree). We have playgroups once a week + our library often has some fun thing on Fridays (next Fri is some Ice Princess show/stories/singing thing, 2 weeks ago was some music lady who came in with her turkey...) so that takes up 4 mornings a week and that's plenty!
I do want to sign her up for dance sometime around her 3rd b-day though, so we'll see how that goes...
In the summer, with no preschool, I'll probably go back to a music class with both girls and possibly swim classes as well. I like to stay busy in the mornings and keep afternoons for resting and playing at home
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DD does a ballet/tap/tumbling class as an extra at school once a week. She did it last year too in the 2yo class. It's pretty laid back, not competitive or anything and the teacher is very sweet. She even managed to get them to do their stuff for a recital with no tears.
They do Soccer Shots at school too, but we didn't sign her up for that one, just couldn't afford both.
DD does gymnastics every week. She's been doing it since 20 months old when we started with a mommy-and-me class. I'd like to put her in one more activity, but money is tight.
For the poster who mentioned arts and crafts type stuff, they have crafts for kids at the Joann's store, and they also do kids projects at the Home Depot by my house on Saturdays.
DD goes to preschool 3 days a week, does gymnasics, whatever sport is in season (right now it is basketball), and swimming, she will start cheerleading in December.
DS goes to MDO 2 days a week, does swimming and daddy/son soccer program. We will start kindermusik together in the spring.
DD1, in addition to preschool, takes dance, spanish and one other short fun class (she's done a sensory class, a cooking class, and will do a princess class followed by a drama class). The short classes only last 4 or 5 weeks while the others last the entire school year.
DS is taking a tumbling/gym class, a story time for active toddlers class, and a class about animals.
We really want DD to learn to swim before summer as well, but haven't found the right time to get her lessons. We may just wait until summer to start.
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We're trying to decide now, since registration for January activities is coming up and DD turns three on the 5th. Now that she's hitting that age, it's crazy the amount of stuff we have to choose from! Everything from cheerleading to ice skating to soccer, gymnastics, etc. through our local parks & rec districts. I'm really excited about the variety of stuff, actually!
We'll most likely continue to do her toddler class for 2-3 YOs, since she likes it a lot and is comfortable there. I want to pick one other thing, which I think will probably be some kind of general class where she'll get to know the basics of several sports.
I think she'd have fun in the ball-sports or gymnastics. She's pretty good at kicking and catching balls already. I'm not so sure about things like ice skating or dance just yet. And she'll almost certainly be the youngest one in the class, so I'm trying to keep that in mind, too.
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