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Age?
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Would you be ok with saying that a child is a little older than she is so she can take part in some activities. We are flying to Italy a month prior to Leah's sixth birthday. I am looking up things for the big girls (5&7) to do while we are over there. Most of the activities are six years and up. She is extremely smart and very mature for her age. I would like them to take part in a cooking course or a art class. Cooking class is 6-15 I believe. We are taking my niece and she would go to class with the younger two, so she could help out a little with Leah.
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Re: Age?
Age "limits" for kid activities aren't set in stone. If the child is within a month of the age limit, it probably doesn't make much difference.
However, I would think carefully about the kind of class it is. A cooking class could be designed so that a 6 y/o would have no trouble... or it could involve a lot of cutting, carrying heavy pots, being tall enough to see over the top of the bowl on the counter, and other physical or manual dexterity tasks that might be frustrating for a younger child, even if the child is mature and smart. I would be more comfortable squeaking my younger kid into an art class than a cooking class.
I'm not sure this is really the same thing. When it comes to a martial arts class, someone passing a four and a half year old as a five and a half year old is a LOT different than someone saying their one month younger than 6 years old is six for a cooking class. 6 months to a year can make a big difference, but one month? Doubt it.