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raeanna74 · 03-14-2004, 05:43 PM

My daughter seems to have been showing a lot of interest in tap dancing lately. This has been going on for a couple months now actually. Not any other kind of dancing so much but if she sees anything with tap dancing on TV she get up from whatever she's doing to tap along or other times when nothing in particular reminds her of it she'll dance with her "fancy" shoes. I got her a pair of tap shoes that fit her really well from the second hand store in town. I figured that if she lost interest there wouldn't be much money lost in that but if she stayed interested she might pick up something. She is still interested in it and puts those shoes on several times a week without any prompting to tap around the kitchen floor.

My question is this: How young is too young for a kid to start classes like tap dancing or something requiring a little discipline?

My daughter is 3 1/2 (b-day in July) and has TONS of energy. She wears out her grandparents and I've received comments from other people that she has a lot of energy. This might be good for helping her direct her energy but will she become discouraged with the lessons because she may not have the patience and discipline to stick with it. I really don't want to get her started in something that she'll give up and might think she failed. Or that she might get frustrated with simply because she's too young. What have you found is a good age for starting kids on things like this? My daughter needs to learn some self discipline and this might be a good method of helping her do that. What are your thoughts and experiences?

03-14-2004, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	What's a good age for your kid to start a class. My daughter seems to have been showing a lot of interest in tap dancing lately. This has been going on for a couple months now actually. Not any other kind of dancing so much but if she sees anything with tap dancing on TV she get up from whatever she's doing to tap along or other times when nothing in particular reminds her of it she'll dance with her "fancy" shoes. I got her a pair of tap shoes that fit her really well from the second hand store in town. I figured that if she lost interest there wouldn't be much money lost in that but if she stayed interested she might pick up something. She is still interested in it and puts those shoes on several times a week without any prompting to tap around the kitchen floor. My question is this: How young is too young for a kid to start classes like tap dancing or something requiring a little discipline? My daughter is 3 1/2 (b-day in July) and has TONS of energy. She wears out her grandparents and I've received comments from other people that she has a lot of energy. This might be good for helping her direct her energy but will she become discouraged with the lessons because she may not have the patience and discipline to stick with it. I really don't want to get her started in something that she'll give up and might think she failed. Or that she might get frustrated with simply because she's too young. What have you found is a good age for starting kids on things like this? My daughter needs to learn some self discipline and this might be a good method of helping her do that. What are your thoughts and experiences? __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma. Last edited by raeanna74; 03-14-2004 at 05:46 PM..