5yo dd currently does ballet after school on Tuesdays and swimming on Thursdays. She has never been very confident physically (late walker, struggles with balance, can't ride a scooter etc.) and I think both of these activities have helped with her confidence.
She has now however said that she would like to start one of the after-school clubs offered by her school, specifically the craft club which a few of her friends go to and which is definitely more her cup of tea. We have said that she can start craft club but that it means she will have to stop doing ballet after Christmas.
She does enjoy ballet but it is expensive and I'm not sure how well she'd cope with 3 after school activities in a week.
However, I just spoke to the ballet teacher who said that dd has been playing up a bit in ballet the last few weeks so she wondered if she was getting bored and needed to move up to the Year 1 group. She was in the Reception class last year so she is repeating it and is apparently noticeably more able than the others.
So, would 3 after-school activities be too much?
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cheapandcheerful · 23/11/2015 11:17
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