Baby ballet tiny tots classes?

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Has anybody taken their dc to these?
Is it worth it or are they too young to get anything out of it at that age?

I took my eldest to baby ballet at an actual ballet school.
That was over 15 years ago and now she’s confidently on pointe and seriously considering a career as a dancer or choreographer.
We went down the ISTD route but RAD is also good.

I’d avoid Stage Coach and similar.

oh yes, baby ballet definitely leads to being a ballerina!

OP it’s like anything you do with toddlers - they might like it, they might not. It might help with coordination, it might not.

If you have the spare money and the time then go. Apart from anything it’s super cute!

It doesn’t tend to be any real ‘dancing’ at that age in terms of trying to teach them anything, but probably has floaty scarves to wave around, ribbons etc and the chance to run round the room a bit and spin round etc - so if your child likes music and dancing around then worth a try to see if they enjoy it?

No, I will only use a registered dance teacher. So my eldest did pre-school dance at our local dance school where I was confident she would only be given movement that was appropriate for her age and supervised appropriately. (She is now a very keen dancer aged 8.) Youngest is desperate to start now!

My youngest always really enjoyed it. They give you 3 free sessions as well, so you get a good chance to see if you and your little one like it or not.

Of course it doesn’t mean all baby ballerinas will be professional dancers, I was just saying that my daughter loved it, and she is still loving it.

It helps with the development of many many skills and my daughters (and me!) have made friends for life through their extra curricular activities .

Niece did it and it just seemed horrendously expensive for what it is and she didn't have the technical skills when she moved into a real class. What about a ballet school that takes them from 2/3? I reckon it is worth the wait.

I know what you meant, it was your turn of phrase that suggested there was a direct correlation!

You really don’t need technical skills at 3 or 4. Even trained ballet teachers will just be doing good toes naughty toes and spring points at that age.

I was a ballet class helper in baby classes right up to G6 (I think - was a long time ago. Maybe it didn’t go to G6?) for context!

I’m only saying this because doing baby ballet is a nice thing to do, if you don’t do ‘proper’ ballet it’s not going to scupper the chances of baby being an actual ballet dancer when they grow up.

You really don't need technical skills at 3 or 4 No but you absolutely don't want ingrained bad habits either. Go to a proper dance school with fully qualified teachers, and which has nursery classes, not a franchise.

And there's absolutely no point in bothering under 3 years of age. You might as well skip about in your living room for free.

Rope, old, money. Rearrange into a well known phrase...

It's good toes, naughty toes, waving scarves and flags and running, skipping and jumping. I did ballet for donkeys years and took my son at 15 months, he's nearly 3 and we still go but I sense he's growing out of it.

My DGD did one term of baby ballet. I watched several sessions. Lots of queuing to do to activities. As a former teacher I was deeply unimpressed with the format.

I took my dd to baby ballet tiny tots as soon as she turned 6 months, she was absolutely entranced. We did lots of classes and this was definitely a favourite. We went until she turned 2 and only stopped because it didn't fit in with nursery etc anymore.

A 6 month old doing ballet? 🤔

Normally they only take from age 3 up.

babyballet.co.uk/find-a-class/our-syllabus/

Baby ballet tiny tots is 6-18 months. Like poster up thread said, it's good toes, naughty toes, scarves, bubbles etc.

My 16 month old loves it. I wouldn't bother taking a non walking baby as I am not sure they would get much out of it. I do like watching her enjoy movement and music.

Ah right Elizapancakes, you just wanted to rub me up the wrong way and try to make me look stupid then.

Using an actual ballet school for a three year old is quite sensible, actually.
Taking a non walking 6 month old to a ballet class in a church hall is insane. There’s a reason a properly accredited school doesn’t want actual babies in the baby classes.

Headintheclouds why is it insane to take a 6 month old to a class that is intended for 6-18 month years olds?

Mine went to baby ballet, then on to 'proper' RAD ballet. I've just pulled them out ages 7 and grade 2, it really wasn't for them. They're doing gymnastics instead

Surely at that age it's just a slightly different spin on baby sensory classes, which is quite a common thing for people to do? I wouldn't fancy it personally but calling it insane is harsh!

why is it insane to take a 6 month old to a class that is intended for 6-18 month year olds?

The insane bit is calling it 'ballet'.

Ok, insane was a bit off, sorry. But, really, can’t you see you’re being taken for a mug believing 6 month old babies are learning anything at a ballet class?