My 3 year son has just started swimming by himself, before we went to toddler and parent classes and got on well. The issue is, he doesn't listen to the teachers, they have a smaller section cornered off for the class and he goes under the ropes and generally doesn't follow what the teacher asks. He's been taken out and put in time outs during the lesson by the instructor but that doesn't seem to bother him, he just gets back in once allowed and carries on. We have made a sticker chart and I always talk to him before and after about what we expect, but this seems to go straight over his head.
Someone came out today and asked if there is anything I think they can do, and I honestly didn't know what to say and all I could do was apologise.
We also attend another class, where because of covid restrictions we have to stay in our own little section, all the other children seem to get on well with him, but I have a battle keeping him where he's meant to be, as he either runs off or throws the props into the centre as a excuse to run off.
He is generally quite hard work at the moment and if we are out and about he sometimes runs off even though I explain what I expect of him.
I'm not even sure what my point is, I'm just feeling like a pretty terrible mother at the moment and quite low and wonder if anyone else has experienced the same? He just seems like be so much younger than the other children in some ways. He doesn't attend nursery yet, but will in September, so I'm not sure if that makes a difference. Thanks for reading!