Very shy 3 year old

[HmAndAh]

I have recently taken my 3.5 year old daughter to ballet as she really likes to watch ballet and follows ballet dances on YouTube . All the sessions she was just trying to climb on me, was not involved in any of the activities. Afterwards she said that she really liked the ballet class. Other kids were happy to follow instructions with their parents being in another room.

She doesn’t have any special needs, has never been clingy. She has attended nursery since 1 year old.

How can I encourage her to be more independent and less clingy?

I had one of those shy little girls - I still do to be fair and she’s nearly 9!
It’s just a process of encouraging her gently a little out of her comfort zone - introduce her to lots of new things so she gets used to that nervous feeling. So she’ll naturally build confidence, and when she’s nervous or shy you can remind her “I know you feel a bit nervous now but remember the time you felt like this and then you did X? And how much fun you had..? It will be just like that once you get over the initial nerves!”
And so on until she’s about 25 probably😊You won’t change her personality, she’s not likely to be one of the girls trying out for the star role in the school play, but you can give her lots of practice at being a bit more outgoing.