quick parenting help

[sugarbear]

Ds is in gymnastics class, first day. There arethree other groups of kids, so it's noisy, lots going on. Seven kids in his class, one teacher. He is three.

He keeps wandering off. Teacher is not really keeping an eye on him. But she does haves other kids. Do I wander on to the floor and get him, or let her worry about it?

[sugarbear]

I'm going to at least my own post.

At least my kid isn't taking his clothes off, like the little girl who is currently naked trampolining.

[ECB]

When DS was taking soccer about that age- I followed him and either tried to get him to go back to the class or entertained him. With DS - he just wasn't ready for that kind of class/ environment and I quickly realized that it wouldn't be fair to the teacher or other kids if she had to chase after DS the entire time. Which is what it boiled down to for ME.

He'd do some of the stuff, then wonder off. And what I really learned was that for DS - he was simply too young to stay focused/involved.

(Although, I wasn't totally impressed w/ the teacher either. She was young and seemed to have her "script" of what to say to the kids/ how to keep them involved and if the kid didn't really respond to that, she didn't try much past that.)

[ECB]

Jul 10, 2013 12:22:01 GMT -5 sugarbear said:

At least my kid isn't taking his clothes off, like the little girl who is currently naked trampolining.

LOL!!!

[sugarbear]

Jul 10, 2013 12:22:58 GMT -5 ECB said:

When DS was taking soccer about that age- I followed him and either tried to get him to go back to the class or entertained him. With DS - he just wasn't ready for that kind of class/ environment and I quickly realized that it wouldn't be fair to the teacher or other kids if she had to chase after DS the entire time. Which is what it boiled down to for ME.

He'd do some of the stuff, then wonder off. And what I really learned was that for DS - he was simply too young to stay focused/involved.

(Although, I wasn't totally impressed w/ the teacher either. She was young and seemed to have her "script" of what to say to the kids/ how to keep them involved and if the kid didn't really respond to that, she didn't try much past that.)

The last part seems true of this gal. So far, I've just been leafing him back.

[mushmouse]

Here at that age it's still a 'parent involvement' class.  The teacher/instructor is leading and the parents have to do it with their child.  I can't imagine one person keeping a bunch of kids on task on their own at that age.  So I no longer take those classes. I can tell him to kick a ball or walk in a line and have him ignore me in the comfort of my home. lol