Do you think activities for 3-4 year olds are worth it or is it better to just do playdates?

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Anonymous wrote:My 4 yr old DD is in all day preschool, so doesn’t need extra socialization, but we do gymnastics and ballet on the weekends because they’re fun and she enjoys them. I don’t see any particular benefit beyond that. I wouldn’t do classes for socializing, if that’s what you’re looking for. The kids aren’t really interacting with each other a ton during group classes.

Agreed. We didn't do much with our oldest at that age because of the pandemic but with my younger DD, she sees her older sibling doing activates and has requested a class of her own. We did start with swim lessons a few months ago because similar to what someone else said, water safety is important and wanted to take advantage of her enjoying water over the summer and not regress. Beyond that we've done a couple very low key classes through parks and rec, and she wants to play soccer in the spring. I also just kind of like having some structured activities on the weekend vs. entirely open-ended days.