ideas for sport for non-athletically inclined 7 YO girl

[Anonymous]

team or individual- no real preference, but she needs exercise. Bethesda area is ideal.

[Anonymous]

yoga
girls on the run
fencing
swimming

[Anonymous]

Fencing, lots of girls in it. 7 is the starting age.

[Anonymous]

Golf. Good exercise if you walk and carry. I was an unathletic 7 year old when my dad taught me how to play, and I ended up loving it and playing in college.

[Anonymous]

Dance

[Anonymous]

Swimming. Also, Dynamite has a kids fitness class.

[Anonymous]

She's 7. Let her run around the neighborhood with her friends, climb trees, play outdoor games, whatever.

[Anonymous]

I ran into this issue with my DD. We actually signed her up for kid yoga classes, which she took to like a fish to water. It actually became her major hobby all through childhood, she went to camps, became a certified teacher, and it was her main "activity" in high school (she volunteered and taught yoga to kids in after school programs). She's in college now, still does yoga and is planning on working in the medical field.

I think the big thing is to let your kid find something THEY love. It doesn't have to be soccer or a specific sport. It just needs to be an activity involving movement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fencing, lots of girls in it. 7 is the starting age.

NP. Can you recommend a place for MY exercise-needing DD to try this out?

[Anonymous]

Climbing is great.

[Anonymous]

Ice skating!! Gymnastics.

[Anonymous]

I would recommend a beginning level dance class- maybe tap or hip hop or broadway jazz

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fencing, lots of girls in it. 7 is the starting age.

NP. Can you recommend a place for MY exercise-needing DD to try this out?

there are clubs in suburban VA (Dominion?), DC (chevy chase), Silver Spring (DCFC), and Rockville.

[Anonymous]

Gymnastics. My previously non-athletic daughter loves it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I ran into this issue with my DD. We actually signed her up for kid yoga classes, which she took to like a fish to water. It actually became her major hobby all through childhood, she went to camps, became a certified teacher, and it was her main "activity" in high school (she volunteered and taught yoga to kids in after school programs). She's in college now, still does yoga and is planning on working in the medical field.

I think the big thing is to let your kid find something THEY love. It doesn't have to be soccer or a specific sport. It just needs to be an activity involving movement.

This is nice. Well done mom and daughter.