2 year old won’t follow any direction
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| I’ve enrolled my two year old in two different gym/sports classes that are geared towards her age, and everyone in her classes are the same age. I’ve noticed that she is by far the worst at staying still, or paying any attention. I’m starting to wonder if it’s time for gentle discipline- not as in her getting in trouble, but maybe somehow trying to teach her that when we are in class, there are rules to follow. I’ll add that at her preschool/daycare I don’t hear any concerns about her behavior or development. I don’t think it’s any of that- it’s just that she’s super high strung and doesn’t really seem to care- or maybe I just picked classes that she’s not interested in? |
Anonymous
| Normal at that age. |
Anonymous
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You said everyone is the same age, by that do you mean 2 years old or within a month or two?
My daughter is the youngest in her preschool class and she acts like this. Her teachers DO comment that she doesn't participate in some of the activities, which annoys me because I feel they are comparing her to other 2 years olds who are 6-9 months older and maybe more mature, but it is normal for the age. |
jsmith123
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OP my son was very much like this. We'd do Gymboree classes and all the other kids were following the teacher's instruction, and he was off on his own playing on the free equipment. I checked in with the staff and they said not to worry about it at all, but it did bother me that he didn't participate more.
We tried a little soccer class and one point, and same thing. He was running around the field doing whatever when the other kids were participating in the activities. In that case, he was definitely disrupting the flow of the class so I just pulled him out. Not as punishment but just because it was clear that he wasn't ready. Something clicked with him around 3 and he has had no issues since. If your DD isn't disrupting the other kids, and her lack of participation doesn't bother the instructors, and you are able to check your expectations, then just let her be. Otherwise, I'd pull her from the classes and just wait another 6 months or so and try again. |
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Give an example.
Does she not understand the directions so she sorta improvizes and guesses (ex: she'll kick the ball instead of picking it up?). Or does she want to run around the room and get her energy out, but the instructor wants everyone to sit and be still and sing songs instead? |
Anonymous
No idea what the ranges are precisely, but they all fall in the 2-range. |
Anonymous
My DD is just like 22:45. Just not aware of the teacher and going off doing other things (i.e. was supposed to run around and freeze, but instead she found a pile of random things to practice stacking, then found a hula hoop). She isn’t disruptive unless I really pushed her to try to listen, and quickly figured out it really isn’t worth pushing her. |
Anonymous
| Mine is like this too at 2.5. I dropped the swim class after trying for almost 6 months. We’ll restart at 3. |
Anonymous
There's a big difference between newly 2, 2.5 and almost 3. |
Anonymous
| Totally normal, op! |
Anonymous
| This is too young for classes. Just have playtime. What’s the rush to start this kind of thing? |
Anonymous
| Yup. Mine was like this at 2. Much better by 3. We didnt do any classes until almost 4. |
Anonymous
| Same thing with our 2 yr 4 mo old. We dropped out of soccer, he didn't understand what's going on there. You can't discipline for that, he just needs more time developmentally to get there. |
Anonymous
No rush. Just always bored at home doing the same things. |