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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 3.5 year old who just started gymnastics classes (really just a general movement class but they call it gymnastics). She is great at listening and following directions and I think the reason why is that she does online yoga classes once a week. She started when she was about 2.5 and at first we had to do them with her and help her the whole time, but eventually she could do them on her own and learned how to watch the teacher and copy her moves. So by the time she started with gymnastics, she already had some body awareness and was used following along with a coach/instructor has they talked through it and demonstrated.

I don't think her dad or I showing her would have had the same impact (and I used to be a children's dance instructor, so I know how to do it!). She had to learn how to listen to an adult outside of her immediate family and how to take cues from someone who wasn't necessarily focused just on her. It's a different skill set.

So I agree taking him out and trying again is a good idea, and maybe try some online movement classes to see if that helps. Cosmic Kids on YouTube is great and they have themed classes to appeal to kids different interests, and make it a story which helps hold their interest.[/quote]

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