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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, I think it's fine for them to kick a child out of class if the child isn't listening.

The issue is that this is the first you are hearing of the problem.  There should be a better process.  The teacher lets you know your kid is being disruptive, gives concrete examples, and explains it needs to change.

Then if there is no improvement, they threaten to kick her out of class.

The other issue is the money.  While you should not get a refund for this term.  You should get your money back for next term.  Go to the credit card company and file a complaint (and yes, this is why it's always better to pay with credit card).

You should sit your kid down and tell her that she has to follow instructions in class or she will no longer be able to go.  If she loves going to ballet class, then the threat of losing it should be enough to encourage her to focus more in class.

The other thing is it sounds like your daughter doesn't like ballet.  She just likes wearing the clothes.  If the teacher gets that impression as well, then I can see her frustration.

For people who take ballet seriously, 4 isn't too young to follow directions and not see it as goof off in a tutu time.

Don't get me wrong, I actually don't like ballet culture.   But you did enroll your kid in a ballet class.  It sounds like you don't even expect her to do ballet.

When I was young, we didn't have a lot of money.  My parents weren't tiger parents, but they also would never pay for lessons that they just saw as an opportunity for me to dress up, even at 4.

It's possible you are setting the tone for your child's behavior, that it is play time.  And even though your kid is 4, she shouldn't get the idea that a class (where a teacher is trying to teach things to a group) is just play time.  [/quote]
Op here.  I guess the thing that confuses me is this I'd really a class for three year olds-- DD is turning four next month.  I took dance classes as a kid too -- I was taking classical dance from the ages of 7 to 13.  I was actually really poor as a kid, so I took them very seriously because I knew they would get taken away if I didn't.   This class is meant for three year olds-- the only thing they do that is remotely similar to a dance class is stretching.  From what I have seen, I don't think DD is doing anything that is out of the ordinary for a three year old.  I agree with the other posters that I should observe the next class more closely-- parents aren't allowed in the room so I would have to watch from monitors that are relatively far away from DD's class, which is the main reason I haven't been paying close attention the past couple of weeks.  It could be that she's bored with the class-- she took the class for two year olds last spring and summer and has been taking this class since the fall.  The structure of the class is the same between the two levels-- they sing exactly the same songs so its essentially over a year of her doing the same thing every week.  She just likes the class so much-- she started crying when we were saying that she might have to stop taking them that it's heartbreaking for me.[/quote]

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