My daughter is 14 months and I am a SAHM mom and she is an only child. I was starting to think about activities for her like once a week or so. to get her out of the house learning experiences. I was thinking something along the lines of
Karate
Sports
Ballet/dance
In my area they start classes for toddlers 2-3 I was wondering if you have any of your kids in it and if they liked it or not?
o I forgot about gymnastics! That was always fun as a kid!
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Karate
Sports
Ballet/dance
In my area they start classes for toddlers 2-3 I was wondering if you have any of your kids in it and if they liked it or not?
o I forgot about gymnastics! That was always fun as a kid!
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15 Comments Received
May 16th, 2010 @6:41 am
Definitely karate but when she is older. It will be useful for her.
Ballet is common.
You should have her start learning an instrument. As much as you can anyways.
May 19th, 2010 @7:48 am
I have two three year old daughters ( twins) and they do dance 4/7 days of the week, and they love it. My daughter also go to pre-school from 11-3 3 days a week. My children , seem to enjoy it, that is what I suggest.
May 22nd, 2010 @2:36 pm
Karate would be fun, hoping to get my daughter into it soon.
Ballet is cute, so are other forms of dance.
My daughter is 2 and she is learning to play guitar, which is very cute.
Get your daughter into something that interests your family, my daughter is learning an instrument because it is big in our family.
Good luck!
May 25th, 2010 @4:40 pm
I put my son in swimming lessons when he was approaching 2. It was mom and tot so we were able to spend lots of quality time together. Now, he’s involved in a local art playgroup. They sing, have stories and get to make lots of open-ended art. Great fun! I would keep away from anything that is too structured as your daughter will quickly lose interest and it will be hard on both of you. Try story time at the library too. We always have fun there.
May 27th, 2010 @7:53 am
Yes and I think it’s very important to do so not just because they can achieve a goal for later in life but also they will build self esteem for themselves now.
May 27th, 2010 @10:15 am
Well our son is only 12 months right now. My husband and I were talking about this very thing the other day. We want him to try out different sports, some arts and crafts, some type of children’s book club, or learn to play an instrument. My husband ran track and played soccer so he wants to get our little man in shape with little exercises to prepare him for that lol. I personally want him to take swimming lessons. But those are just some ideas about what we talked about. If I ever had a little girl I always imagined her being in ballet or dance because that’s what I did and I think it’s cute…or gymnastics. Then again she could try different things and I’d just see what she liked (:
May 28th, 2010 @1:16 am
karate is great.. her in va its $$$ but worth it. to see my son happy is sooooo worth it. i have a 15month old boy, i take to play groups so that he can learn how to get along with other kids.
May 31st, 2010 @12:18 am
In our area they have toddler gymnastics that is a mommy and me program. It is a monthly fee and we go once a week. Like you, my son is an only child and I am a SAHM, but this allows us to get out and do some constructive learning and I don’t have to teach, but get to play along.
Ruth
May 31st, 2010 @1:16 pm
Ballet would be fun for a little girl, so would gymnastics, though I would more lean towards ballet just because I dance!
They children normallty get up on stage at the end of the year and do a dance and it’s so fun to watch them. They hardly even know what they are doing and it’s so cute! Though I think she may be a little young.
June 2nd, 2010 @9:05 pm
I would do a Mommy and Me type class where she can interact with OTHER children.
Toddlers learn so much from each other and simple play.
June 3rd, 2010 @7:15 pm
How about like Jimboree, walks in the park. Swimming, they have these “Aquaducks” swimming lessons for babies. It is great fun for both baby and mommy. They get to learn to survive in the water and reduce the chances of drowning too. Very popular in Oz cuz drowning is the number one reason for child deaths.
Ballet may be a bit too serious unless you find a really good instructor. Most of the people I know who started their kids too early stopped within 1 year. If you wait until they are interested to do it themselves, they will like it even more and stick to it. Strange, it doesn’t happen like that with swimming.
How about art classes, they have music appreciation classes, thing. Best thing is to involve her doing the stuff you like to do as well. So you both can enjoy it, and it does not become a chore for you.
In our house, mummy likes to play the piano, daddy likes to draw, astronomy and photography, our daughter loves to do all of those things whenever we do them. She knows all the planets and takes really good photos, she is slowly learning to play the piano and guitar, and having a ball! And she is only 3.5 y.o.
June 3rd, 2010 @10:00 pm
violin
) but then she wants to start with piano and drums too… I’d rather that she take martial arts but who am I to say what she wants at 4yo… she has school 5 days a week 2.5 hours each day since 3yo. School is not really tough coz she’s enjoying it but I’m sticking to one extra curricular activity beyond school.
June 4th, 2010 @2:00 pm
I am going to enroll Sophie in a tumbling class on base.
She would also LOVE a dance class, but I can’t find anyone to take her until she turns 3, unfortunately!!
June 6th, 2010 @6:32 pm
I go swimming twice a week with our little one- it is a really fun class – you swim with your child and sing songs, splash around etc. I am thinking of doing a some sort of music lessons when the swimming lessons are over.
June 8th, 2010 @10:17 pm
We first started our daughter in a tumbling tots class when she was 2 and she LOVED it. So we decided to give gymnastics a go at 3 and what ruined that for her was the instructor. She liked the gymnastics aspect but hated the instructor so that was a no go. Then we decided to put her into dance (not ballet, just basic dance) because she’s always dancing and singing around the house and she LOVES it. She only goes once a week but I’m sure she wishes it was more. She also goes to pre-school 2 days a week from 8:20-10:20 and she absolutely loves that too. I’m trying to keep in mind that she’s only 3 1/2 so she doesn’t need to be too “busy” away from home but it’s definitely a great idea to get them out and experiencing new things! In the next year or so we’ll probably start trying out different sports if that’s what she’s in to!
All the ideas you have are great ones to get her out, you just have to find what her highest interest is and go with it!
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