When Emily was 2 i looked everywhere for a dance/music group for her to join as she was desperate for some friends and we ended up taking her to a group called Mini Meastro's at Outwood which turned out to be a flop, the class was very limited and the majority of children were boys.
Then i started her at Surestart Nursery which was really good for her but we had to bring her out while Hannah was poorly as we couldnt risk Emily bringing home coughs and colds, now she can go back i keep talking to her about it but she doesnt seem keen and keeps telling me a story about a boy called Sam spitting on her. I did tell her that if she didnt want to go for a good reason she didnt have to go but i also explained that when she is at big girl school there wont be that choice.
Today i took her to Wilton Dance Studios for a class for 2-4yrs, it was everything i hoped it would be. There was an older class of girls just finishing up as we arrived all in lovely pink leotards and soft dance shoes, emily was amazed, she has never seen so many girls in one place before!
The group she is in doesnt tie them in to one dance style and as they get older they can take their preference which is great because at 3yr old you cant expect them to know what type of dancing they prefer. The class does a mixture of things including some ballet moves, marching, fairy dancing, stretches & jumps and pretending to be animals.
As it was her first class we got to stay and watch her, she was so brave, hardly shy at all and it didnt take long for her to settle in. It was quite embarasing at time as she was telling the dance teacher what to do and towards the end started messing about a bit hehe. Oh and half way through she stopped dead made a loud ding dong and announced that Alice had arrived hahaha.
The children sat round in a circle and took it in turns to sing a nursery ryme and Emily was so brave and sung Twinkle Twinkle all by herself, i was very proud!
Really looking forward to next Saturday now, i will be getting her a leotard and some dance shoes before next week.
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