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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 261702" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Glad it went well.</p><p></p><p>Something to watch for, in case it's an issue - easy child 2/difficult child 2 has a problem with imitating someone else's movements. An Occupational Therapist (OT) assessment showed this up, easy child 2/difficult child 2 was unable to properly imitate movements when she wasn't able to watch her own body. The Occupational Therapist (OT) said that the best way to teach her how to move (as in dance class) was to physically move her body for her, to put it into the correct position. Not to just show her. She was a gifted ballet student when she started, they were talking about taking her on a tour of Europe, but we had to leave that dance school when their hours changed to a time where we couldn't go. Later dance teachers didn't teach her the way she needed, we ended up for a while with a dance school that really was awful, and easy child 2/difficult child 2 lost a lot of ground and learned some bad habits.</p><p></p><p>On the subject of letting your kid do whatever they want in terms of dance or similar activity - easy child 2/difficult child 2 wanted to be a stiltwalker, got a couple of lessons at after school care and from there just took off and began working professionally before she reached her teens. From there she got into acting and has done some interesting things.</p><p></p><p>So you never know where they'll go with things...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 261702, member: 1991"] Glad it went well. Something to watch for, in case it's an issue - easy child 2/difficult child 2 has a problem with imitating someone else's movements. An Occupational Therapist (OT) assessment showed this up, easy child 2/difficult child 2 was unable to properly imitate movements when she wasn't able to watch her own body. The Occupational Therapist (OT) said that the best way to teach her how to move (as in dance class) was to physically move her body for her, to put it into the correct position. Not to just show her. She was a gifted ballet student when she started, they were talking about taking her on a tour of Europe, but we had to leave that dance school when their hours changed to a time where we couldn't go. Later dance teachers didn't teach her the way she needed, we ended up for a while with a dance school that really was awful, and easy child 2/difficult child 2 lost a lot of ground and learned some bad habits. On the subject of letting your kid do whatever they want in terms of dance or similar activity - easy child 2/difficult child 2 wanted to be a stiltwalker, got a couple of lessons at after school care and from there just took off and began working professionally before she reached her teens. From there she got into acting and has done some interesting things. So you never know where they'll go with things... Marg [/QUOTE]
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