My 3.5 year old currently goes to 3x week preschool (3 hours at a time). We were doing swimming once a week, but unfortunately, the class was late in the evening and the water was FREEZING and she hated it.
I'd like to enroll her in one other extracurricular - we've tried ballet before w/limited success (she was 3 years old and pretty young, I think she had a hard time following rules). I'm thinking soccer? Dance?
What do your 3/4 year olds do outside of preschool/daycare?
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
She isn't 3 yet but she does gymnastics every Sat. Then swimming lessons in the summer.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
She's 3.5 and hasn't taken any classes yet. When I get a license the first thing I'm doing is signing her up for soccer. She has loved soccer since before she was 2 and is quite good at it coordination wise. She gotten a bunch of free classes through daycare and always talks about it.
coconut / 8430 posts
LO is 3 and just started ballet and mandarin. Both are offered at her preschool so she's familiar with the other students already. Unfortunately because it is at school, I have no idea how she is doing (or if she participates) but she tells me that she loves it! She did soccer at her school this spring and she did great in that class.
grapefruit / 4554 posts
My 3.5 yr old does swim 1x a week and will most likely be doing dance as well this winter. When she turns 4 she'll start martial arts.
honeydew / 7283 posts
Just preschool for now (4 hours Tues & Thurs). I'm hoping to get her in swim lessons soon.
grapefruit / 4085 posts
She'll be three next week and started ballet in Sept. She loves it!
pear / 1961 posts
LO1 also does preschool 3 half-days/week. We have been doing a music class in the morning of one day off and a gymnastics class that afternoon too. I'm actually going to switch it up and do the music class with just LO2 for the next term, but I'll probably put both LOs in a weekly swim class, too. So they will both have 2 extras per week. We also sporadically attend a playgroup on the other day off.
I need to sign up for things to get us out of the house, though! Especially in the winter 
pomelo / 5660 posts
DS is in preschool full time. He has swimming every Sunday. He starts Spanish enrichment school every Saturday for 2.5 hours in January. In spring, he will either do soccer or something outside.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
DS just turned 3, he goes to part-time preschool 3 days week. We're starting swimming again soon (it's our winter activity at one of the chains since they offer heated pools). And probably soccer and softball in the spring!
honeydew / 7235 posts
My 3 year old is in daycare full time.
This winter we are doing swimming and soccer. We also did soccer in the fall and last winter!
Also starting him on skates on Sunday mornings. And we are going to see if he likes skiing, but may have to wait another year on that.
pear / 1849 posts
DS is 3 and in full time day care. He does an extracurricular yoga class on Mondays at school. Then we do gym class (My Gym) on Saturday mornings and music class on Sunday mornings. We're planning to swap out the gym for soccer in the spring.
GOLD / eggplant / 11517 posts
Nothing yet, but I want to get her into a dance class soon. They do a lot of extracurricular-style things (yoga, Spanish, etc.) at her daycare, which rocks because she's has to be there for long hours due to our work schedule/commute so its nice that they take care of some of that aspect.
cantaloupe / 6669 posts
LO is 2 and not in preschool but I am looking into classes for her now. In the spring I want to start a dance class during the week (to take the place of a weekly "preschool co-op" playgroup that does not plan to continue) and gymnastics on Saturdays. We just have been traveling too much to make it worth it.
In the summer my gym will offer swim lessons so we will do that too.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Soccer right now. She had private swim classes over the summer.
pomegranate / 3706 posts
My 3.5 year old loves ballet, and we did it over the Summer, but she's in school 5 days a week with a really cool music program, and I feel like for now, that's plenty.
persimmon / 1043 posts
DD goes to preschool (center) daily and they have an outside dance instructor come 1x a week, which she loves. They have a Lingua Franca class. Lately, I've been hearing "Mommy!! Merry Christmas in Spanish is Feliz Ma-lee-dah!"
We did swimming in the summer.
persimmon / 1043 posts
Are there trial classes available in your area? I've seen most places will do 1 free class (dance, gym, soccer).
persimmon / 1436 posts
3.5 DD and no extracurricular (just preschool 3 days per week) unless speech therapy counts.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
dance right now. she reeeeally hated swim without me in the pool and it wasn't worth the tears because she knows how to swim (my family members all have pools)
cantaloupe / 6687 posts
At 3/4 we have done gymnastics, ballet and swimming. She goes to school 5 days a week this year so right now we're only doing swimming (which is twice a week) even though she would love to be in some kind of dance or tumbling class too
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