Ballet Lessons Are Available for Children as Young as Preschoolers

"Sugar and spice and everything nice." These words have been used for years to describe our young girls. Well, young children today definitely get enough sugar, even if you do not over-do it at home. One way to get her up and moving is to enroll her in ballet lessons.

What little girl does not want to put on a tutu and dance around? Well actually, some might not enjoy ballet. Of course, you do not want to force your child to do an activity she does not want to do. Encourage her to give it a try.

Last year, we enrolled our daughter in a ballet class at Pat's School of Dance in Cordova, TN. She was 3 ½ at the time. This school requires children to be potty-trained and at least three years old in order to take dance classes.

Prior to signing her up, I researched dance schools in our area that taught ballet. In our area, I found a myriad of ballet classes ranging from $25 a month to over a hundred dollars a month. Some were very strict on dress codes, even at an early age. Most of the schools allowed students as young as three but I have heard of others starting at age two.

The dance school that we selected had a reasonable dress code and very caring attitude towards the children. We were very impressed with the instructors and our daughter loved her ballet class which met once a week for thirty minutes. Our dance school allows make-up classes and works with parents and children on separation anxiety issues.