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janesire@gmail.com - 28 Jan 2008 16:34 GMT

My dd (4) is in a choreographed dance. It's a class of 10 kids, mostly
5-7 years old with two 4 yo. It's going on well and the kids are
having fun. There's one 6 yo kid who is with the dance school for a
while and tries to act up. She talks a lot, makes comments on the
dance, sits down while the others are still dancing, etc. The teacher
is clearly irritated by this and tries to encourage the kid into
following the routine with rest of them. She isn't much stricter than
that partially because the kid is the daughter of another teacher in
the same dance school. It's not like she knows all the steps either.
When she does join the others she's just as good or as bad as the rest
of them.

A couple of times my DD tried imitating this girl in the class. We
talked about it after the class and she was ok. Would you have done
anything differently?

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vandam.is.mary@gmail.com - 28 Jan 2008 16:58 GMT

On Jan 28, 11:34 am, janes...@gmail.com wrote:

> My dd (4) is in a choreographed dance. It's a class of 10 kids, mostly
> 5-7 years old with two 4 yo. It's going on well and the kids are
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> talked about it after the class and she was ok. Would you have done
> anything differently?

at least she is only around this other child during class. my adopted
son has many irritating and undesireable behaviors, most of which our
younger child knows already not to imitate. howver, with school
starting, i worry about him acting like the older sibling, but so far,
it has worked out ok because he only needs to be told once.

it sounds like a good start just talking with your daughter. as long
as she listens to you, and is not angry, and no longer imitates the
other, it sounds like you are good to go.

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