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My youngest dd does gym once a week for 2 1/2 hours in a development group and she also does Modern dance one a week, my dd has her grade 1 modern exam next Sunday and after letting the dance teacher know that my dd had hurt herself after a fall of the beam (told the dance teacher incase it effects my dd's dancing today) the dance teacher said that maybe dd should not dd gymnastics next week as she has her exam coming up and needs to concentrate on that.
I think that the dance teacher is being a little over the top as dd did a modern exam last year and I easn't told to keep dd away from gym then, as dd only goes once a week and she missed most of the last session after her fall I don't want dd to miss it. I am not going to tell dd what the dance teacher said as I don't want to make her feel like she has to choose as she loves both gymnastics and dancing. I will have a work with dd's coach and ask if she can work on the floor beam just this week and tell the coach that dd's dance teacher was concerned incase she hurt herself again, there is no reason in my eyes why dd cannot do gymnastics a few days before her exam as the class mostly concentrated on conditioning etc.
What do you think? I am mad or is the dance teacher mad? I can see her point of view but in my opinion dd can easily hurt herself by playing and I cannot keep her wrapped up in cotton wool, dd is not the sort of child to sit still for very long, she has lots of energy.
I think that the dance teacher is being a little over the top as dd did a modern exam last year and I easn't told to keep dd away from gym then, as dd only goes once a week and she missed most of the last session after her fall I don't want dd to miss it. I am not going to tell dd what the dance teacher said as I don't want to make her feel like she has to choose as she loves both gymnastics and dancing. I will have a work with dd's coach and ask if she can work on the floor beam just this week and tell the coach that dd's dance teacher was concerned incase she hurt herself again, there is no reason in my eyes why dd cannot do gymnastics a few days before her exam as the class mostly concentrated on conditioning etc.
What do you think? I am mad or is the dance teacher mad? I can see her point of view but in my opinion dd can easily hurt herself by playing and I cannot keep her wrapped up in cotton wool, dd is not the sort of child to sit still for very long, she has lots of energy.