Extra-curricular activity for spirited, sensitive and perfectionist child - Page 2

[karne]

A good dance class! It's fun, not competitive, moves almost all of the time, and has kids laughing. Such a better choice than gymnastics (for us at least) where you had to stand in line for your turn, over and over again. My ds loves dance!

[meemee]

do you have good nature centers around where you are?

i know a bunch of 7 year olds who love going on hikes with a guide and learning about animal tracks, scat and plants.

[JayGee]

Sounds like my DS too! He takes both gymnastics and violin and enjoys both. But NO competitions. He wants to try golf this summer too. And we bought him a real mountain bike last year for his 8th birthday and he loves nothing more than hitting the mountain bike trails with his Dad . Competitive team sports do not work for him at all.

ETA: I read karne's comments about gymnastics and our gym has stations that the kids rotate through so there is no standing in line at all .

[CarrieMF]

I am wondering about some sort of martial arts as it would be very routine and not very competitive. I've also heard it can be good for self-discipline which could be very beneficial for ds. Although I admit to not knowing much about it.

My oldest takes Judo. There are alot of recreational only clubs. Ours is half/half on recreational and competitive. It's up to each family to choose which route they want to go. The ONLY difference is the number of tournaments they go to, some do none, some pick & choose & others do all of them. The practices are all the same(and on the same days/times) otherwise