 Poster: A snowHead
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Morning all,
Just looking into booking ski school for the kids, by the time we go over Easter, the oldest will be 8 and the youngest (just) 5. We are off to try La Ros for the first time...
The oldest has skiied 4 weeks and is confident on blues, and we did a short red together at the end of last year. Youngest had her first week last year.
So the question is how long to put them in ski school for? Trying to find a balance between skiing with them a few afternoons, but then also want to allow oldest a chance for a "day out", and then not putting them in ski school for too long.
Just wondered how long others have put their kids into ski school for at comparable ages?
Cheers,
greg
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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When my oldest was 5 and 2 months we put him in ski school for mornings only. He had skied on the dry slope every week for about six months before we went but we still found that he got quite tired, especially towards the end of the week. He may have managed one full day but not much more.
We're taking his younger brother this year who will just have turned five when we go. He is a better skier at this age than his brother was, but he will still only be going to ski school for the mornings.
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kitenski, I'd be inclined to ask the kids 
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Seriously though, all day I think is too long.
Until age 9 my oldest had ski school in the morning, now he has the odd private lesson and stays wuith us all day. The youngest (now 5) has ski school only in the mornings. Afternoons have always been 'family' time, mainly skiing but other activities too.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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From age 3: all day, every day, including lunch.
Well except for the last day when they skied with us in the afternoon.
It took them about 4 years to grow out of ski school and from then on were taking same coaching sessions as us.
Even now they comment on how they hated ski school except for the minty drink and chocolate at the end of the day.
Still....it toughened them up and got them skiing to a decent standard in short order.
Little blighters have it far too easy in general!
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kitenski, One of the problems for british kids is that they tend not to stay in ski school long enough. If the school is for half the day then there's surely no problem with skiing the other half with them. I think it's one reason why there are so many intermediate british skiers! Keep them there until they are spat out of the competition class - you'll be giving them skills that will last a lifetime.
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hi charlotte,
Not sure I follow you, you say "One of the problems for british kids is that they tend not to stay in ski school long enough."
Does that mean you think a whole days ski school is ok for kids? At what age?
>> If the school is for half the day then there's surely no problem with skiing the other half with them
True, but ski school only appears to be for 2 hours, la ros says english ESH is 11:15 to 13:15..........
cheers,
greg
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kitenski, I think easiski was talking about the number of times children are enrolled in ski school in successive holidays, rather than the number of hours per day.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I wasn't kidding in my post about all day.
More instruction=more progress=more fun
Our kids are now having their own instructor time as the old farts were holding them back.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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kitenski, I did indeed mean what rob@rar, says. You were saying they can ski a blue etc. Well IMO they should go to SS until they can do either freestyle or racing or whatever floats their boat. I think half a day is plenty long enough for anyone. More than that is money down the drain - sorry - rushing to leave work!!
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kitenski,
I guess it's a case of different things suiting different folks, we have done many different things according to the ski school options. We most often have put them in for half day ski school and it seems to allow family time and adult skiing time. When the ski school hours are short there may be an option of the ski school arranging lunch and then you can collect them afterwards.
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You know it makes sense.
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I mix it up....my daughter is 8 at easter is doing 4 mornings and 2 full days on a 7 day trip.
In the afternoons of no ski school she can come with me, it's nice to see her and we have a pretty good time.....
She's done all day's before and was fine but I quite like seeing her and we have a laugh..so it suits us.
It does very much depend on the family there is no right or wrong in my view..
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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True, but ski school only appears to be for 2 hours, la ros says english ESH is 11:15 to 13:15..........
cheers,
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Just looked at the web site out of interest EVO2 has childrens lessons 9-11:30 or afternoon and you can book them for lunch& play 11:30-14:30, looks like you can do this either every day or on a daily basis.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Our kids love all day ski School and have done from age 3 onwards - in Lake Louise and Jackson Hole. The older one (11) now does full days with School half the time and full days with us the rest, and skis blacks, bumps and chopped powder pretty well. The 5 year old gets a run or 2 with us at the end of the day (usually about 15:30). Ski School is usually groups of 2 to 4 kids per instructor, and I really would disagree with easiski about more than half a day being a waste of money. It is also a social activity for the kids, especially the 5 year old who gets to play with kids his own age, and it allows us to ski. Worth the dosh to me 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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My daughter, 6 this winter, has done 1/2 days, but for 2 weeks at a time, for the past three years.
As others have said, sometimes they want to do other things - swimming, hot-tubs, clown school, jigsaws, whatever. We ensure that it is a family holiday with skiing as the primary but by no means exclusive activity.
Fortunately we have always traveled with friends and their children, so if the kids choose not to ski with us in the afternoons, then there is always the possibility of a division of labour, with some adults skiing, some doing other pursuits. It works well, and over a two week period, the smalls certainly do progress their skiing ability, despite not being under pressure to perform all day every day.
It is important to remember that when tiredness sets in, you can kill a child's enthusiasm for anything if you keep pushing it down their throats. Hot housing is certainly one approach, but not mine.
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