 Poster: A snowHead
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Our group is thinking of booking shared private lessons for 7 kids (3 instructors) with Magic in La Tania.
Obviously this is an expensive option for us but after less than ideal experiences in the past for all of us we are hoping that it will be very good.
Would be nice to hear some positive comments from other  s.
Thanks a lot!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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sarah, 3 instructors for 7 kids? Lucky kids!
I had private lessons with Magic 2 years ago, the instructor was excellent. I really wish I could remember his name.  Very patient, and helped me a great deal. Presumably the kids will be on an simlar level to each other, if so I shouldn't worry.
IMHO, private lessons are a world appart from group lessons. Please let us know how you get on.
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BMF_Skier,Thanks! 3 instructors because the kids are at 3 levels, according to Magic we have 2 level 0, 2 level 1, 3 level 2, we wanted 2 but Magic reckoned that it's not advisable to merge levels in a class, so we've had to split them out into 3 ability levels. We were going to do their classes but in La Tania they don't run their Little Ones programme only Fun Factory which is for ages 6-9. But three of the kids are 4-5. It got really complicated because we thought that we'd put the older ones in Fun Factory and get 1 shared instructor between the three younger ones but they are at different levels with 1 complete beginner and so Magic didn't recommend that. Then they said they would take the 5 year olds into Fun Factory but not the 4 year old (who is my child) who would have to have private. We thought that would be really rubbish for him to see his mates go off all together every day whilst he has to go off on his own and the cost of the equivalent hours private was  Hopefully this is the best solution, bit pricey but it should be good.
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Chasseur, thanks that's reassuring
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My two kids were in the group lessons at Xmas in la Tania. It was very quiet and G was in a group with 2 others and E was on his own! 20 hours of private lessons! Anyway the instructors are great, very tolerant and understanding of the youngsters. Actually I have a video of E's instructor giving him a skiing shoulder carry down the red run to the village and jumping onthe bumps!
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prthomas, thanks for that, again very reassuring. We were hoping that we might have ended up like that with their groups as we are going on a quiet week but the showstopper was them not taking the 4 year old.
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sarah,
We used Magic in LT last year ( 2007-08 ) and again this year at New Year for 9 adults and 10 children in various groups including shared private lessons and all had very positive results. We also found that by doing it this way we could get 4 afternoons of lessons rather than having to commit to the full days for the children, so we could ski in social family groups on mornings as well as free days.
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SteveM, thanks, we've booked them now
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Glad to hear you booked them.We used Magic in La Tania about three years ago for private lessons for four children, four hours a day for six days. It was a great experience for everyone and all four children made enormous progress.
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