A.C.
My 5 year old "tried" kung fu 13 months ago and has been "die hard" for it ever since. That's his year round activity, by his choice. He did soccer last spring, swim last summer, horseback riding lessons PART of this fall but due to 3 deaths in the family since October and my hospitalization a month ago, we didn't really keep that up too well. A few days ago, after receiving notices for the local sports leagues, I gave him his choice: do you want to try T-ball, soccer, sparring, or horses? He chose horseback riding. I want to give him the choices. In summer, we'll stop horses and do swim again (it's the one thing I tell him to do, but fortunately he likes it....we are at the pool a couple times a week and at the beach 2-3 times a week all summer long, and I don't think it's an option to have children who can't swim). After summer, he will have a choice again: soccer, flag football, sparring, horses, chess, bongos, whatever---I don't really care as long as he's learning and enjoying it. I say if he's not excited about TKD, offer him something else. I think that's the good things about "seasons"---it gives kids options to try different things through the year.