Toddlers and Ice Skating

[Smirnov2Chistov]

I was wondering if any parents could help with advice: To those who have toddlers, or younger kids - how did you get your kids skating?

My little guy is 3 and it was his first time on skates this past weekend. First things first - he enjoyed himself! Couldn't get him off the whole hour and a half at our local rink. He also enjoyed 'falling' (me holding onto his snow pants letting him down gently), and walking back and forth on the benches.

Since my wife picked up ice skating rather quickly during the holidays, she wanted our son to pick up the hobby too. Learn to skate is a tad pricey where we are ($250 for 8-10 weeks). So we will most likely just skate once a week during a public skate session on the weekends. I felt like he understood some of the concepts while skating, but constantly lost his balance lol.

 

[HansonBro]

I was wondering if any parents could help with advice: To those who have toddlers, or younger kids - how did you get your kids skating?

My little guy is 3 and it was his first time on skates this past weekend. First things first - he enjoyed himself! Couldn't get him off the whole hour and a half at our local rink. He also enjoyed 'falling' (me holding onto his snow pants letting him down gently), and walking back and forth on the benches.

Since my wife picked up ice skating rather quickly during the holidays, she wanted our son to pick up the hobby too. Learn to skate is a tad pricey where we are ($250 for 8-10 weeks). So we will most likely just skate once a week during a public skate session on the weekends. I felt like he understood some of the concepts while skating, but constantly lost his balance lol.

I learned to "skate" on bob skates first. You know the skates with the 4 mini blades?

I really dont remember transitioning to regular skates but i know its common now to use a walker designed for kids learning to skate. Pretty sure a lot of rinks have them available free or maybe a rental.