So I just found out my nephew and niece will be joining us for Thanksgiving, 
with the plan being to take them to the mountains for their first ski or 
snowboarding lessons. The boy is seven and the girl is ten. I think seven is 
the age at which they'll let kids start taking snowboard lessons, and since 
their uncle and aunt snowboard, I'm guessing that's what they'll choose. 

I don't have kids, nor experience with them learning either sport, so I'm 
looking for any advice as to what our strategy should be. I know we'll have 
at least two days and possibly three. I think it's pretty much a given that 
we'll put them in a full day lesson for their first, but I'm sort of 
wondering what to do after that. We certainly would like to spend some time 
with them on the hill, but we also would like to see them get as much out of 
the experience as possible, especially since they live near a ski area and 
could continue on with the sport if they like it. If we only have two days, 
would people recommend that we push them to take a second full or half day 
lesson? I'm fairly certain that after only one lesson they'll still not 
going to have gotten very far, and as much as I'd like to believe otherwise, 
I imagine trying to teach them myself on day two would be frustrating and 
probably disastrous. What sort of learning curve should I expect from kids 
that age? Also, in the effort to seem open minded, I should probably ask, is 
it fair to say at that age that children at that age progress equally well 
whether skiing or snowboarding? 

Thanks in advance,
Chris

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