If your kids have skied before you may know the skis appropriate for them and make the reservations before hand. If you are skiing during a holiday of high skier count, you should ask about reserving skis and equipment. Also, some ski resorts will take reservations for group lessons. You should make reservations for your private lessons in advance to assure your lessons.

Your kids need a high-quality sun block, even if the sun is not out and bright. They will also require goggles and perhaps sun glasses. Goggles work the best for most kids. It is also advisable to have helmets for the children. A number of rental shops have helmets for rent. You will be able to purchase them at the ski resort.

There is no set age to start your kids skiing. Some children can do it at age six while some three-year-old children may be ready.

In a private lesson the child has one on one attention. Remember the ski resort with all the distractions of new sites such as lifts maybe snowmobiles, people on skis going by at speeds that might seem to them as outrageous. All of this distracts them and they do not have their attention on the instructor.

Many times the children will have more fun in group lessons. The inter-reactions with other children and the games that a good instructor will have the group play on ski's make it a good learning experience, as well as having fun.