On Tuesday we went to a make-up lesson because of the holiday a few weeks ago. Miss Joyce was the coach Tuesday, and she did great with the kids. It was a good class to go to as a make-up because almost all of the kids were around the age of a year and a half to two.
Miss Joyce started the class with some stretching and bug exercises. The kids pretended to be a bunch of different bugs - bumble bees, inch worms/caterpillars, butterflies, etc. They also did straddle stretch, pike stretch, and v-sits. Miss Joyce did a good job of keeping the kids entertained by being upbeat and energetic.
After stretching, the kids did floor. They rolled down the wedge mat with bean bags, chirped like a cricket with cricket legs, jumped like a frog (Peanut finally understood how to do this - yay! She did great!), did back handspring exercises, smashed the bug, and did the handstand mat. Peanut did such a good job and sat in line with all of the other kids and participated.
From floor the class went to bars. Miss Joyce did things a little differently and Peanut really responded. On the low bar the kids grabbed on and touched their toes to the bar. Peanut hung on!!!!! All by herself!!! I wanted to cheer - Okay, I did cheer quietly :) I was so proud! Then she hung on the first uneven bar set to touch her feet to the butterflies and clap her legs together. YAY AGAIN!!!!! On the second uneven bar set she hung on a little bit but needed quite a bit of help. Still, great improvement for Peanut. SOOOOO PROUD! Peanut went through the rotation three times and did great each time!
Then the class went to beam. Forward roll on the floor beam, stepping over stars on the low beam, walking forward on the mid beam and then second time through walking side steps on the mid beam. Peanut was awesome again. She did the forward roll, she stepped over stars, and she walked forward like a pro. When it was time to side step she was trying to cross her legs over like the big kids do! She was so good :) She went through the beam rotation twice and then rested for a minute before going to trampoline.
At trampoline Miss Joyce tried to get the kids to do a bunch of different skills. Peanut kept jumping and doing seat drops instead, but the other kids were mainly just running around so I was just happy she was jumping :). And no fits! Yay Peanut!
The class finished up on trampoline and got stamps and ribbons for being twinkle stars. I was so proud of Peanut, she did awesome! What great progress for 8 weeks of class!
***I think I forgot to update with Day 3 lesson before but the kids did the same things they normally did, but started with the parachute for fun. The class seemed to have a blast!***
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Week 8, Day 1: Gymnastics
And so begins the last week of the term! Crazy how quickly time passes!
The class on Monday started with the kids doing the bug matching game. Peanut and I found three or four matches and she proudly brought them to Miss Lina - yay kiddo! After the bug matching game the class went to bars.
Then the class went to the beam. On beam the kids did donkey kicks on the floor beam, walked backwards (trying to do so by themselves) on the low beam, and did kicks on mid beam. Miss Lina was trying to get Peanut to straighten her legs and point her toes while she did kicks. Peanut only needed her to lightly touch her toes and she would point them right away :).
After beam came bars. Peanut had a great lesson and participated well in everything - flips, catching butterflies, and toes to the high bar/chin above the bar. Another little girl, Addison, was having a difficult day and her mom kept threatening to leave the class but they never did. I don't think Addison really did much of anything through any of the rotations.
When the group had made it through bars they went to trampoline. Unfortunately there were six kids, so the group had to rotate through the trampoline station. Peanut loves the trampoline and was having a hard time taking turns. I got her calmed down, though, until the class moved to the tumble track. She had a meltdown - she did NOT want to leave the trampoline. I gave her a warning and told her if she couldn't calm down we were leaving early and I followed through. When her fit started to escalate we left right away and didn't do the tumble track or the stamp that day.
I wasn't mad at all, but it's unsafe for her to be making so much noise and being so disruptive when kids are trying to do flips and other difficult things around her. Plus, she has to know that throwing a fit is not the way to get what she wants. We grabbed dinner on the way home and she was calmed down by the time we got home to eat. :)
The class on Monday started with the kids doing the bug matching game. Peanut and I found three or four matches and she proudly brought them to Miss Lina - yay kiddo! After the bug matching game the class went to bars.
Then the class went to the beam. On beam the kids did donkey kicks on the floor beam, walked backwards (trying to do so by themselves) on the low beam, and did kicks on mid beam. Miss Lina was trying to get Peanut to straighten her legs and point her toes while she did kicks. Peanut only needed her to lightly touch her toes and she would point them right away :).
After beam came bars. Peanut had a great lesson and participated well in everything - flips, catching butterflies, and toes to the high bar/chin above the bar. Another little girl, Addison, was having a difficult day and her mom kept threatening to leave the class but they never did. I don't think Addison really did much of anything through any of the rotations.
When the group had made it through bars they went to trampoline. Unfortunately there were six kids, so the group had to rotate through the trampoline station. Peanut loves the trampoline and was having a hard time taking turns. I got her calmed down, though, until the class moved to the tumble track. She had a meltdown - she did NOT want to leave the trampoline. I gave her a warning and told her if she couldn't calm down we were leaving early and I followed through. When her fit started to escalate we left right away and didn't do the tumble track or the stamp that day.
I wasn't mad at all, but it's unsafe for her to be making so much noise and being so disruptive when kids are trying to do flips and other difficult things around her. Plus, she has to know that throwing a fit is not the way to get what she wants. We grabbed dinner on the way home and she was calmed down by the time we got home to eat. :)
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Week 7, Day 2
This week has been so crazy and so busy, but Peanut did great again today at gymnastics! It was a little strange, because morning practices have stopped since we're getting into the summer term, and her class had the gym to themselves!
The class started off doing the hula hoop exercise where the kids try and jump through the moving hula hoops. Peanut was having soooo much fun! Laughing the whole time and running after the hula hoop. She was doing as well as all of the other kids - which is better than she did last time they did this exercise. She was actually really sad when warm up was over and Miss Lina put the hula hoops away.
Then the group went to balance beam. Forward roll for Peanut on floor beam (donkey kicks for the rest of the class), hopping/stepping up from targets on the floor to the low beam, and scoops on the mid beam. Peanut did the rotation twice through, although she doesn't always understand the scoops exercise. She does more of a half kick, half scoop walk. :) Cute kiddo, she'll get it.
After balance beam, the class went to bars. Peanut did the flip on the low bar, tried to get the butterflies on the first uneven bars set, and did toes to the bar on the second uneven bars set. She went through the stations two and a half times, and Miss Lina commented on how flexible she is! She does not get that from me - haha.
Miss Lina asked Peanut if she wanted to do trampoline next and Peanut lit up and got a huge smile on her face as she tried to say trampoline. So cute! The class went to trampoline and again tried to connect doggie to belly. Peanut did belly a couple of times but struggled to get doggie today. She did a few butt to belly connections though - LOL. Unintentional, I think.
After trampoline, the class did something completely new and lots of fun. Miss Lina made a huge slide from the vault table down into the pit and the kids took turns sliding in. Peanut loved it but got something in her eye the first time - it was really watering and she was having a hard time opening it for a little while. That didn't stop her from wanting another turn though! By the time she got her stamp at the end her eye seemed to be doing better and she was completely fine once we got in the car.
We also had a ton of fun after leaving gymnastics. We came home and packed up some lunch and some bread and headed into campus to meet Daddy. On campus we ate a picnic lunch and went down by the river to feed the duckies. Peanut LOVED it - she giggled as the ducks came and ate the bread and crackers she threw. The geese that were around made me nervous, there was one really mean goose that kept chasing us down and it was taller than Peanut. I was worried that it would attack so I kept picking Peanut up and running to other parts of the grass. She was exhausted afterwards, she slept for two and a half hours almost for her nap!
The class started off doing the hula hoop exercise where the kids try and jump through the moving hula hoops. Peanut was having soooo much fun! Laughing the whole time and running after the hula hoop. She was doing as well as all of the other kids - which is better than she did last time they did this exercise. She was actually really sad when warm up was over and Miss Lina put the hula hoops away.
Then the group went to balance beam. Forward roll for Peanut on floor beam (donkey kicks for the rest of the class), hopping/stepping up from targets on the floor to the low beam, and scoops on the mid beam. Peanut did the rotation twice through, although she doesn't always understand the scoops exercise. She does more of a half kick, half scoop walk. :) Cute kiddo, she'll get it.
After balance beam, the class went to bars. Peanut did the flip on the low bar, tried to get the butterflies on the first uneven bars set, and did toes to the bar on the second uneven bars set. She went through the stations two and a half times, and Miss Lina commented on how flexible she is! She does not get that from me - haha.
Miss Lina asked Peanut if she wanted to do trampoline next and Peanut lit up and got a huge smile on her face as she tried to say trampoline. So cute! The class went to trampoline and again tried to connect doggie to belly. Peanut did belly a couple of times but struggled to get doggie today. She did a few butt to belly connections though - LOL. Unintentional, I think.
After trampoline, the class did something completely new and lots of fun. Miss Lina made a huge slide from the vault table down into the pit and the kids took turns sliding in. Peanut loved it but got something in her eye the first time - it was really watering and she was having a hard time opening it for a little while. That didn't stop her from wanting another turn though! By the time she got her stamp at the end her eye seemed to be doing better and she was completely fine once we got in the car.
We also had a ton of fun after leaving gymnastics. We came home and packed up some lunch and some bread and headed into campus to meet Daddy. On campus we ate a picnic lunch and went down by the river to feed the duckies. Peanut LOVED it - she giggled as the ducks came and ate the bread and crackers she threw. The geese that were around made me nervous, there was one really mean goose that kept chasing us down and it was taller than Peanut. I was worried that it would attack so I kept picking Peanut up and running to other parts of the grass. She was exhausted afterwards, she slept for two and a half hours almost for her nap!
Week 7, Day 1
Mackenzie did great at gymnastics on Monday! The class started out matching bugs, and with my help she participated and gave Miss Lina a couple of matches - yay kiddo!
From warm-up, the class went to bars I believe, where they did flips on the low bar, caught the butterflies one the first uneven bars set, and swung on the second uneven bars set. Peanut went through the stations two or three times and was doing a pretty good job! We just have to work on holding on still :).
After bars, the class went to beam, where they did forward roll on the floor beam, jumped from targets on the ground to the low beam, and walked backwards on the mid beam. Peanut was the best one in her class at walking backwards on the mid beam!! I was so proud :) She went through the beam stations twice, if I recall correctly.
Then the class went to the rock wall and the rope. The rock wall was a bit of a flop, but Peanut had SOOOO much fun sitting on the bottom knot of the rope and swinging back and forth. I held her legs closed so that she would stay on the rope and Miss Lina pushed her and held on to her back. She was giggling!
From the rope swing, the class went to trampoline and worked on connecting the doggie jump to a belly flop type jump. Peanut actually did it a few times, but I'm not sure it was intentional. She is doing so well at jumping!! One of the other parents actually commented on what a good job she was doing :).
After trampoline, the kiddos did something they haven't done before. With Miss Lina's help, they side stepped along the high beam (the beam that all of the competitive gymnasts use) and jumped into the foam pit. Peanut went for it and did great! So proud :). The class ended with paw print stamps. Yay Peanut!
From warm-up, the class went to bars I believe, where they did flips on the low bar, caught the butterflies one the first uneven bars set, and swung on the second uneven bars set. Peanut went through the stations two or three times and was doing a pretty good job! We just have to work on holding on still :).
After bars, the class went to beam, where they did forward roll on the floor beam, jumped from targets on the ground to the low beam, and walked backwards on the mid beam. Peanut was the best one in her class at walking backwards on the mid beam!! I was so proud :) She went through the beam stations twice, if I recall correctly.
Then the class went to the rock wall and the rope. The rock wall was a bit of a flop, but Peanut had SOOOO much fun sitting on the bottom knot of the rope and swinging back and forth. I held her legs closed so that she would stay on the rope and Miss Lina pushed her and held on to her back. She was giggling!
From the rope swing, the class went to trampoline and worked on connecting the doggie jump to a belly flop type jump. Peanut actually did it a few times, but I'm not sure it was intentional. She is doing so well at jumping!! One of the other parents actually commented on what a good job she was doing :).
After trampoline, the kiddos did something they haven't done before. With Miss Lina's help, they side stepped along the high beam (the beam that all of the competitive gymnasts use) and jumped into the foam pit. Peanut went for it and did great! So proud :). The class ended with paw print stamps. Yay Peanut!
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