Today was another very busy session at the gym. We picked up some new kids in the class because the gym offers 4 week segments or 8 week segments, so this is the start of the second 4 week session. Eight kids participated in the class and one older tag-along kid did the exercises behind the others - which was frustrating, as she was probably 8 or 9 and the class is meant for kids ages 18 months to 3 years.
The class started with the matching exercise, and I think the kids are losing interest in it. At least Mackenzie seems to be. Hopefully they'll start warming up with something different next week. After warm-up it was time for beam. Three rounds of jumping over stars on the low beam and walking on tip toes on the high beam followed by a round of kicks on both beams. Mackenzie did a great job.
From beam we went to the obstacle course - forward roll, donkey kicks, walking backward on the floor beam, jumping over the flags, back walkovers over the mat. Mackenzie did donkey kicks on her own for the first time today! They still need some work, and she struggled a little bit, but she did it all by herself! And her forward rolls were awesome today - she did a great job! She also jumped over the flags without prompting/help - we are making great progress!
After the obstacle course the kids went to bars. Mackenzie still struggles with hanging onto the bar a bit, and she did not love the forward roll over the bar today. She kicked the french fries and swung a little bit from the high bar, and did her best to try the push up position. We went through the bars rotation three times and she decided she was ready to be done with bars, so we took a break until the other kids were finished.
Then she got to go to trampoline. Mackenzie is starting to get the jump your feet out, jump your feet together exercise. She still walks them out and in though, ha ha. On off turns when the kids weren't jumping they played with the balls. That station was by far her favorite today, which it normally is but even more so because of the balls. She wasn't sure if she'd rather be jumping or throwing the toys.
The kids finished up in the pit and Mackenzie was having a great time - then they got stamps. Overall a good day for the kiddo but I can't wait until the class size goes back down a bit - talk about chaos.
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