Every class starts off with some group stretches where the kids use little beanie babies to stretch. "Now touch your animal to your toes" kind of thing. With the exception of an occasional sprint off into the distance, this usually goes pretty well.
We continue every week with an obstacle course. This includes some fun stuff (slides, houses) paired with some gymnastics and coordination skills. I try to make sure Lucy is 1st in line, but even if she's not, we usually cut the other kids anyway. Sounds rude, I know, but she's just so darn fast.
Two of our favorite obstacle course skills: jumping and rocking. The round out the list of top ten, anyway. Lucy can do a 2-foot jump from color to color on this mat without stopping or stepping in between. Yup, I'll brag. She's one mean jumper. Here she also is rocking with one of the twins in her class, Jack. I've never seen anything like these 2-year-olds. They are girl crazy: stare, slide up to, stroke hair, and put arms around the girls in class. Hysterical now, but ask me in 10 years.
After the obstacle course comes our exercise in patience. Turns on the bars and the trampoline must include patient waiting (or else teacher Bree makes the kid go last). This is a big change from Lucy's last gym, where the skill building turns came between other fun activities set up to keep the kids busy. I know that waiting is something Lucy will need to be able to do in the future, but at 2?
After the bars, the beam, and the trampoline, the kids all get to play in the pit, something the gym in Maine didn't have. Lucy likes to slide off the mat, but will NOT jump in feet first.
Mary, Jack, Chase, Norah, Lucy, Corbin, and Mallory.
And my Tinkerbell, posing with the Grim Reaper's horse.
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