Our Little Gymnast

Kailah is in Gymnastics with the community center here in Dos Vientos and she loves it!  The first time it took her the whole class time to warm up, and the second time we went she was a pro.  She is the youngest in the class so she is the one that still needs to works on things.  She is really good at the balance beam and can practically do it herself!  She is learning to go sideways on the balance beam and walk forward on it as well.  she does really good hanging on the bar and she loves rolling down like a hot dog on the mat although we are working on her composure for that one.  One thing that she really needs work on right now is learning how to jump.  She does pretty good on the tramp but on the ground she just can not figure out how to put two feet together and jump up!  She was never a jumper even as a baby sitting in her jumperoo that hangs in the doorway, she would sway side to side but she never figured out how to jump in it.  I am hoping being in gymnastics will help her with that.   It has also been a great social thing.  Kailah is very timid and shy when she first meets people.  I was like this when I was little and Jason said he was too (which I kind of find hard to believe but that's what he says.).  So I can see where she gets it from but I wish she could just break out of her shell and be her goofy self all the time.  Being around other children that are unfamiliar on a regular basis I think will help her with her social skills.  Gymnastics also teaches her how to wait her turn and how to take direction and they do a lot of counting and learning colors too.  I am so pleased with the program that she is in.