Alice Homeschools
A Home Based Education - Kindergarten year

Today the kids had their first day at gymnastics. We were a few minutes late because I wasn’t sure if we were going in the right direction. Turns out we were though.

There were four other kids there and two adults. Alice and Jake were the biggest kids there - I figured Alice might be because she’s 5 (the class is for 3-5 year olds). But I was surprised that Jake was second to her. He was the only boy in class and maybe girls are just tiny these days.

There are windows so you can watch the kids jump, tumble and balance. I took my crochet box with me because I am very close to finishing Alice’s poncho! They start out with basics like what looked like light stretches and jumping. Then they tumbled, played on a trampoline, played on balance beams and also on the uneven bars. With the adults help of course. I watched a lot or glanced up in between crocheting and they looked like they were having so much fun.

Child development is always interesting to me. I wonder what it is that makes some kids develop faster (emotionally, physically, mentally, etc.) then others. I said that Jake was the second biggest kid but once the class was over and everyone came out, I realized his vocabulary is much more advanced then the rest of the 3 year olds. The teacher said something about him being close to Alice’s age, and I said no he was just 3 in August.

So since the kids were bigger then the rest, the teachers (both also the owners) said it would be okay to move Alice and Jake to a different class. They said the other class moves a bit faster then this one did and those kids are about at the same level as where Alice and Jake are.

They had a lot of fun though, at the end they get a washable stamp on their foot and they were so proud of that. We go back next Tuesday.