Kyle finished his 3rd session of gym class this morning. When he started this class at 13 months he:
- Crawled up and down the mats
- Needed help climbing up the small slide and held my hand sliding down
- Was shy during bubble time
- Sat on my lap during circle time (or tried to run away) and watched the other kids do the arm movements/actions to the songs
- Needed me to place him in the middle of the parachute for ring around the rosie
And now at 17 months he:
- Runs full speed up and down the mats
- Climbs up the small and big slides by himself and flies down
- Runs over to the bubbles and pops them while saying "pop pop pop"
- Comes over to circle time on his own, sits down in front of me and does all the arm movements and actions by himself! His favorite is smelling his stinky feet and saying "eeeew" and talking on his foot phone and saying "hello!"
- Runs to the middle of the parachute, sits down in the middle and waits for ring around the rosie
- Helps the coach put the balls/scarves/toys away
- Almost gets air while jumping on the trampoline
- Walks along the balance beam with my assistance
- Hangs on the bars
- Runs over to sit down for stamps on his hands and feet and lifts his shirt up to get one on his tummy
This class has been so great for him, and he loves it! We are going to continue these 6-week sessions until he's old enough for the next level (24 months), and I have no doubt he'll just love running around with the bigger kids and learning even more.
