The Little Gym Shows

The kids had their last week at The Little Gym for the spring semester this past week. For the classes for ages 3+ the children have "Show Week" at which they put on a performance or recital with routines of things they have learned over the semester. Rebekah performed with her classmates with a tap dance, ballet dance, and some gymnastics routines.

This first set of pictures are from the tap and ballet dances.

Here is the video of their performance. Rebekah obviously loves ballet, much more than tap. She seemed to really enjoy dancing ballet a lot more during the performance.



Following are pictures of the gymnastics portion of the show.

Rebekah has really improved this semester in gymnastics. She had taken a break from it until I felt she was mature enough to go to a class by herself, and she started soon after she turned four years old. She has amazed me with how quickly she has gained momentum and done as well as she has. She has great balance. Even on the bobbles she catches herself. I love how she jumps up and down excited over her accomplishment on the beam, which is one of her favorite stations. Here is some video of the gymnastics portion. The first five minutes is the warm-up, so feel free to skip to the stations if you'd like. The beam is at 6:00 and the bars at 8:40.



You can view a professional photographer's photos of Rebekah's class here.

This class at The Little Gym seems to have really boosted Rebekah's confidence. She is also getting great exercise, and she's having fun. Mr. Keith and Mrs. Nancy are phenomenal teachers, and both our kids just love them! I love how it is a non-threatening environment, the classes are fun, but yet the children are taking life-long lessons with them, even if they don't go on to be dancers or gymnasts.

Joshua also had his final class for the semester this week. He took a make-up class on Friday since he missed his Tuesday class due to our recent trip to visit my sister. Joshua finally really enjoyed the air track. Actually, the last time Mr. Keith pulled it out Joshua played on it for a couple minutes, and that was more than he had ever been willing before. I think a lot had to do with the adults getting off and letting the kids play on it alone, although part of it is just being more confident on it. Joshua still has a long way to go in this class, but he is getting better, and I see improvements in him in one area at nearly every class. I'm also including some pics from a previous visit to The Little Gym that I have not posted yet.

And you can look at the professional photos of Joshua's last class here.