Today we were back at tumbling/gymnastics, since we missed last week due to Isabel not feeling well and it was great. We also learned that the class is going to be on-going each month with the students building on what they have already learned in class to be better tumblers/gymnast. Hurray! We like Ms. Mo!
Today, after warm-ups Ms. Mo had the class do some running/jumping exercises and then balancing work on a floor level balance beam. She also had the class learn to do a handstand. She stressed the importance of never doing a handstand on your own, on your couch and/or your bed! I am so thankful Ms. Mo went over this first thing because Isabel had been trying to this very thing off the couch just the other day!!! I wanted Ms. Mo to stress this again and again (which she did!). Hopefully, Isabel was paying attention…
Ms. Mo showing the class the proper way of doing a handstand. Your weight is not on your head but your arms.
… a bit blurry but that’s Ms. Mo doing her handstand for the class.
Ms. Mo working with Isabel on getting her feet up into the air (donkey kick).
With the help of Ms. Mo, she did it. I think she would have been able to do it on her own if she had kept her feet together. Presley was the only one in class able to do it all on her own (several times!). Way to go Presley!
After working on handstands for awhile, Ms. Mo set up the room so the class could practice doing what they have learned in class on their own. Whether it be the forward somersault on the wedge, balance beam work, or the back-ward jump. Isabel worked on the balance beam several times and then went through Ms. Mo’s tunnel. After class Ms. Mo told them a story about a boy heading to the park to play. It was an action story just like the story from day 1.
Isabel practicing her balance beam. When they got to the middle, they were supposed to balance, lower their torso and raise one leg. Isabel did a great job but got wobbly if she got a little over confident with raising her leg back. Need to practice…
I have tried to get Isabel to practice all she’s learned in her tumbling/gymnastics class at home with me and she never wants to do it. She won’t even show Daddy all the things she has learned. Hopefully, she’ll want to practice otherwise, I think we’ll be dropping the class for lack of interest on her part. As Ms. Mo says,…
“The more you practice, the better you get!“