My little kiddo recently switched from a preschool class to a developmental class. It's definitely a lot more work, but she seems to be really liking it. She asked me if her coach could move in with us! I don't know where that came from. Their little minds work so strangely.
She is certainly one of the more immature kids in the class physically, but not behavior wise. I'm proud that she is actually one of the few kids who can stay in line and do as she is asked. She is definitely less coordinated than the older kids as expected.
I like the fact that they work on each event and she's actually being challenged. The preschool class was more about listening, as it should be, but she has no problem in that area. I wish there was a class that had more focus, but with kids closer to her age. She is the youngest by a year and some of the kids are 3 years older than her. A year is not a lot, but it is a lot when it is the difference between 3.5 and 4.5 in my opinion. There is certainly a huge difference between 3.5 and 6.5. That's a completely different world.
I sometimes feel like the coach isn't patient with her. She'll call out a direction like run down and touch the square and then do 20 push-ups. Well, my DD doesn't even know what a push-up is! She can count, but I'm not sure she understands that she's supposed to count her push-ups. Watching her do "push-ups" is so funny. She just moves her butt instead of bending her arms! She's gotten good at just doing whatever the girl next to her does. It seems like the coach just assumes she should know how to do something and then sometimes seems irritated when she has no clue what she was just asked to do. She was tellling all the girls tonight to do their push-ups correctly or they would have to do them over. It's not like DD wasn't trying. I just don't think she is coordinated enough to do a push-up.
I'm probably being too sensitive because she's my baby! I've asked her every time if she wants to go back to her old class and she says no.
I did hear that when school starts they may split the class up a bit more if there are more kids in it. Right now it's only about 4 girls, with 6 if everyone shows up. I hope that happens.
She is certainly one of the more immature kids in the class physically, but not behavior wise. I'm proud that she is actually one of the few kids who can stay in line and do as she is asked. She is definitely less coordinated than the older kids as expected.
I like the fact that they work on each event and she's actually being challenged. The preschool class was more about listening, as it should be, but she has no problem in that area. I wish there was a class that had more focus, but with kids closer to her age. She is the youngest by a year and some of the kids are 3 years older than her. A year is not a lot, but it is a lot when it is the difference between 3.5 and 4.5 in my opinion. There is certainly a huge difference between 3.5 and 6.5. That's a completely different world.
I sometimes feel like the coach isn't patient with her. She'll call out a direction like run down and touch the square and then do 20 push-ups. Well, my DD doesn't even know what a push-up is! She can count, but I'm not sure she understands that she's supposed to count her push-ups. Watching her do "push-ups" is so funny. She just moves her butt instead of bending her arms! She's gotten good at just doing whatever the girl next to her does. It seems like the coach just assumes she should know how to do something and then sometimes seems irritated when she has no clue what she was just asked to do. She was tellling all the girls tonight to do their push-ups correctly or they would have to do them over. It's not like DD wasn't trying. I just don't think she is coordinated enough to do a push-up.
I'm probably being too sensitive because she's my baby! I've asked her every time if she wants to go back to her old class and she says no.
I did hear that when school starts they may split the class up a bit more if there are more kids in it. Right now it's only about 4 girls, with 6 if everyone shows up. I hope that happens.