Toddler Tumbling

Ali filled me in on the great classes the rec center offers. {We hope daisy will join us when she's old enough!} On Friday mornings, Nate & Hadley are in a tumbling class. Nate is by far the youngest at 18 months {the age minimum for the class} and Hadley is a close second at 20 months. Even though they can't really do any of it on their own, they still have a great time running around the room and actually doing some tumbling with the help of their mamas. They walk on a beam, hang from the bars and do different tricks, forward rolls/backward rolls, jump on the tramp, go down the slide, attempt a cartwheel, handstands, etc.

One of my favorite parts is at the beginning of class where the kiddos get to pick a circle and actually listen to Miss Tiffany's directions. She always plays a fun song that they sing and dance to and do some fun stretching before we actually start tumbling. I think it's good for Nate to have to focus and listen to directions of someone other than me!





It's been fun for Kiley and I to watch week after week as they remember more and more and get better every time with certain things. They definitely have great little memories and it's fun to watch them in action.

While Nate LOVES the bars and doing forward/backward rolls, his favorite part of tumbling class is in the last five minutes. Miss Tiffany sits down and all of the kids form a half circle around her where she gives out stamps and stickers. On the second week of class, Nate knew exactly what to do and was the first kid by Tiffany to get a stamp. Then he proceeds to show it to everyone throughout the day. He's very proud of his stamps.

We have a few more weeks of tumbling and then they go in to a Rock'n'Roll music class which they'll love!

{Tumbling photos courtesy of Kiley!}