Here are a few of the things that Amaya participated in:
This was one of the first skills they worked on: trapping a ball. I would roll the ball and Amaya would have to "trap" the ball in the empty juice container. The first week she didn't really understand how to "trap" the ball, but by the end of the class, she mastered it quite well.
Her teacher set up a ladder with various gift bows in between the rungs. This was supposed to resemble a garden. The kids were instructed to place the bows in the ladder and then they were supposed to walk through the "garden" without stepping on any of the flowers. In the background of the picture, there was play equipment set up that Amaya loved to play on.
Amaya liked all of the activities that involved balls. She was able to make quite a few baskets, but wanted to shoot the ball in the grown-up baskets too! Maybe if she gets Steve's height genes, we may have a basketball player on our hands. Who knows?
Each week, there was a different layout of the gym mats. Here Amaya is supposed to climb up the mats and then jump off the top one. At one point, Amaya wanted Grandma Horning to climb up with her and jump too! It was a special treat anytime her grandparents came to watch her!
Amaya liked hanging off the bar quite a bit too - actually, I don't think there was any activity she didn't like. The kids were supposed to hang from the bar for 5 seconds. The longest Amaya was able to hang was 13 seconds - Gymnast maybe?
Again, more balls. They had to practice throwing the ball up in the air and catching it. Amaya liked giving Grandma Horning all the balls and watch her try to juggle. I tried juggling with three balls, but I'm a little rusty.
It was fun to see what skills Amaya had mastered over the course of 6 weeks and to see what she still needs to work on. Every once and while, she'll walk backwards or sideways like she was taught in class. Overall, it was a great class, and I'm not sure who had more fun - me or Amaya or Grandma!