Ada’s Next Dance Class
Ada has done really well with her pre-ballet class. Not that she is a ballet prodigy. She is still as clumsy as when she started. However, she does at least understand that ballet isn’t scooting on your butt in the middle of a store. She knows warm-up exercises, ballet walks, runs, poses and a few other moves.
Ada has done really well in that she has gone and participated without very few sensory meltdowns. She had one issue in the beginning when taking turns, and last week was the first time she wouldn’t go in the class and I had to resort to her breathing exercises to get her to calm down.
She is handling it so well that I enrolled her in another class starting at the end of March that goes until mid-May. This is a creative dance class. It focuses on movement, music and rhythm. Ada has a surplus of movement and creativity. It’s the rhythm part she lacking. It is also taught by the same group of instructors that do pre-ballet. Unfortunately, it isn’t on Saturday. It is on Thursday evenings. It really only affects dinner plans. Easy or pre-fixed meals will have to be a part of that day. I see many trips to fancy Dillons for the Mediterranean bar or rotisserie chicken. Or carry out sushi! I’ll also have to bring Jay with me. It is in the same place, so we can go to that concrete observation area above the gym where he can have freedom to run about. It will work out great as long as I don’t bring anything he can throw over the edge.
I love having these classes available from Parks and Rec. The other classes for younger kids that I’ll try her in are Cherry O’s, which is intro to cheerleading and tumbling, and another pre-dance class that focuses on coordination and flexibility. Next summer, she’ll be old enough to get into a class that really focuses on one area of dance. Hopefully by then she’ll know what she likes the best.
Jay just hit the minimum age to start taking some classes. I’ll look for some sort of tumbling class for him. There needs to be a class called “Please Wear Out My Child So He Will Go To Bed At A Decent Time.” I’ll probably wait until fall and put both of them in the Fitness Fun class. It requires my participation and has activities geared towards coordination skills that prep them for sports — kicking, hitting, catching and so forth without there being any competition. It would be fun to do that with a group of kids rather than just with me in the backyard, I think.
Have I mentioned lately that you’re a really good mom?