Our first activity was also gymnastics, also wednesday evenings, for 45 minutes. It sounds like the same class. Structured chaos, glass window, stamps, ribbon ceremonies… but my kids cried every time they went in. If you were sitting next to me when you took your notes, I can only imagine the quote you would have captured.
Loved this post, although I sent it to my mom and I'd have to imagine it hit much harder with her, as I was a gymnast from age 5 until I graduated college.
It's a fantastic sport, though one that does come with it's unique downsides — that a $40 registration fee is the absolute tippy-top of the iceberg: endless leotards (mandatory), competition fees, private lessons, choreography classes, private club tuition, coaches travel expenses and a slew of other things I wasn’t privy to as a kid await at the competitive level. Similar to ice hockey or swimming, it would’ve been much easier/cheaper to choose a public-school sponsored sport where you don’t have to pay for gym/rink/pool time. My parents always laughed that my college scholarship meant they just about broke even.
Still, she’s young enough to reap the benefits at a reasonable price/time commitment for now (at the risk of falling in love with the sport as I did!) Gymnastics is great for developing motor skills, body awareness and confidence that helps with so many other things in sports, and life. And hopefully you can continue savoring those precious 45 minutes to yourself each week 🙂
Our first activity was also gymnastics, also wednesday evenings, for 45 minutes. It sounds like the same class. Structured chaos, glass window, stamps, ribbon ceremonies… but my kids cried every time they went in. If you were sitting next to me when you took your notes, I can only imagine the quote you would have captured.
Loved this post, although I sent it to my mom and I'd have to imagine it hit much harder with her, as I was a gymnast from age 5 until I graduated college.
It's a fantastic sport, though one that does come with it's unique downsides — that a $40 registration fee is the absolute tippy-top of the iceberg: endless leotards (mandatory), competition fees, private lessons, choreography classes, private club tuition, coaches travel expenses and a slew of other things I wasn’t privy to as a kid await at the competitive level. Similar to ice hockey or swimming, it would’ve been much easier/cheaper to choose a public-school sponsored sport where you don’t have to pay for gym/rink/pool time. My parents always laughed that my college scholarship meant they just about broke even.
Still, she’s young enough to reap the benefits at a reasonable price/time commitment for now (at the risk of falling in love with the sport as I did!) Gymnastics is great for developing motor skills, body awareness and confidence that helps with so many other things in sports, and life. And hopefully you can continue savoring those precious 45 minutes to yourself each week 🙂
Nooo don't start the activities! I jest. It will happen, sooner or later. If it is sooner, than it is organic and not coerced.
and I love your class activity note taking!
Let the games begin. Seems your eavesdropping can give you some warning signs about the parents you don’t want to become.