Saturday, May 16, 2009

The Little Gym!

Eli is almost finished with his second semester at The Little Gym. His classes work on improving his flexibility, strength, balance, problem solving skills, social skills, and musicality. We both love these classes! Here are some of Eli's favorite things:

Eli loves rolling the hotdog around! We also use these to work on skills such as forward rolls and backhand springs!
There are tons of soft mats and wedges for Eli to climb on.

We start each class with the bells and singing! Eli always breaks the ice with his facial expressions and constant movement!

Eli on the crawling course.
The balls are Eli's favorite part! All the kids love them and it is one BIG cry-fest when it's time to put them away! Thankfully this part is always followed by bubbles which are also a big hit!

Playing on the Air Mat! Eli loves to jump and bounce around!

Eli tried a new skill at this class: the BALANCE BEAM!! I was actually pretty impressed!


Of course, Eli is not always so graceful! Check out our dismount at the end of this video!


3 comments:

Tara said...

It looks like he has a ball! Hope there were no visible injuries after that dismount!

Owings Family said...

No visible injuries from THAT one. He jumped right up and ran on to the next activity! He does get plenty of bruises right now. Like last night when he took a header into the corner of the coffee table! But boys will be boys and he only cried a little! He's my tough little man!

Casey said...

Love the pictures from the little gym! I'm definitely going to have to get Drew there soon! He needs somewhere to burn off all his energy!