Amy can now write many of her letters and is so eager and proud to try. She's been able to write her name for several months now and lately is even asking to write peoples' names on their cards when she's signing them. She can write Reed's name really well too. Amy is also asking us how to spell words sometimes too. Today was the first time I've heard her say "but I don't know how to read!"....which was something Reed first said when he was probably a little bit older than Amy is now.
Amy has been taking ballet class this spring and the classes just wrapped up last weekend. It was held at the Cub Run Recreation Center and started out with about 10 girls in
it, all 3-4 years old. The first class, Amy walked right in the class with no problem, and watched everything the teacher Miss Debbie did, doing her best to imitate her. It was terrific! Week 2....not so good. Some of the other girls were scared to go in - this is kind of a unique setup because there's a window you can watch through, but parents are not allowed in the class at all. Some of the girls were afraid and resisted going in.....and I swear it never would have occurred to Amy on her own to be afraid to go in the class, but she sure did pick right up on it. A couple of the weeks she didn't go in the class at all, others she went in only for brief times. It was so crazy, because once she was in, she LOVED it! She took it so very seriously and never took her eyes off the teacher, doing her very best to do everything she was supposed to. She wrapped up the last two weeks going right in the class with no fuss and she did just great. She was thrilled to get two stamps on her arm the first to last class, so proud of herself.
We're thinking we may sign her up for another class a little later in the year, when she'll be a little more mature and hopefully there'd be a little less of the drama.
it, all 3-4 years old. The first class, Amy walked right in the class with no problem, and watched everything the teacher Miss Debbie did, doing her best to imitate her. It was terrific! Week 2....not so good. Some of the other girls were scared to go in - this is kind of a unique setup because there's a window you can watch through, but parents are not allowed in the class at all. Some of the girls were afraid and resisted going in.....and I swear it never would have occurred to Amy on her own to be afraid to go in the class, but she sure did pick right up on it. A couple of the weeks she didn't go in the class at all, others she went in only for brief times. It was so crazy, because once she was in, she LOVED it! She took it so very seriously and never took her eyes off the teacher, doing her very best to do everything she was supposed to. She wrapped up the last two weeks going right in the class with no fuss and she did just great. She was thrilled to get two stamps on her arm the first to last class, so proud of herself.We're thinking we may sign her up for another class a little later in the year, when she'll be a little more mature and hopefully there'd be a little less of the drama.
I'm just remembering now that when we told Amy she was going to take ballet, her biggest concern was "will there be a stage???" and hoping she would get to go out on stage first. So we had to explain there wouldn't be a stage but it'd still be a lot of fun. We're very proud of how well she did in the class.
We signed Reed up for a class called "Little Labcoats" at the same time as Amy's class. We were excited about it and thought it'd be great for him....but it didn't quite live up to expectations. The class was for 4-5 year olds and I think he'd really be more appropriate for a class designed for kids that are 6-8 or so. But he still enjoyed it for the most part. A strange coincidence, there was a boy in his class named Sam who was also in his "Farm School" class at Frying Pan Park that we had him in around the time Amy was born. That family also had a baby girl just a week or two before us. Small world!
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