First Gymboree class
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We just got back from our first Gymboree class! Monday and Wednesday Corbin goes to daycare; Tuesdays and Fridays we go to the pool. So we needed something to do on Thursdays, and I immediately thought of Kindermusik. But we've done that before, and I wanted to know what all our options were. There's a Gymboree right next to Babies R Us, about a mile from our house, so I looked up their info online and discovered we could try our first class free. I was afraid Corbin would be fussy, or clingy, or simply ignore any parts that were structured.
But it was nearly a perfect experience! After Corbin supprised me by pointing to all the different color mats and saying red, yellow, green, blue, and purple (I'm not sure if he knows orange or not, because he certainly can't pronounce it), he was ready to quit showing off and just play. Corbin loved all the different things to climb on during opening free play time, and he was totally content to let me redirect him to the various group activites. They sang a couple of opening songs, then the teacher talked briefly about red/green and stop/go (Corbin is a professional backseat driver and shouted out the answers accordingly). We even all played red light, green light -- which I would never have thought 1 year olds could grasp. Of course, the moms held the children's hands and guided them, but they all seemed to understand what was going on. Next came four different activity options in different stations, all matching the stop/go theme. Then she brought out this huge "air log" for the kids to straddle (see this picture) that Corbin really loved to bounce and roll on. There was some Kindermusik-like songs, then a little more activity choice time. At the end there was circle time around a parachute. They used bubbles to get the kids to come back over, and Corbin spent much of the remaining time finding all the bubbles on the floor that hadn't popped yet, but that was okay. He had a really, really great time and didn't want to leave. They had the cute trick of giving the kids a stamp on their hand as they went out the door that seemed to keep the others from getting upset, but Corbin wasn't fooled. :-) So I immediately signed us up for more. It's 12 weeks for $200, and in August when I start back to school we can change to the Saturday class.
After the class we went next door to Babies R Us and got a $10 potty. We've already bought one for him, but it's just a little too big for his short little legs. It's a good one that converts to go on top of the toilet while part of it becomes a stepstool, so we didn't want to take that one back. And so now he has two, but this little one we just bought is going to be perfect for now. We're not trying to actually potty train him yet, just get him introduced to the idea of sitting on it.
Well, now it's time for lunch. And after that, nap time! Yay!
We just got back from our first Gymboree class! Monday and Wednesday Corbin goes to daycare; Tuesdays and Fridays we go to the pool. So we needed something to do on Thursdays, and I immediately thought of Kindermusik. But we've done that before, and I wanted to know what all our options were. There's a Gymboree right next to Babies R Us, about a mile from our house, so I looked up their info online and discovered we could try our first class free. I was afraid Corbin would be fussy, or clingy, or simply ignore any parts that were structured.
But it was nearly a perfect experience! After Corbin supprised me by pointing to all the different color mats and saying red, yellow, green, blue, and purple (I'm not sure if he knows orange or not, because he certainly can't pronounce it), he was ready to quit showing off and just play. Corbin loved all the different things to climb on during opening free play time, and he was totally content to let me redirect him to the various group activites. They sang a couple of opening songs, then the teacher talked briefly about red/green and stop/go (Corbin is a professional backseat driver and shouted out the answers accordingly). We even all played red light, green light -- which I would never have thought 1 year olds could grasp. Of course, the moms held the children's hands and guided them, but they all seemed to understand what was going on. Next came four different activity options in different stations, all matching the stop/go theme. Then she brought out this huge "air log" for the kids to straddle (see this picture) that Corbin really loved to bounce and roll on. There was some Kindermusik-like songs, then a little more activity choice time. At the end there was circle time around a parachute. They used bubbles to get the kids to come back over, and Corbin spent much of the remaining time finding all the bubbles on the floor that hadn't popped yet, but that was okay. He had a really, really great time and didn't want to leave. They had the cute trick of giving the kids a stamp on their hand as they went out the door that seemed to keep the others from getting upset, but Corbin wasn't fooled. :-) So I immediately signed us up for more. It's 12 weeks for $200, and in August when I start back to school we can change to the Saturday class.
After the class we went next door to Babies R Us and got a $10 potty. We've already bought one for him, but it's just a little too big for his short little legs. It's a good one that converts to go on top of the toilet while part of it becomes a stepstool, so we didn't want to take that one back. And so now he has two, but this little one we just bought is going to be perfect for now. We're not trying to actually potty train him yet, just get him introduced to the idea of sitting on it.
Well, now it's time for lunch. And after that, nap time! Yay!
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6/29/2006 09:25:00 AM
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