Mar 29 2009
MyGym for my girl
Brad and I decided it was time to provide some “social interaction” opportunities to Miss Sophie Bophie, and a friend at work told me about MyGym. I did some research, liked some of the activities my friend told me about, and decided to sign up for a free class. As always, I worried about what should we wear, will the other parents like me, will Sophie learn how to share, etc. With a little anxiety still lingering on Saturday morning, we both put on our stretchy pants and off we went.
Once we arrived, Sophie could barely contain herself, seeing all the balls, swings and kids coming in to play, and couldn’t wait for me to finish all the paperwork. The first few minutes were spent just trying out the various toys, activities and watching other kids. Everyone kept telling me how “super active” she was. Well, that level of activity turned out to be quite a challenge once the official session began with…circle time. All the parents were asked to sit in a circle, with their child in their lap. The instructor then led us through a series of exercises….well, I spent those 10 minutes getting my exercise and chasing Sophie around the entire room rather than following along with the rest of the group. Then there was a time for free play, which consisted of Sophie trying out everything, climbing, running, making a few baskets with a basketball and “talking” at the other kids. She seemed to like the trampoline the best.
The next group activity was a puppet theater where (again) Sophie decided rather than sitting and watching the show, she’d climb on the instructors lap and try to grab the puppets. Next came a “separation time” where the kids are supposed to play without their parents in a group/circle….that wasn’t an issue for our little one and she even managed to share a puzzle with a little boy. Then came some bubble blowing where the kids ran around and tried to catch the bubbles. Of course, that’s when Sophie decided it was time to sit and found herself in the middle of the circle with the other kids running circles around her. The session ended with a nice “good bye, it’s time to go” song (which we of course didn’t know the words to) and a nice t-shirt for making it through the first session. The instructor told me as we were leaving not to worry about circle time, that every kid starts out that way and Sophie will get the hang of things soon enough.
I’m not worried and look forward to going back next week.
i would recommend a nice elastic type rope. We tried duck tape and nylon rope but sometimes it leaves marks. To many questions. Also, find something like a pole or heavy piece of furniture to tie it to. They get used to it.