Born To Tumble?
Sometimes I wonder if I'm wasting my money paying for Persistence to be in tumbling lessons. It's not like she's going to grow up to be a cheerleader right? How is tumbling going to help her in life? Don't tell me it teaches coordination because she already has it and she always has.
Then I catch her doing things like this...
And this...
And climbing 30 foot light posts to rescue someone's kite.And then I think I'll keep her in tumbling.
Although there's got to be a more useful skill she could be learning. Rock climbing? That doesn't sound extremely useful either. Fun but not useful.
Why does it have to be useful? Because I want to invest in things my kids can use for the rest of their lives. I think tennis and golf are great sports because you can play those till you're 100 years old. Tumbling, not so much.
How about martial arts?
Labels: Sweet Little Troublemakers
posted by The Lazy Organizer @ 11:50 PM
11 Comments
11 Comments:
My kids did tennis one summer, and they loved it! We will prolly do it again sometime.
I would LOVE to get them, and ME, into some type of martial arts class. But I don't see it happening anytime soon... *sigh*
Wow, that's quite the perch on the coffee table! I'm impressed.
I'm laughing at her balancing on the edge of the coffee table. My son likes to find the balancing point for everything, when he stacks blocks, climbs on the chair (or deck!), balances silverware on the edge of the table etc.
Don't you love the way kids perch? I think it shows how much they can concentrate on what they're doing.
I did ballet and a little bit of gymnastics growing up. Even though I didn't become a professional dancer, I think I really benefited from being involved in those activities. I'm sure any kind of sports or activity will benefit your children no matter how long term they will actually do the specific activity. I think probably the most important thing is that they are involved in something-something that will get them moving and involved with other people.
I just have to say, that perch on the table is very impressive! :)
Wow- what talent.
I say those lessons were pretty useful so far.
It's keeping her fit & flexibility is great for reducing injuries!
I had to laugh because my daughter reads in about the same way. She was in tumbling classes for a bit but she had such a love for climbing on rocks one summer that we had her start rock climbing lessons. I am so glad that she has been doing this. Not only is she learning a skill but I see her character developing as well. She has a tendency to not do something if it is hard. This is something she has had to tackle to get better at climbing. She is so proud of herself now when she tells someone that she persevered from climbing 5.8 walls to 5.9. Believe it or not this something she can do her whole life. I have seen many older people climbing at her gym.
my 8yo son does gymnastics, and it has been great. he's small for his age, and he's really good, so it's been great for his confidence. also, he's the only boy, and fearless, and the coaches have said that has been great for the girls on the team that sometimes would normally be hesitant to try something. they gotta show the boy up! :)
he is constantly moving, flipping, cartwheeling, anything. he takes my breath away with some of the stuff he does.
I have been getting tired of asking myself the "is it useful" question. I wonder why I want everything to be useful, it can get annoying, but then again, it's useful! Peristence is very coordinated - it's fun to watch a kid have fun just moving around.
"It's fun to watch a kid just moving around."
See that's my point! Why do kids have to be "in" something? Why can't they just play and be kids? We have a tumbling mat at home that they can use all day long. If I'm going to pay money and disrupt our family time to drive a child to lessons then it had better be useful and not just fun play time!
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