Kate's Gym Class

Kate loves her gym class. She is so excited to go every time and has never once complained or not participated once we got there. She takes off her Crocs and runs right over to her teacher - okay, bounces over to her teacher might be a better description of Kate. She is always bouncing, walking on her tip toes, flying with her butterfly wings (arms) on at gym class. She just has so much fun.
Courtesy of her great Fowler genes, Kate has amazing balance and incredible strength (especially for her size). Her teachers are always commenting on how strong she is (freaky Fowler strength, I call it). Her only limitation right now is her height. She is by far the shortest girl in her 3-6 year old advanced girl class. It is sometimes hard or impossible for her to do all the things the other girls do. But, she always tries and improvises well. Her teachers love her sweet personality, her willingness to try and her natural ability.
Kate's favorites are the rings and bars. I think her strength makes her a natural at these. She has beautiful casts and can almost do a reverse pullover on the bars. She loves to 'flip over the bar' (as she calls it) and do 'skin the cat'. I'm super impressed!




Kate absolutely loves to swing on the rings. She can hang on forever! She loves to flip around and do inverted hangs.



The one thing that Kate could do without at gym class is the beam. She still struggles with the mental part of it. She has the balance to make it across, but she gets nervous. If her teacher hold her hand, she will whiz across the tall beam. She can do the low beam by herself.

They do a lot of fun things at gym class that build skill, strength, coordination and flexibility.





At the end of every class the girls get to play a fun game with the parachute, hula hoops or the scooters. Kate loves the scooters best of all, so I'm glad I got a picture of that.


Kate goes to gym class twice a week. I thought that both of us would get tired of going that much for a three year old. But, Kate knows exactly when Tuesday and Thursday are and is dressed in her gym clothes before she even has breakfast. I have so much fun watching her and seeing her progress and have a wonderful time. Enoch usually comes with us and brings his big box of Legos.
We love it!