Musica

Zachariah will be starting violin lessons with instructor Alesha this coming week. He just finished the pre-twinkle class this past weekend. It’s a day where each student gets to learn and hear various instruments.
Zachariah started with violin. I couldn’t believe how small this instrument comes in. The school has this little make believe violins. It’s composed of one square box and one paint stir stick. It’s used to teach the kids in grabbing and holding the instrument.

After violin – he moved to the piano room. We thought for sure he would love the piano after he pounded on the keys…




At the end of the day, we asked Zachariah which instrument he preferred to learn….to our surpise, he gave us the same answer before the pre-twinkle class….violin. Volin it would be…so I ended up making a replica of the toy violin until the real one arrives.


Zachariah finally started his lessons. He finally got a real violin. I can't believe how small it is. Now, we just need to make sure he keeps up with the lessons.

Gymsport

After a long break, Zachariah's back in the groove of things. He started gymnastics again with his gym friends and Coach Irene.

The only time he will willingly take a nap is on Mondays (gymnastics day). He knows I will not take him unless he naps...



Third week back and Zachariah is back into the old routine. Here's photos from today (Jan. 26th).
First - the kids gather around to stretch and warm up...just like the professionals.

The Crab-walk

You can probably guess this one – his favorite.

Mastering the balance beam. They first learn to walk on the beam. ..

Then comes the hops, and high kicks.

The express train to the next routine…

The uneven bars…except they are just learning to master the flip.


Ok..he’s got a long way in making the Iron Cross.

Back to the shorter bars to work on the reverse flip.

A true Olympian must also learn how to finish before he can start.

The kids’ motivation to continue with the grilling exercise is the 5 minutes they are alloted to play in the “jungle”…or as it’s called, JUNGLE TIME! It’s really a jungle in there with 10+ screaming toddlers jumping, running, zipping, and bumping into things and each other.