Little Ballet

A few weeks ago I enrolled Molly in ballet.  The 3 year old class is only 1/2 hour and includes ballet and a little bit of tumbling.  I wanted to post something because I'm just so amazed at how quickly she (all the little girls in her class really) are learning.  In the first class the teacher, Miss Christy, laid down square foam puzzle pieces and asked the girls to get in line and one by one jump over them.  Molly anxiously awaited her turn and proceeded to hop over the squares somewhat like a little pink frog.  A few girls did kind of a half leap, half hop that looked like a confused little pink frog.  When all the girls had finished Miss Christy said, "Ok, I
saw two kind of jumps today: a one-legged jump, and a two-legged jump.  Now, what kind of jump do you think a ballerina does?  That's right, a one-legged jump (and she gracefully leapt over the square).  Now let's get in a line and do it again, this time like a ballerina."  The girls lined up and proceeded to half hop, half leap over the squares but this time with much more concentration.  The next class I expected the same thing, confused pink frogs.  But, no!  Almost every one of the girls leapt over the squares just like Miss Christy had shown them!  I was so impressed.  That was one example of how quickly these girls are learning.  I now have a little ballerina dancing around my house and showing me new moves every week.  Although I can't say whether Molly will stick with dancing for very long, I am so glad that I enrolled her just for the sake of learning how to use her body gracefully.  I think just watching someone move gracefully week after week is rubbing off on her.  Hopefully she will turn out to be less of a clutz than I am!