Kyle & Emily started a class where they go through a bunch of different sports and teaching the kids the essential skills from each sport. Our first week, this week, they did soccer. Emily jumped right in while Kyle stood to the sides for a little, checking out what was going on, but then joined and loved it. Now we've practiced dribbling with them, but they always like to dribble basketball style. Guess we'll have some goalies! So they did a drill where they dribble around and then stop with different parts of the body. When it came to stopping the ball and putting your nose on it, Kyle & Emily stopped the ball with their feet and then picked the ball up to touch it to their nose while the other kids and teachers bent down and put their nose to the ball. I don't know why, but I thought their approach was very clever and smart! But above all, they had fun and learned a bit more about soccer. (Side commentary: it was kinda funny how some parents were so crazy into it wanting their kid to be the next Pele that they would tell the kids from the sidelines what they were doing wrong and call them over and tell them to pay attention, etc. Really?!?!?! Just let them have fun! They are 3!!!!)
The picture below isn't the best, but (1) it's a picture and (2)you can see Kyle to the left checking out what's going on and Emily next to the teacher in the blue shirt dribbling.
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