- May 29, 2014
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I have a 6-year-old and a 4-year-old. CP6 has just joined a mini 1 team and I have been worrying she's "behind" and needs to "catch up" with the rest of the girls. It's ok now, I have calmed down a lot and she's doing fine on the team.
CP4 has just started a "tiny cheer class" at the same gym. It's... well... quite funny to watch. There are a couple of 3-year-olds who can not follow direction much, they run off to their moms all the time for a hug or potty break. The tumbling skills that are worked are forward rolls and handstand against mat with spot (basically coach holding child upside down). They also do some cute jumping and stunting.
My CP4 loves the class. She says she wants to do cheer every day... :) But she thinks it's too easy. She can already do forward roll to standing, and is beginning to do handstands and cartwheels on her own. (She also does a gymnastics class once a week.)
So, I feel like CP6 is being pushed almost too much and CP4 is not being pushed enough! :confused:
My question is: What is it like at your gym? Do you have 4-5-year-olds in your cheer or tumbling classes and what skills are they learning? Or what did you or your child do at that age? I'm also curious about Tiny teams, what do they learn there and is it a lot of pressure? (If she joined a team it would be next season, when she's 5.)
My daughter turned 5 in May and started cheer inn May she had no skills at all. She now can do a front and back roll, backbend, handstand, front limber, almost front walkover, back walkover, bridge kickover, round off, right, left, and middle splits. She has gained skills pretty quick and she has practice twice a week for 2 hours and the. A 3rd optional tumbling which she hasn't had time to attend since starting kindergarten. Her team is 5-8 year olds and she is at or above the skills of most on the team and she is one of three 5 year olds. Hope this helps.