These are my Kindies that I teach Jazz and Tap. This little poppet is 2 years old and is learning to skip. Did you know you actually learnt how to skip? It was probably that long ago that you don't remember, but you have to learn to motor pattern and coordination to step and then hop on one leg, consecutively followed by a step and a hop on the other leg. Kids have trouble transferring the movement from one side to the other side at a fast speed. You could break the skill down and get them to do one step, then one hop, then one step on the other leg followed by a hop and they would get it. But ask them to go one leg quickly followed by the other....no deal!
But there is one day, and it's like a light bulb goes on in their head and all of a sudden the motor pattern is in place and they can connect each movement rapidly and transfer the movement from one side to the other and back again. That moment is the reason I love teaching kids!
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