Kid-Motion

Mary and Kate are remarkable and have created a program known around the North Shore as the gem of Winnetka. An absolute must for parents with young children who are looking for something special for their children a couple days a week.

I’ve been hearing murmurings of Kid-​Motion for months now and finally asked a mother in my daughter’s ballet* class what it was all about. Another mother overheard and said «You don’t know about Kid-​Motion? You must be new in town because EVERYONE goes to Kid-​motion. Kid-​motion day is my kid’s favorite day.» Mom #1 agreed that Kid-​Motion was pretty special and recommended I sign up for January as soon as possible since the classes tend to fill up quickly.
I went home feeling guilty I“ve been denying my almost 3 year old of «kid-​motion day» and emailed them letting them know I“d be interested in signing up my daughter for the next session starting in January. It was our lucky day because minutes later I received an email that there was a spot in the 2 ½−3 year old class and we could start next week. Hooray!
I listed Kid– motion under «pre-​school» here on Unilocal,but it refers to itself as a movement program. For my daughter’s class it’s a 2 hour drop-​off, which is pretty awesome since most of the classes at her age are 30 minutes (aka: way too short for mom to get anything done!).
Each week has a different theme — this week they learned about pumpkins cause of halloween, which my daughter has decided is her favorite holiday (i’m sure soon to be replaced by her upcoming bday). When my daughter got home she came running into my home office (my next review will be for a locksmith:)) to tell me all about pumpkins and show me her «fridge worthy» picture of a pumpkin.
For my daughter’s age they spend 65 minutes in the gym where there’s lots of equipment that you’d find in a kids gymnastics studio (rings, low balance beam, etc) followed by 55 minutes in the playroom where they do more typical pre-​school activities (ex: art, play with water, playdoh, parachute, snack etc).
Kate and Lois are my daughter’s instructors and they seem very patient and capable, which is probably why so many people are raving about Kid-​motion. And I don’t blame all the children for being such fans. I’d like my own version of adult-​motion day!
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