Hoops aplenty

Check this kid out! 6 years old and racing around the basketball court like a demon.

About halfway through the video he makes 6 shots in a row. I'm amazed he can even throw it that far, let alone get it in the hoop every time.

It's obvious that he works very hard at his game, and that he enjoys it just as much. Hope we see him up in lights one day in the future.

Gerrrrrrronimo!!!

A three-year old jumping off the high diving board? Now THAT is one fearless kid!

Not naming names (I'm much too kind for that!), but some kids I know are still terrified of getting their head under water when they hit five or even six. Sure, everyone has to go at their own pace, but I'm a great believer in getting kids able to swim as soon as possible and that's not only because I'm Australian and swimming is a national religion here.

This kid gets a great big high five from me, not only for loving the water but also for showing a fearless determination to give something a go.

Yes, I think he can dance...

With all this 'So you think you can dance' hoo-hah all over the telly at the moment, I thought it was time for Enfant Terrible to put a word in. Or more correctly, for this kid to put a word in.

He sure is one of those kids who can move naturally. If you look at Michael Jackson when he was a kid, he was the same. A beautiful rhythm and an incredible sense of the capabilities of their own body. He's sure to be snapped up for a Kanye West film clip any day now, and he kicks those reality show contestants bums.

Cup stacking??

From the world of bog snorkeling and rolling cheese down a hill comes this crazy sport except, egads... it's actually taken off. Some company has marketed a 'Stack Mat' and there are kids all over the place practicing their cup stacking skills.

I don't know if this kid is champion of anything, but it looks fast to me.

I'm not sure that this is a cool thing for kids to do. I'd much rather see them riding dirt bikes and swinging off ropes into swimming holes. But if a six year old kid can do something that I could most definitely not do myself, well, the least I can do is glorify them with a post on the blog!

Yo!

Yo Yo in fact.

Now I can't keep up with what kids are into from one moment to the next, I got lost with Tazos and Tamagotchis and all that hoo hah. But as they say, what goes around comes around. So here is the Yo Yo again!

This kid is good. But the yo-yo is different to the ones we had when I was a kid. The string is actually seperated from the Yo Yo itself. Looks tricky.

Love the look. Love the attitude. Love the tricks.

Double Dutch (whoom ba ba! whoom ba ba!)

For those who don't get my reference in the title of this post, Double Dutch was a minor hit for Malcolm McLaren in the late eighties (I think) and the 'whoom ba ba' was the backing singing going through the song. Awesome song and clip, search it out on YouTube if you get a chance.

But this blog is certainly not about Malcolm McLaren! No it's about cool kids!

So that's why today I am delving into the art of Double Dutch. The basic equation is:

Skipping rope = not an enfant terrible
Double dutch = enfant terrible

Now a lot of the kids in the video (most in fact) aren't very young, but that hardly matters. Show this to your little girl and watch them get inspired!

Peter Rabbit meets the Sphinx

The British Museum has released a book for anyone who wants their child to get a head start in the world of Egyptology. The heiroglyphic version of Peter Rabbit.

How utterly pointless, but equally how splendidly brilliant!

If your child can't read yet, then I guess they would just have a lot more interesting pictures to look at. And what a shame this wasn't out in time for Christmas!