Description of Gymnastics Classes
 

Parents & Tots I: Age 1-3 (Walking) (45 minutes)

These programs are specifically designed for children age’s 1 to 3 years of age. The framework of this program is activity-and-child-centered. It is based on the premise that all children learn best when engaged in individual meaningful motor activities that involves action and adventure. A team-based approach is essential as parents and teachers focus on the individual child’s needs in a collaborative effort.

Parents & Tots II: Ages 2 & 3 (45 minutes)

This program is specifically designed for children age’s 2 & 3 years of age. The framework of this program is activity-and-child-centered. It is based on the premise that all children learn best when engaged in individual meaningful motor activities that involves action and adventure. A team-based approach is essential as parents and teachers focus on the individual child’s needs in a collaborative effort.

Kindergym 1: Must be age 3 or 4 and potty trained by the date of the first class (45 minutes)

MUST BE FULLY POTTY TRAINED & INDEPENDENT (No Parent Participation in Class) This program focuses at the elementary stages of fundamental movement skills. This stage of development children will have the opportunity to enhance their coordinated and rhymithal performance gaining greater control over the skills being taught.

Kindergym 2: Age 4 and completed Kindergym 1 (45 minutes)

MUST BE FULLY POTTY TRAINED & INDEPENDENT (No Parent Participation in Class) Children may be signed up for Kindergym 2 if they will be 4 by date of the first class. This program focuses at the elementary stages of fundamental movement skills. These stages of development children will have the opportunity to enhance their coordinated and rhymithal performance gaining greater control over their skills being taught.

Fun & Fit Level 1: Ages 5 & 6 (60 minutes)

Children may be signed up for Level 1 if they will be 5 by the date of the first class. This program is specially designed for the introduction of basic fundamental skills of gymnastics on large apparatus (i.e., vault, bars, beam, floor, mini-tramp and trampoline). Skills are taught in a developmental sequence so that students can develop flexibility, strength, balance, coordination and self-confidence.

Fun & Fit Level 1B: Ages 7 & up (60 minutes)

Children may be signed up for Level 1B if they will be 7 by the date of the first class. This program is specially designed for the introduction of basic fundamental skills of gymnastics on large apparatus (i.e., vault, bars, beam, floor, mini-tramp and trampoline). Skills are taught in a developmental sequence so that students can develop flexibility, strength, balance, coordination and self-confidence.

Fun & Fit Level 2: BY COACHES EVALUATION ONLY; Ages 7 & up (60 minutes)

Floor skills taught in this class include: handstand forward roll, back bend return to stand, back bend kick-over, cartwheel-left, cartwheel-right, handstand, round-off, pullover, and cast.

Fun & Fit Level 3-5: BY COACHES EVALUATION ONLY (90 minutes)

Skills taught in this class include: squat vault on horse (low setting), squat on 3’ box with no hands, cast back hip, cast single leg shoot thru, cartwheel, forward roll on beam, tick tock w/8” mat, and back bend kickover.

Progressive Tumbling: BY COACHES EVALUATION ONLY; Ages 10 & up (60 minutes)

Only tumbling skills will be taught in this class. This class is designed for participants who can successfully perform the basic handstand, cartwheel, round-off, and bridge/back bend kick-over. The class goal for each student is to improve and increase their flexibility, strength, and coordination working towards more advanced tumbling skills such as backhand springs and back tucks.

Boys Program: 7 to 9 and 10 & older (60 minutes)

The Boy’s Gymnastics program is designed to educate participants of basic men’s gymnastics. The curriculum is designed for boys age 7 through high school. Participants will have the opportunity to work on pommel horse, vault, rings, and floor exercise, rope climbing, trampoline and bars. At the same time, they will be improving in strength, flexibility, coordination and confidence.