Tag: toddler classes

Summer

Keep Your Young Child Busy in The Summer

Your memories of summer camp probably include making lanyards and archery. But, let’s be honest, no one wants to see a two-year old with a bow and arrow!

At Gymboree Play & Music, you can build your child’s own “summer camp” experience – “hiking” across a variety of playscapes, exploring our Gymcushion tent, doing craft projects, or singing songs with friends – with a variety of programs that are sure to delight you and your child:

  • Play & Learn: our original, and signature, program that grows with your child from birth to kindergarten
  • Music: get your little Swiftie moving and grooving to a variety of musical styles from around the world
  • Art: every child has creativity just waiting to be unleashed. But how much better is it when the accompanying mess is somewhere other than your house!
  • Preschool prep: we offer a fun, no stress way to gently introduce your child to independent learning, with parent/child play time followed by a gentle separation time
  • Preschool: our School Skills program is an easy transition to fully independent learning, preparing them for kindergarten

As always, all our play-based programs support your child’s physical, cognitive and social-emotional development.

Pick your favorite, or combine a few, for a fun summer at your local Gymboree Play & Music location that will keep your child busy, happy and learning.

Child Development

Achievement Can Be Measured In So Many Ways

Achievement can be measured in so many ways in a young child’s life:

  • for young babies, it could be turning their head in the direction of an auditory stimulus
  • for older babies, it could be progressing from rocking back and forth on all fours to crawling forward
  • for young toddlers, it could be taking first steps without holding a grownup’s hand
  • for older toddlers, it could be joining a group activity or engaging in “parallel play” with another child
  • for preschoolers, it could be going into a classroom without their adult for the first time

At Gymboree Play & Music, we have had the great honor of being there to support the development of young children for over four decades, witnessing these achievements and many others.

We recognize that children do not all develop at the same pace, or even hit all the same “goals”, which is why we take a child-centered approach and follow their lead.

With programs that grow with your child from birth to kindergarten, we are the perfect partner to foster your child’s growth and independence.

Find a Gymboree Play & Music location near you, and start celebrating your child’s achievements with us!

Child Development

Unlock Your Child’s Potential Through Play

Why is play-based learning so important? It has been linked to 21st century learning skills, fostering:

🌟 Collaboration: working in collaboration with other children can build confidence and build an understanding of others’ diverse perspectives.

🌟 Communication: skills essential for learning, helping children express their thoughts, feelings and ideas

🌟 Critical thinking: helping children make good decisions, understand the consequence of their actions and solve problems

🌟 Creative innovation: using their natural inquisitiveness and imagination, exploring new ideas

🌟 Confidence: play empowers children to make their own choices, cultivate skills through trial and error, and discover what fulfills them

🌟 Social-emotional development: through play, children are able to freely express their emotions, helping them to understand and manage their feelings

🌟 Language development: through play, children learn to use language to express their thoughts and ideas, and they also learn to listen and respond to others

Kind of makes it obvious why Gymboree Play & Music‘s programs have been based on play-based learning for over four decades!

Find a Gymboree Play & Music location near you today, to enter your child’s world of play and support their physical, cognitive and social-emotional development.

Play & Learn Classes

Resolutions: Done!

There’s something about the start of a new year that makes us all reassess our goals and priorities.

Things like: 

  • I want to spend more quality time with my little one
  • I want to be less distracted, more present
  • I want to meet new people who are facing the same challenges (and joys) of raising a young child
  • I want to do everything I can to support my child’s development

Surprise! We can help with all of that!!

Our classes grow with your child from birth to kindergarten, and give you time each week to: 

  • Enter your child’s world of play without distractions
  • Make new friends whose children are at the same place developmentally as your little one, and 
  • Have fun while supporting your child’s physical, cognitive and social-emotional development

Find a Gymboree Play & Music location near you, and mark your resolutions as DONE!

Tips For Moms

It’s Fall!

Gone are the lazy days of summer. Schedules are a bit more structured. Big kids are back in school. And your little one is home, needing attention and activities of their own.

There are a number of ways to keep your child busy and engaged, but it can be overwhelming researching community events and scheduling playdates.

We’re here to make your child’s fall FANTASTIC, with a variety of programs to choose from to keep them laughing and learning right through the year:

  • Play & Learn: our original, play-based learning program that grows with your child from birth to kindergarten
  • Music: a fun, interactive introduction to rhythm and melody, exposing your child to music from around the world
  • Art: giving your child an opportunity to flex their creative muscles, and keeping the mess at OUR place rather than yours!
  • Preschool prep: a gentle introduction to independent learning
  • School Skills: our fully-independent preschool program

All of programs at Gymboree Play & Music support your child’s physical, cognitive and social-emotional development, with connections made every day: child-to-child, adult-to-adult and family-to-family. You and your child may just make your new best friends in our classes!

Child Development

Support Your Toddler’s Development

Toddlers are magical!

Everything in their world is new and exciting. Their physical and language skills are expanding daily. They are fascinated by every new object and experience they encounter. And they are BUSY!

It can be hard to keep up with all that toddler energy, day in and day out. They need a release, and you need a fun outlet for them.

That’s why Gymboree Play & Music is here! We give toddlers a safe place to run, climb, slide and explore. We foster their development where they are, giving them just enough challenge to inspire, but not frustrate. We introduce them to language concepts, supported by physical activities that reinforce them. All this in a colorful, engaging landscape that beckons them to try something new and spread their wings.

Child Development, Play & Learn Classes

Top 5 Reasons to Attend in the Summer!

Summer, summer, summer, summertime!

It’s tempting to just cancel everything and enjoy unstructured days. But that may not be the best decision for you and your little one.

Here are the Top 5 Reasons to attend our programs in the summer:

  • We’re safer than a playground: our proprietary equipment is specially designed for children up to 5 years old, and there are no “bigger kids” running them over or slamming into them as they come down a slide.
  • We are temperature controlled: you don’t have to worry about rain or excessive sun and heat. You don’t have apply sunscreen to a squirmy toddler, or douse your child with bug spray.
  • We are a safe environment for them to explore: no chasing a toddler around an unconfined area, having your new walker fall on the pavement, or having your baby eat sand.
  • It keeps your the routine your child is used to: as tempting as unstructured days may sound, little ones find a reliable routine to be comforting.
  • Siblings can attend together: we offer classes specially designed to engage multiple age groups, so you can enjoy class as a family!

No matter the reason or season, Gymboree Play & Music is here for you!

Child Development, Play & Learn Classes

Check Out the Handleball!

I’m just one of the many pieces of equipment that your child will use during their class at Gymboree Play & Music, from our youngest members in the Babies class all the way up to our “big kids” in our preschool classes!

I look really big to your little one but – SURPRISE – I’m full of air, so I’m not heavy at all! And whether they are sitting on top, rocking, bouncing, rolling or pushing me, there’s a whole lotta learning going on:

  • Being up high when they sit or lie on top helps build confidence
  • Rocking helps build core strength, and bouncing helps promote coordination
  • Rolling or pushing me across the floor promotes motor planning, problem solving and coordination; plus teamwork, cooperation and turn-taking are all supported
  • Talk about imagination: I can be a boulder they push up a hill, or a tree to pick apples from!

All of my equipment friends and I are specially designed to challenge and support the development of children from newborns to preschoolers. Best of all, we make learning fun! Find a Gymboree Play & Music location near you.

Child Development, Community

Build Sweet Memories

Let’s face it: raising a young child can be overwhelming and exhausting at times. Maybe even a bit lonely. But, as the saying goes “the days are long, but the years are short”.

That’s why it’s so important to carve out time each week to share special times together, and create memories that you can look back on with a smile when they are older.

At Gymboree Play & Music, we can help!

We offer a bright, colorful space where you can unplug, laugh and sing with your little one, with a variety of fun classes that support their physical, cognitive and social-emotional development. You’ll both be having so much fun together, you’ll be amazed at how much they are learning.

Join our community and build sweet memories together!

Music Classes, Play & Learn Classes

Finding the Best Program for Your Little One

You want to find a program to attend with your little one. But how do you choose? Here are a few things to look for:

Gymboree Play & Music has been the global leader in early childhood education for over 45 years, with research-based programs that grow with your child from birth to kindergarten.

Kind of makes it an easy decision, doesn’t it? Find a Gymboree Play & Music location near you today.