Our curriculum is designed to provide children with all the skills they would master in a gymnastic program offered at any of the gymnastic centers in the area. Our goal is to free up time in a parents' busy evening by providing gymnastic lessons while their child is in daycare. Separate evaluation forms are used for 18 month - 3 year olds and for 3-5 year olds.
Each class is 30 minutes in length. We begin with a short warm up, followed by gymnastic instruction time, and a cool down activity at the end. Our program is 40 weeks long and divided into 4 terms (each 10 weeks long) and 2 sessions (each 20 weeks long). At the end of each term a participation award is given to every child. Every 20 weeks we also send home evaluation sheets so that parents can chart their child's progress in the Gymbus.
Body Positions
- Ta-Da
- Lunge
- Straddle
- Pike
- Squat
- V-Sit
- Butterfly
- Table Top
- Bridge
Locomotor Skills
- Jump
- Hop
- Gallop
- Marching
- Chasse
- Run
Tumbling
- Forward Roll
- Backward Roll
- Dive Forward Roll
- Straddle Rolls (Forward and Backward)
- Handstand
- Cartwheel
- Roundoff
- Backbend
- Bridge Kick Over
Bars
- Front Support
- Casting
- Monkey Hangs
- Glide Swings (capital L)
- Pullover
- Forward Roll Dismount
- Back Hip Circle
Balance Beam
- Walking (forward, backward, sideways)
- Chasse'
- Soldier Kicks
- Bunny Hops
- Dip Steps
- V-Sits
- Mounts
- Dismounts
Parallel Bars
- Front Support
- Straddle On