It’s not just about running around, most of us can do that, its about developing the skills for finer movement. From a very young age children are developing rapidly, absorbing information from their surroundings, add a skill base to active play at an early age then you have given your child the platform from which to develop further.
Children who learn these skills early will have a much better understanding of their body, will be able to achieve more on a physical level and will develop into confident active adults.
Our pre school gym club offers a great opportunity for young children to learn the foundation skills in movement and gain the confidence to participate in a whole range of activities. Using specific soft play equipment, small hand skill equipment, percussion instruments, balance beams, asymmetric bars, mini treadmills, air walkers and more we are able to deliver fun and exciting classes developing skills in……
- Gymnastic skills
- Rhythm skills
- Dance skills
- Expression and Drama skills
- General sports skills
A session with Tiddlywinks gym runs for 45 minutes. It normally consists of 4 or 5 elements:
- We Start with a general warm up, moving and stretching, learning the basic shapes in gymnastics and the yogic arts. The development of good body positioning will help in finer movement skills later on.
- Once warmed up we focus on small hand skill exercises developing a range of techniques in fine motor skill development.
- Next we move into the gross motor skill section of the class moving quicker but again still developing a skill base. Children also begin to learn about team games.
- Finally we cool down moving slower and cooling the body down, the children finish in a relaxed calm way.
Each week the programmes are fun and varied
Starting from just 1 years old where children begin the first stages of greater movement and an exciting voyage of discovery. Classes start from Tiddlers at 1 years old.
Tiddlers: ages 1-2
Toddlers: ages 2-3
Tinkers: ages 3-5
We deliver wide and varied programs teaching diverse sessions which nurture kids natural desire to learn and participate.
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Once children leave us at the age of five they can confidently go out and enjoy all the benefits of an active life style.
