If your child attends classes at The Little Gym, it won’t take you long to realize that we are about a lot more than just sports and gymnastics. More than half of our students are under the age of 4. For these younger ages, our professionally-designed curriculum, which has been developed and honed for over 30 years, focuses on social development of the child through the fun environment of learning a sport.
A few of these milestones that our curriculum is based around are as follows:
Age 1: Begin basic communication, recognize familiar people, and interact with you.
Age 2: Begin to socialize, defend territory, and extend relationships to other people.
Age 3: Seek out others, use their imagination, and begin to understand emotions.
Age 4: Show interest in being part of a group, start to share and cooperate with others, be affectionate, and exert more independence.
The first four years of life is a crucial time to lay the foundation of socialization. At The Little Gym, our mission is to facilitate socialization of young children so that they have the necessary skills in this area to advance successfully in future activities. At the London, Ontario location of The Little Gym, we have been helping children and families with this for 15 years, and we have seen thousands of children over that time. We love what we do! And just so you don’t think we are only about young children, our grade school gymnastics and dance programs are going strong for ages 6 to 12!
Wondering what is happening at The Little Gym during the months of March and April?
• We are enrolling for Summer Camps! Full-day, full weeks for ages 4 to 9; and half-day school prep programs for children entering kindergarten for the first time in September 2020.
• We are enrolling for Summer Classes! Summer session is June 27 through September 4.
• Our students are preparing for Show Week routines, which happen the week of June 13-19.
• We have new The Little Gym Dance Studio classes (Tap & Ballet or Hip Hop/Jazz Funk)
• Early Bird registration is happening for our Fall 2020 classes from Apr. 25 to May 8 for currently enrolled members (and will start on May 9 for everyone else).
We are located in Sherwood Forest Mall, and we would love for you to stop by, or visit us at www.tlglondoncan.com, or call us at 519-642-0660. Downloadable copies of all our schedules are available on our website. We hope to hear from you soon!
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