Classes for Babies from 6 weeks of age until they are rolling over.
At BabyROO 1 we provide you with lots of ideas about how to best to provide the right environment for healthy development. We show you song and movement ideas and let you know about what’s happening in different areas of development such as vision, hearing, movement and touch.
Newborn and very young infants can see a little and hear very well, but have little understanding. The Primitive Reflexes are [read more..]
BabyROO 2 for babies that are rolling but not yet tummy crawling (from approx 5 months).
In BabyROO 2 we continue to encourage loads of tummy time, massage and movement. We help parents understand why these activities are important for development and later learning and we show you how you can provide your baby with the most conducive and fun environment for movement and learning.
From approximately four months, [read more..]
Crawlers class for babies who have just started forward movement, either on their tummy (commando crawl) or on hands and knees.
Now that the baby is moving, the floor is their playground. At our Crawlers class we show you how to use the floor for your baby’s best advantage. It’s cheap and easy, but you need to make it a safe place for your baby to explore and roam freely! During the Crawlers class [read more..]
Cruisers for babies who are very mobile, crawling and cruising the furniture but not yet walking independently.
The Cruisers class provides you with loads of ideas about music, rhythm and movement; successful massage techniques for wrigglers and squirmers; movement ideas and sensory games that have your baby in fits of laughter; and safe places for play.
For an infant, crawling on their front and creeping on all fours is very important for the development of the spine, the back and neck muscles and for the inhibition of the primitive reflexes and the development [read more..]
Level 3 (Walking - 18 months)
Once your little one is walking, they can take part in the Penguins program. There is a vast difference between the baby program and our toddler courses.
Now infants are waddling like penguins as they strive to get their balance and body awareness, (where are my arms and legs and how do I move them?). This is an exciting time, at last our little ones are upright, but eyes and ears also need to adjust for seeing and understanding from the upright position, things look different now! These aspects take precedence over speech, as little ones learn about themselves and their world. This is a bilateral stage, [read more..]
Toddlers at 18 months have generally mastered walking, and are strengthening their muscles through numerous activities. They are becoming confident climbers and are experimenting with jumping, balancing and forward rolls.
At this age toddlers are walking with greater balance, running everywhere and climbing everything! Jumping is the exciting new skill at this age with two feet together, and of course hanging with two hands and arms together.
Scooting along on push-alongs is definitely in! All movement actions [read more..]
There is a large difference between the 2 – 2.5 years and the toddler programs. Structured mat time is longer. As the term progresses, children start to listen to simple instructions from the teacher and to participate in class with greater independence from parents.
2 year olds are really into jumping on and off anything they can find… including your bed! Each hemisphere of the brain can now control the movements of each side of the body in coordination, and by 20 months, many can actually move their body parts on their own, this is the reason we begin to do very different activities in the GymbaROO program.
It is at this age that children begin to think [read more..]
Development is really bounding forward by 2.5 – 3 years of age. Sessions at this age are geared for the development of sensory integration and the consequent laterality (throwing a ball with one arm is being lateral). For this reason, a preferred hand (or foot) is encouraged in all one hand (or foot) activities.
Wow! Children of this age think the world is theirs. They are unaware that their brains have yet to fully develop the ability to function so that the left and right sides of the body can manage different tasks and accomplish different skills – such as is required to hop i.e. one foot hops while the other is held up doing something different! This enables the development of many skills, [read more..]
A class for 3 plus years. This class is suited to those children who are getting ready for Kindy and have completed Level 6.
During this age, our Possums are starting to consolidate all the previously learned skills and fine tuning them to enhance their early preschool experience.
Possums love to hang, swing, climb, run, gallop, hop and somersault, in fact they love all movement! They are also becoming far more social and enjoy playing with other children. At GymbaROO we encourage greater team work and provide Sensory Perceptual Motor Stimulation circuits that promote sensory integration [read more..]
Getting ready for Kindy next year? This is the class to prepare your child for Kindergarten entry.
Possums love to hang, swing, climb, run, gallop, hop and somersault, in fact they love all movement! They are also becoming far more social and enjoy playing with other children. At GymbaROO we encourage greater team work and provide Sensory Perceptual Motor Stimulation circuits that promote sensory integration and laterality. It is very important for those children of this age who need further consolidation of these stages, while at the same time increasing more cross pattern activities, [read more..]
School Readiness: A class for children currently attending Kindy to prepare them for Pre-primary next year. From 4 years of age, or the year before starting full time school. This class is exactly what it is called. The program looks at what children need to have mastered to successfully start school, and ensures that each child has the opportunity to do this.
For children to learn easily at school, they must have automatic movement skills. They must be able to use one part of their body independently from other parts, be able to cross over the midline of the body, and be able to sit still when required to do so. Children who have difficulties with these motor skills [read more..]
