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 we provide 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 of the postural reflexes. It is also vital for all sensory input such as the tactility, for the muscles and ligaments, the primitive cross pattern actions to stimulate the later integration of the two sides of the brain, and for coordination.

By late in this year, infants can grasp and hold onto fingers and almost take their own weight by their hands, arms and shoulder muscles.

At GymbaROO BabyROO we encourage parents not to sit their babies until they can do it by themselves. No infant should be sat up unsupported until they can seat themselves and the equilibrium (parachute) reflexes are, so that their arms go out to the side to balance them and protect their head if they topple over.

When your baby starts to pull themselves up on furniture and cruise along they are ready for the next stage BabyROO – Level 2 Cruisers. You are able to move to this new level as soon as you are ready even if it is during the current term.