Preschool Gymnastics
3 Year Olds
This class is non-stop gymnastics fun! With increased motor development, eye hand coordination and fine motor skills, children will explore and improve their skill on various gymnastics equipment! Quickly assimilating language, children at this age are able to understand and independently follow basic instructions in gymnastics class. This curriculum is designed to provide skill development on floor, beam, bars, and vault. Children will enhance their forward rolls, straddle rolls, and be introduced to cartwheels. As their balance increases, beam work that includes alternating squat holds, forward kicks and beam crawls will be added. Core strength will be developed by learning to draw to a tuck from a straight hang on the bars and execute forward rolls over the bar. Vault skills will include punching the board with both feet, a squat on to a block, and donkey kicks. Spatial, sequential, and directional cues are important part of learning. Recognizing and understanding differences in color, shape, size, and color through music is also included. With more structured circuit activities, our hope is the children will become more independent in their activities.
4 and 5 Year Olds
At this milestone age of fine and gross motor development, gymnastics will progress rapidly through bridges, handstands, L- handstands, and stronger executions of rolls. Their longer limbs, more refined coordination, and stronger language skills, kids can run faster, climb higher, and hold longer! At this age, kids can hold their relevés and arabesques on beam and are developing the core strength needed to hold tucks, straddles, and pikes on the bars. Vault runway with sequenced runs will me mastered! Not only will they be punching the board with two feet … their vaults will now include stretch jumps, squats onto the block, and forward rolls. The curriculum focus’ on the amazing, compounding cognitive and social development of Four and Five Year Olds!
