3yrs-6yrs
Tiny Tots
This is our youngest age group. Students need to be able to pay attention to their instructor(s), be respectful of the gym, their classmates, and their instructors. Parents are invited to drop off their children for class, or to stay and watch the class from the mezzanine. The little ones have a lot of fun, and our small student to teacher ratio ensures that each student learns to the best of his or her abilities. Preschool
We have a great preschool program. The student is involved in a class situation with emphasis placed on learning the fundamentals of gymnastics, tumbling, trampoline, and cheerleading. The dedicated staff strives to provide encouragement, confidence, solid instruction, and coordination in students. The students, in turn, get an opportunity to be part of a class environment for a small amount of time.Advanced Preschool
Prior class experience is a plus. Students work on perfecting their basic skills--forward roll, backward roll, cartwheel, and handstands. More emphasis is put on progressing to round-offs, backhandsprings, somersaults, and routines for our class tumbling/trampoline competitions.We currently offer 3 classes specifically for this age range, and they are very exciting classes! We see an enormous amount of growth and development in skills at this age level. The children gain not only gymnastic ability, but also body awareness and confidence, all whle having fun! It really is amazing how much this age group can learn.
Parents are not required to stay for the classes, but are always welcome to stay and watch. Parents can make use of the tables and chairs or bleachers upstairs to watch the class or connect with other caregivers. Call 859-744-7068 or stop by to watch a pre-school or tots class and see for yourself!
Skills and Abilities
- Gross Motor Coordination
- developing skeletal or large muscles to produce efficient total body movement
- Loco-motor Movements
- performing basic movements while moving the body from place to place e.g., walking, running, skipping, etc.
- Sustained Movements
- executing motor skills consecutively for a specified number of times
- Laterality
- internalizing the awareness of the difference between left and right. It is the ability to control the two sides of the body together or separately and is the motor basis for spatial concepts.
- Directionality
- awareness of space outside the body
- Eye-Hand Coordination
- using eyes and hands together to accomplish a task
- Eye-Foot Coordination
- using the eyes and feet together to accomplish a task
- Ocular Pursuit
- ability of the eyes to work together in following (tracking) a moving object
- Kinesthetic Awareness
- ability to understand muscular movement and expenditure of energy as a skill is performed
- Gymnastics Skills
- Hand support, forward and backward rolls, cartwheels, balancing, turning, climbing, hanging and swinging on bars; basics on trampoline, such as specific jumps, seat drops, correct jumping, landing and stopping skills
- Flexibility/Strength Activities
- Incorporated in all classes are stretching and a variety of strength/conditioning activities.
- Social Skills
- Includes being polite, listening to instructors, taking turns, and independent activities