Overview of Program

Our Sweet Peas Educational Gymnastics provides gymnastics instruction for children ages 18 months to four years.

Children learn best when they are moving. This program is designed to take advantage of the active engagement of the child's brain by incorporating educational learning objectives into the gymnastics activities.

The gymnastics activities in these classes focus on age appropriate activities that foster balance, coordination, core strength, motor planning, bilateral awareness, and flexibility. While also incorporating educational opportunities such as memory activities, sequencing, spatial relations, counting, color and shape recognition, and interesting child based content knowledge.

It teaches important life lessons in self-awareness, courage, success, and friendship. The students learn how to listen to their teacher, follow directions, and wait for their turn.

 

Two Pea Class

This class is designed for children ages 1.5-2 years. It will start as a parent and child class. As your child gets comfortable with the class and can do it most of independently, the parent can sit in the viewing area available to come assist if needed. In this class, your child will learn how to follow simple instructions and structured circuits. They will begin to recognize simple spatial, sequential, and directional relationships. They will demonstrate developing social awareness - sharing, taking turns, and encouraging others.

Three Pea Class

This class is designed for 3 year olds. In this class, they will work on understanding basic body terms and positioning related to gymnastics. They will be following instructions incorporating spatial, sequential, and directional cues. They will be learning to recognize differences in shape, size, and color. They will participate in structured circuits and interacting with peers and instructor.

Four Pea Class

This class is designed for 4 year olds. In the class, they will learn to recognize and articulate basic colors, shapes, and numbers in a gymnastics classroom and participate in group counting 1-10 and ABCs. They will be working on distinguishing left from right.