Over the last couple of week Miss Trillium and I have been having new adventures down at The Little Gym. Having used their holiday camps for Cici and Bran last year, and been to parties here, I was very excited to try out the Little Birds classes aimed at babies from 10 to 18 months. The fantastic thing about the Little Gym is that they cover a really wide age range within their programme of classes from 4 months right up to 12 years old.At the Little Gym the team pride themselves on three dimensional learning and the benefits include ‘Get moving’ for Muscle control, coordination and motor skill. ‘Brain boost’ including colour recognition, language development, number and letter recognition and Life skills – independence, sharing and cooperation. Every class offers a range of different activities including some set weekly ones that help your child grow familiar with the routines and develop in confidence.
When we arrived at the class we received a lovely warm welcome from Sam our teacher and each week the parents introduced their baby’s to the group with their name, age and what they were most enjoying that week. This was a really lovely start and helped to encourage the parents to chat too.The class is a real sensory experience offering the 3 key Bs that Trillium and I just love – Bells, Balls and Bubbles!! The babies had chance to explore the gym at their own pace which they all loved doing. It’s a really safe and clean environment too with a wide range of equipment to try and a Little Gym song to transition between each section of the lesson.
Every week the babies are introduced to three key skills from balancing activities on the beam to backwards rolls and climbing challenges. Each activity is really fun and designed to help babies use different parts of their bodies. Sam was brilliant giving each baby one to one time and instruction to parents.
Should you arrive early to class or need time to draw breath afterwards there is a fantastic waiting area. This area offers free tea and coffee for parents as well as high chairs for the obligatory snacks and a toy and book area to keep the little ones busy. Also a good thing to note is that there is plenty of parking. This is always key for me when driving the big family bus. It’s also just over the road from Harlow Carr too so if you wanted to carve out an activity for the day this is a great thing to combine your class with.So the final verdict… a BIG thumbs up from Trillium and me. We can’t wait to go again. If you fancy trying out a Little Gym class in March you can for FREE! Just complete their booking form online with the class you would like to try out and then go and give it a go. We have very kindly been invited to go and try out the Funny Bugs/Giggle Worms with Raffy so look out for my review of that too, coming soon!
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Reviewed March 2022
*Disclosure – this review was written by our Mumbler Champion Nic, who took along her youngest daughter, Trilli . Mumbler was lucky enough to receive this for free however we pinky promised to only write a truthful account.
