Gymnastics bring a friend week
The most effective way to increase membership, in my experience.
Insurance coverage is the only issue.
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Rick Mc
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Mismo preschool graphic
Kelley Durbin-Williams shared Mismo Gymnastics’s photo on Facebook.
My very dear friend and colleague, Jake Zeimet, created this amazing new logo to represent the cool things that happen in the preschool gymnastics program at Mismo!
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Rick Mc
Top 10 Tumblebear products
20% Off “Best Of” 2012
Patti Komara via email:
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Don’t forget with InstantGymfrmation.com you get your products instantly as video downloads and e-books so that means a lower price AND no shipping charges. These products are also available as hard copies at 20% off (shipping charges apply) at tumblebear.com. When ready to check out use code 2012.
Top 10 Tumblebear Connection Products Countdown-
10. #172 School-Age Stations and Drills
9. #155 – Camps – One Day Money Makers
8. #128 – Back Handspring Drills/Back Handspring Clinic
7. #229 – Preschool & School-Age Star Achievement Award Program
6. #226 – Preschool Theme Lesson Plans from Across the U.S.A
5. #165 – Increase Your Daytime Income with Preschool Special Events
4. #720 – Preschool Tumbling Handstamps and Coloring Pages-ONLY AVAILABLE AT tumblebear.com- click here to order.
3. #213 – Parent and Tot Complete Training Kit
2. #500 Flaghouse Presents… Patti Komara’s Fast Track Training System for Preschool Gymnastics GREAT DEAL-4 DVDs, test, answer kets, certificate of completeion and 84-page binder of notes – only $159.95
1. #169 – Hundreds of Stations for Preschool
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Rick Mc
Play it Forward – Rec Gym
Dar wants underprivileged kids to do Gymnastics.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
She’s the Rec guru behind GymtasticsGymTools.
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Rick Mc
daycare preschoolers active 2-3% of the time
More than one third of US children are now overweight or obese …
About 75% of preschoolers in the US spend most of their days in child care centers, and they’re not moving around for 70% to 83% of their hours there; in fact, they’re only active about 2% to 3% of the time.
Why?Dr. Kristen Copeland, a pediatrician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and her colleagues have been conducting a series of focus group studies …
In the current study, published in the journal Pediatrics, the team focused on societal factors that could make it difficult to maintain physical activity programs. After conducting nine focus groups with 49 child care providers in Cincinnati, Ohio, the team found three main societal barriers to exercise —
… concerns about the children injuring themselves while at play
… financial constraints that limited some centers’ ability to purchase playground equipment
… and a growing emphasis on academic learning over unstructured physical play time.
Parents. Take personal responsibility for the PHYSICAL EDUCATION of your children. Schools and Day Cares are NOT getting the job done.Here’s what preschoolers SHOULD be doing.
NORTH CANTON Y PRESCHOOL PLAY ROOM
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Rick Mc
Darlene “the Bean” teaching preschool
… founder of GymtasticsGymTools.com, your gymnastics and teaching tool resource website. All of our products are professionally designed and illustrated to help you become a better teacher, coach or grow your gymnastics program.
I’ve made it so easy too. All our content can be easily downloaded to your computer in minutes. …
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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Rick Mc
Kids’ obesity rate climbing
Canada:
In the last 25 years, the obesity rate among children and youth has nearly tripled. As many as 26 per cent of kids between two and 17 years are now overweight or obese. That number jumps to 41 per cent among First Nations children. …
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, ParticipACTION, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (CHEO-HALO) are all supporting some new guidelines:
… urge parents of kids aged one to four to get their kids moving for 180 minutes, or three hours, a day. That doesn’t have to mean calisthenics; it could simply mean allowing children to play, crawl or walk – as long as it gets them moving.
By age five, kids should be spending at least 60 minutes, or an hour, a day in “energetic” play, meaning running, jumping around and active playing. …
We’ve got children younger than 18 months in my gym. What about yours?
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why Parent & Tot gymnastics?
5.) Fitness
4.) To be Social
3.) Reading Readiness
2.) The Bond
1.) It’s FUN!
details – Coach Casie’s Top 5 Reasons to Enroll Your Child In a Parent & Tot Gymnastics Class
Staff Sgt. Maria Duluc and daughter Ivanna
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Rick Mc
Flip Factory, Calgary
I dropped in on my old friend Darlene Traviss at her new facility, Flip Factory in N.E. Calgary.
Darlene Traviss
Darlene’s that rarity. An entrepreneur in socialist Canada. (Most gyms are parent governed in Canada.)
Her club is staying away from competitive Artistic gymnastics. But they offer just about everything else.
Preschool makes up about 60% of the membership.
Trampoline, Circus, Demo Team (Gymnaestrada), …
When construction is complete, here’s the goal:
5,600 square feet of gym space which houses: 4 full size trampolines, a 40′ tumble track, a 40′ x 40′ sprung floor exercise space, a large foam pit, indoor toboggan hill for preschoolers, 40′ bouldering wall, beams, low tight ropes, slack lines, bars (including a pit bar), lots of climbing ropes, rings and vaulting apparatus.
Typical rotations:
• Mission Impossible obstacle course
• Reverse Bungee: a giant jolly jumper
• Gladiators: semi-combative challenges
• Parkour on a dedicated circuit, complete with tramp wallSpecial Needs kids are welcomed:
Down’s Syndrome
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Cerebral Palsy
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Amputees
ADD and ADHD
Autism and Asperger’s
Brain injuries
An additional 2000 square foot mezzanine space houses our Tot Drop-In during the daytime. This area is filled with equipment specially designed for 1 – 5 year olds: Mats of all shapes and sizes, slides, climbing apparatus, ball pits and more. Equipment configuration and pieces change weekly. This gym is well padded and encourages movement and exploration. A seating area for parents built into the space makes it a perfect spot to hang out with friends while letting preschoolers burn off energy! The mezzanine space is cleared and available to other groups in the evenings.
A 750 square foot hardwood dance studio is used for our fitness classes and is also available to other groups.
Two spacious birthday party rooms are available for eats and treats after activities in the gym are finished up.
CONGRATULATIONS Darlene. I’m completely impressed.
Learn more about the gym at flip-factory.com
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Dana
Awesome!
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Jan Cerato
Flip Factory provided excellent Staff, Amazing Space & Fitness Programs for all the kids regardless of age. As a special bonus we all got to enjoy a Reptile Awareness Show in the studio. Great stuff Thx Dar & Team Flip?!
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Jan Cerato and 
Dana are discussing. 
Thanks Rick!
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