Session Highlights
View all the exciting NEW dance classes in our Kids Physical Programs brochure available at the front desk or to download from this page.
NEW! Cheer Dance (Ages 4-6)
This class teaches your child the basics of cheering, and cheer style dancing. The chants make learning the steps easier and more fun!
Sunday 2:10-2:55 pm
Member $48, Non-Member $93
Class is held in the Gym with Caitlin
NEW! Children’s Ballet/Jazz (Ages 5-7)
With a prerequisite of Creative Movement (or comparable dance class), this class will begin to teach a more structured quality of movement. Basic ballet and jazz concepts are taught.
Saturday 11:30-12:15pm
Member $48, Non-Member $93
Classes are held in Studio # 1 with Caitlin
We are excited to welcome Caitlin Neiduski. She is currently a student at UMass, Amherst and is a double-major in Dance and Psychology. She has studied dance all over the world, performing in International Dance festivals. She has four years of experience teaching dance and drama for the Rectory Summer Camp in Pomfret, CT.
8 Reasons Children Benefit from Gymnastics and Dance
- Increases muscle strength
- Helps promote healthy bones
- Enhances flexibility
- Improves cognition
- Encourages better social skills and teamwork
- Reduces risky behaviors
- Fosters confidence
- And, it’s fun!
Kids Gymnastics and Dance Classes
- Follow Me (Ages 18 mos.—2.9 years)
- This is a wonderful class for Parent and Child to learn safety techniques and beginning gymnastics together! Your toddler can learn to focus and have fun with you and our qualified instructors. Parent Participation is a must.
- Preschool Gymnastics
- Our qualified instructors make learning safety techniques and beginning gymnastics FUN! Our Preschool Gymnastics Classes are grouped for age appropriate learning. This is the age when children have so much energy; they often do not have a safe outlet for it. Now they can: at the Y!
- Creative Movement
- Children will get an introduction to the wonderful world of dance. Creative, imaginative, and invigorating movement helps teach basic movements which are a perfect prerequisite to ballet. Attire: girls should wear a leotard with tights without feet, bare-feet, or a modern sandal. Boys should wear close fitted t-shirt with shorts or comfortable pants.
YMCA Progressive Gymnastics Classes
- Gym Kids 1 (Ages 5 & 6)
- In this first level of our Progressive Gymnastics lessons, gymnasts will learn proper vaulting techniques, gain physical strength needed for the uneven bars, learn basic loco motor skills required to balance on the beam, acquire rolling and support positions on the floor, and have safety education and learn to be spatially aware of themselves.
- Gym Kids 2 (Ages 5 & 6)
- This is the second level of our Progressive Gymnastics program. Gymnasts will learn to use their bodies in a more powerful way for vaulting, they will also begin to cast and rotate around the uneven bars. Balance beam will include jumping and hopping, and on floor, children will learn some basic tumbling.
- Fliptastics 1 Gymnastics (Ages 7 and up)
- This class is a great transition from beginner gymnastics into more intermediate skill building . Vaulting will involve repulsion from the hands, while children will learn how to actually swing on the bars, and perform inverted skills on the balance beam, and on floor they will begin to learn how to combine grace and power through skill advancement.
- Fliptastics 2 Gymnastics (Ages 7 and up)
- This class is for gymnasts who have the basic skills from the previous levels, and can perform them sharper, and are more refined, and consistently. They will learn how to vault in a powerful, yet controlled way. The bar skills they will acquire will involve more upper body strength building. On beam these gymnasts will learn are turning, and rotating. Floor exercise skill building will involve drills and lead up skills for back handsprings, and more.
- Advanced Gymnastics Level 1 (Ages 5-9) & Level 2 (Ages 10 - 15)
- We are proud to offer these advanced classes that can help your young athlete enjoy a great sport without the pressure or intensity of being on a team. These gymnasts get two hour-long classes taught by our skilled team coaches. Gymnasts can expect to gain a lot of skill, strength, and flexibility development through this new class. To achieve the greatest success rate and have the highest amount of attention given, the space in the class will be limited.
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