Gymboree Islington

Hello and welcome to Gymboree Islington !

Hello and welcome to Gymboree Islington!

If you are on the lookout for fun, high quality and educational classes for your children you need to look no further. You cannot do better than Gymboree’s award-winning sessions delivered by our fantastic Islington team.

Book your FREE trial today by emailing us at islington@gymboree-uk.com or calling 07818153700.

Classes offered

*PLAY & LEARN Baby Play up to level 6 * MUSIC * ART * BIRTHDAY PARTIES * GYMBOREE ON THE GO *

Newborn babies through to children up to age 5 can enjoy a wide range of classes at Gymboree Islington.

Introduce your baby to the world of play at our cosy Baby Play class (Level 1), then watch as they progress and work all the way up to imaginative play! (Level 5 and 6)

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Budding artists will love our ART classes! Get messy and creative with playdough, paints and plenty of glue and glitter, then take home your masterpiece to show off to the rest of the family.

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Our MUSIC classes are a fabulous way to start exploring rhythm and movement with your child, and are set to a different genre of music every two weeks.

Boogie the winter blues away in our Jazz theme, baila La Bamba in one of our Latin classes, or release your inner diva for Disco – among many more!

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LEVEL 1 (approx. 0-8m ):
Our Baby Play class focuses on developing your baby’s interest in the world through sensory exploration. Stimulating age-appropriate activities such as tummy time, scarf play and auditory exploration help to build trust and security and emotional connections with others. Parent discussion time  helps you to connect with other parents and learn more about your child’s development.

LEVEL 2 – (6-10 months):
At this level children learn how they can make things happen as they explore cause and effect and work on strength building activities by using our ramps, slides, climbers and tunnels. The songs and movement of our ‘baby boogies’ are a fun way to encourage social awareness and stimulate early brain development. Introducing your child to new sights, sounds, and movements helps build confidence.

LEVEL 3  (10-16 months):
Two way communication has started!  Children are gaining skills that allow them to show you what they want, think and feel as they participate in a range of developmental activities on our range of exciting equipment playscapes. You can experience, observe and guide your child’s new sense of balance, co-ordination and strength and observe how your child interacts and plays with other children as their learning style begins to emerge.

LEVEL 4 – (14-22m):
Motor planning is key for our children at this phase of development. We explore patterns, sequences of action and cooperative play using our Gymboree equipment as a tool for physical, cognitive and social development. Early vocabulary is introduced (e.g. in/out; up/down) and parents help children learn to be competent problem solvers: from how to get in and out of the tunnel, to taking turns, to sharing and more.

LEVEL 5 (22 months to  28 months):
Imaginary themes and creative play support the development of “symbolic thinking” in these classes. We transform our Gymboree slides, tunnels and climbers into doghouses, fire engines and more. We use special props and games to encourage language development and social skill development at an age when many children begin pre-school and can benefit from learning these important skills.

LEVEL 6 (28 – 26 months):

Through more advanced imaginary play, storybooks, equipment play, group and independent play, our Level 6 children learn critical listening and language skills that support their pre-school readiness. Our activities also focus on co-operative play, building your child’s imagination and thinking skills.

MUSIC I – (approx. 6 to 16 months):
Children are very receptive to musical learning at this age. Research has shown that infants can have memory for songs heard while in mum’s tummy, and babies as young as 5 months can remember musical sequences and detect changes in pitch, melody and rhythm! Participating in Music I impacts all areas of your baby’s development. You’ll learn songs that boost memory and language and explore music elements like beat and rhythm through Gymboree’s age-appropriate instruments and playful movement activities. Learn lullabies from around the world to help to build those important connections between you and your child and support their emotional development.

MUSIC II – (17m to 2½ years):
Gymboree’s active approach to musical learning introduces your child to 16 different musical styles. Through singing, dancing, movement games and instruments, your child learns important musical “building blocks” like rhythm, beat, tempo and melody and builds a foundation of musical skills to grow on. These activities provide powerful tools that impact your child’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual development too.

ART – (17m to 5 years):
Art provides skills for learning and self- expression at any age. That’s why a Gymboree Art class is an essential introduction to a world of colour, form and texture that shape a foundation of creative possibility for your child. Our imagination building activities will invite exploration of a collage wall, tactile station, painting, song, story-time and gentle movement to inspire the littlest of artists.

Nothing inspires the imagination quite like art. A Gymboree Art class sends your child home with far more than a finished project. Children leave our class with an enhanced creative spirit and a positive means for self-expression. Unleash your child’s imagination in a world of hands-on discovery with painting, sculpting, drawing, collage, song, dress-up and other imaginative activities.

Class timetable

Double click on the attachment below to download the latest timetable, along with pricing and policies and waiting list numbers for the classes:April 2012 Gymboree Islington timetable

Birthday parties

We offer tailor made birthday parties on Saturday and Sundays – the whole site to yourself, as well as Parties on the Go – meaning we can come to your home or hired venue.  Let’s get planning that Jungle Safari or trip Under the Sea!

SOCKS & CHARITY
Please remember to bring your socks! We want our site to be the cleanest children’s activity site in the area. It is our policy that adults must wear socks at Gymboree. If you forget to bring them along there will be a pair on sale for £1, half of which we will donate to the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity.