According to the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, allowing babies to roam, crawl, push, pull and climb creates body awareness that “hooks’ the brain to the muscles.

“We want them to have fun with movement and exercise,” said Barb Weaver, owner.  “Kids this age need to work on their fine motor skills and gross motor skills development, and it’s a fun way for them to try different activities outside the home.”  Classes provide stations for children to climb up and down, push backward and forward, and has opportunities for running, standing, and crawling.

The bubble station delights babies who try to catch and pop bubbles with their hands and fingers, using fine motor skills.  At the parachute station, babies climb in and out of the parachute lifted by parents—using the children’s gross motor skills, such as arm and leg movements.  The story time station teaches listening skills and fine motor movements with puppets and repetitious play.