Includes: 

Business Manual - Subjects include: Being your own boss, finances, record keeping, regulations, laws and professional liability, insurance, location, location, location, demographics, the option of operating from your home (you don't have to have a fixed location), marketing, community involvement, customer relations, advertising, sales and making sales, software to organize classes and the business, writing a business plan, and we walk you through a typical day.

Play Lesson Plans - 48 Age-Appropriate Thematic Lesson Plans designed to lead 45-minutes play classes for children aged birth to six months, six to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months, two years and three years.  Classes structure includes welcome song, parental discussion, free play, bubbles, parachute, puppets and good-bye.
Use our lessons to create your own. Imagine if each lesson took you one hour to create....8 themes x 6 age groups = 48 hours of work.  Lessons include welcome song, circle time, free play, bubbles, puppets, a story and good-bye song.

Birthday Parties - Birthday Parties are a secret ingredient to making money in your gym. They are an easy way to get new families into your gym and once they have had a great time, they will be ready to sign up for regular classes.  With over 150 kid's birthday party themes to choose from, you're sure to find a party children will love. Themes include: American Idol, Jungle Animals, Outer Space, Barbie, Sports, Batman, Cars and Trucks, Hanna Montana, And many, many more.  A great theme makes for a great party and we have them for you.  We booked 8 additional parties from the kids that attended our first birthday party. They just grow on themselves.  This package is full of valuable information that will help you advertise, run, evaluate, and coordinate successful parties.

Parental Handouts - 48 Age-Appropriate Parental Handouts designed to lead parental discussions on topics such as eating habits, sleeping problems, developmental milestones, teething, biting, and brain development.  Topics include Age Appropriate Toys, Body Awareness, Developmental Milestones, Routine Repetition, Auditory Stimulation, Communication and Language, Eating Habits, and Sleeping Habits. (8 topics in total) each topic has a handout for the six age groups of birth to six months, six to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months, two years and three years.  Use our handouts or modify them to fit your needs.

Equipment List - Ever wonder where Gymboree, My Gym and The Little Gym get some of their equipment? While some of their equipment is proprietary to them many other items are available from various manufacturers.  Learn from our mistakes.  As we got started we purchased over $5,000 worth of gym mats. About a year later we found an alternative for about 1/3 of the price. We'll help you from making the same mistake.  Includes recommended equipment with contact information, item numbers, quantities and pricing.

Music Book - This magical music book includes songs, rhymes, finger plays and much more. Well over 200 songs included. Themes include holidays, animals, cars, trains, colors, insects, and more. Wonderful activities to enhance any lessons you might develop or use them to update our lesson plans.  Want to create a lesson plan about bees? This book has the song, rhymes, and finger plays to help you do just that.  Save time and money by using this book. All the work is already done.

Early Childhood Development Manual - Early childhood development is an astonishing process. Babies learn to roll, crawl, stand, walk, and run in the short time from birth to age 3. But all children don't develop in the same way, and at the same time. In fact, some children will develop certain skills (like walking or talking) faster or slower than others and that these differences are very normal.  Prior to starting EncouraGYM I never studied how children learn.  We have taken what I have learned over the past several years and summarized it into a 28 page detailed module designed to teach you how children grow, develop and learn. You will learn what and when children should attain milestones along with general terms, games and activities.