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GymbaROO Ballarat

Locality: Sebastopol, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 466 932 243

Address: Wilsons Ln 3350 Sebastopol, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.gymbarooballarat.com.au

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25.01.2022 Week 2 at GymbaROO this week and we have a Book in our Treasure Bag for Toddlers and Preschoolers and Glasses for Babies. Can’t wait to see your favourite book!

25.01.2022 Wonderful Wednesday Happy Hump Day! Weve made it to mid-week - what a wonderful thing! Winter is coming and were still safe at home but maybe experiencing a little cabin fever. Rug up, grab a bucket and go and find some treasures. Rocks, sticks, leaves, maybe some last little bright blooms. Collect your treasures and then come home and explore them together. Have a look at the colours and the textures. If youve got a magnifying glass, have a look how different they are u...p close! Explore the wonders of nature. Wed love to see photos of your Wonderful Wednesday Treasures!

24.01.2022 Week 7 already! Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers have a Frog in their treasure bag this week and Babies have a Balloon. See you online soon!

24.01.2022 With 24 days to go, why not download the GymbaROO Christmas Activity Pack for your Little One!

23.01.2022 Some great body awareness activities for all ages!

23.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all the special women in our lives

22.01.2022 What a beautiful sunny day! A great day to make a nature frame and get out and do some rugged-up exploring! Id love to see what you come up with!

21.01.2022 Throwback (and Thankful!) Thursday Im missing the Gym! I cant wait to get back there and see everyones smiling faces and very excited to see all the development gains you have made! Im very thankful to be home and safe though and love that we can still bring you GymbaROO at home. Have you made an obstacle course for your Little Ones yet? Theyre super easy! Climb under a table, over the toy box, through a cardboard box, jump off a chair and step on the cushion steppi...ng stones - dont fall onto the lava floor! Obstacle courses at home really help their spatial awareness, knowing where they are in space and where everything around them is. You dont need any fancy equipment, you can use absolutely everything you have at home and make them as simple or adventurous as youd like ~ be creative!

20.01.2022 Friday families - we have a tent in our Treasure Bags this week! How are you going to get creative with this one?! Just a reminder that masks need to be carried at all times are still required to be worn indoors so please have your mask with you. See you tomorrow!

19.01.2022 Day 21 ~ Dedicate some distraction-free time this morning and focus on your child

19.01.2022 Day 24 ~ Take a photo of your beautiful child when they are peacefully asleep.

19.01.2022 Our Week 2 Treasure Bag for Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers are some Apples! And for Babies is a Necklace. Have you been doing some cooking with your Little Ones? Tag us in your cooking pics, wed love to see

19.01.2022 Day 23 ~ Watch the joy on your children’s faces when they see the Christmas lights at night

18.01.2022 Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers - Teddy saw a Dinosaur at the Museum this week! T-Rexs are my favourite, what is yours? Babies have a Car in their Treasure Bag this week. See you online soon!

17.01.2022 *Tuesday Tunes* There are so many actions you can try with this one: hands are hammering; hands are tapping; head is nodding; feet are stamping. What are some other actions you could use? Our Little Ones learn patterns of movement from watching, listening and then doing. This helps with writing when they get to school because their ears, eyes and hands will work together in a coordinated way.

17.01.2022 Wishing you all the best things for 2021

17.01.2022 Week 5 this week! We have a Pony in our Toddler and Pre-School Treasure Bag and a Spoon for our Babies. See you soon!

17.01.2022 Pom Pom Sort Items needed: * Egg carton/muffin tin * Pom Poms... * Tongs or tweezers for older children Sort the pom poms into tin by colour. Talk about the colours with your Little Ones and you can even go and find other objects that are the same colour! Older children can use tongs or tweezers to pick the pom poms up. If your younger child is yet to fully understand colours, even moving them back and forth is a fantastic finger pinching exercise! You can also count the pom poms and sort by size as well. For our Babies, you can give them a massage with the soft balls while you tell them what part of their body youre massaging.

16.01.2022 We are very excited to announce we are opening for face-to-face classes in Term 1, 2021! Here is the start of our Timetable, which we hope to expand into other days as classes fill. We are still under restrictions so class size is strictly limited. Term 1 commences on Monday 1st February and finishes on Thursday 1st April. It is an 8 week term for Monday and Friday classes with the special Early Bird price of only $136, available until Friday December 11th. To book in, simpl...y send us an email with your class of choice, please include your child's name, date of birth and your contact number. We will process your enrolment and send through an invoice. Can’t wait to see you all back in the centre soon!

16.01.2022 Whats in our Week 8 Treasure Bags?! We have a Butterfly for Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers and a Rabbit for Babies. Does anyone have a pet bunny? Online classes are the perfect time to bring them!

16.01.2022 GymbaROO Advent Calendar starts tomorrow! How exciting! Christmas is coming... 25 days to go

15.01.2022 Singing songs and rhymes with actions is a multi-sensory activity for our children by engaging senses such as visual, auditory, touch and movement. Its working on language development, gross and fine motor skills, coordination, body awareness, rhythmic proficiency and auditory discrimination. Theres so much learning and development to be made with simple, fun rhymes and songs. ... Open Shut Them is a great one for our toddlers and pre-schoolers but you can sing it to younger children and babies as well, you can turn it into an exercise or massage routine for younger ones also. What rhymes do you enjoy with your Little Ones?

15.01.2022 Lets go on a Bear hunt!! Get your Little One to get their favourite Teddy Bear. Send them out of the room and hide their Bear. When they come back in, clap loudly when theyre close and softly when theyre further away. When they find it, let them have a turn at hiding the Bear and clapping too!

14.01.2022 Great tips from Dr. Tessa! Move to learn and learn to move with GymbaROO

13.01.2022 Feather Fun! Have you found a feather in your adventures lately? Or maybe you have one in your craft box! Grab a feather and your Little One for some Feather Fun that helps their eye development by working on their eye fitness, eye muscle strength & movement and eye-everything coordination. Babies: First attract babys attention to the feather before you slowly move it up, down, left and right you can even draw shapes! Then, hold it up high and left it go, encourage bab...y to watch it fly. Toddlers: Throw the feathers in the air and let your toddlers catch them! With your toddler holding a feather, encourage them to extend their arm out and draw shapes in the air with their feather, watching while they go; swap hands and repeat. Pre-Schoolers: Catch the flying feathers with a bowl or bucket. Holding a feather, encourage your pre-schooler to look at the feather and then move it and with verbal cues up, down, left, right, all around while they track it with just their eyes. See more

12.01.2022 In line with the whole Victorian stage 4 lockdown, our doors are now closed until midnight Wednesday 17th February. We will look at making up classes during term and/or adding an extra week for the Monday and Wednesday classes at the end of term. Until you can get back to class, log on to your Parent Portal dashboard where you can utilize the online videos and music downloads. ... There is also a YouTube channel with lots of short videos for home activities you can do also. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCt2WiN5iVfWmZDG6FtmT-Aw Let me know if you need any assistance otherwise stay safe and well and we’ll see you soon!

12.01.2022 Annnnnd Term 3 commences! Woohoooo! Dont forget to register for your online class and check your junk folder - theres been a couple of reports some important emails go to the junk folder. Toddlers and Pre-schoolers have Spaghetti in their Treasure Bag today - are you doing some cooking with your Little Ones this week? And Babies have a Cat. Let me know if you need assistance with registering for your online class. See you soon!

12.01.2022 Movement Monday: Take your Little One for an aeroplane ride! Lie on your back on the floor with your legs bent and lay your Little One on their tummy on your shins. Move forwards and backwards as well as side to side. Suitable for babies right through to bigger kids - as long as you can hold them up!... This is a great activity for the vestibular system. The ability to sit still shows a mature vestibular system, which is developed through movement! Movement is the Key to Learning! Take them on an aeroplane ride today

12.01.2022 Tummy-Time Tuesday! Place a couple cups of water beads into a large snap lock bag and masking tape the four sides to a lightweight chopping board. Your Baby can move the beads around inside the bag for lots of fun while theyre on their tummy! (Supervision always needed when using water beads, even in a bag) Tummy time develops strong neck and shoulder muscles as well as chest and tummy muscles. And its the foundation of all their movements. Love the floor! Think of it as ...their (and your!) ultimate playground! Water beads in a bag arent only for babies, tape the bag to a window for fun with your older Little Ones as well!

12.01.2022 Term 1 starts NEXT WEEK!!!! We have Fun and Games in Term 1 for Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers and our Week 1 Treasure Bag is Tennis Balls. For Babies in Week 1, we will have a Teddy. Welcome emails have now been sent so check your inbox (or your junk folder!). Let me know if you don’t receive yours. ... See you in the centre next week!!

10.01.2022 Day 22 ~ Go outside when it is dark and look at the stars

10.01.2022 Day 2 ~ Give yourself a big hug and hug your child

09.01.2022 Merry Christmas from our families to yours! This has been a year we’ll never forget but we hope you get to enjoy Christmas with your loved ones We’ll be enjoying a much needed break over the next few weeks so may be a bit slower in answering your emails, calls and texts - but we will answer them!! Have a wonderful Christmas and holiday period, enjoy the special moments and make some amazing memories! Thank you all so much for your ongoing support through this very trying year and we very much look forward to a brighter 2021

08.01.2022 Annnnnd Term 3 commences! Woohoooo! Don’t forget to register for your online class and check your junk folder - there’s been a couple of reports some important emails go to the junk folder. Toddlers and Pre-schoolers have Spaghetti in their Treasure Bag today - are you doing some cooking with your Little One’s this week? And Babies have a Cat. Let me know if you need assistance with registering for your online class. See you soon!

08.01.2022 Its almost Mothers Day! Make Mum a card with your special little hand prints This might be a good activity to get Dads or other special people helping with! Template can be found here: https://mcusercontent.com//ff9cf8f2-f256-4147/template.pdf... And instructions here: https://mcusercontent.com//5ce1ec4c-/instructions_card.pdf Tag someone who might need reminding and they can make a card and be all ready

07.01.2022 Win a YEAR of GymbaROO!

07.01.2022 Its a beautiful day in Ballarat today so we should take full advantage of the sun and get outdoors for a bit of vitamin D! While youre outside, why not do some planting with your Little Ones! Theres still plenty of veggies you can plant now and watch them grow and your Little One may be even more excited to eat them when they have put in the work to grow them. Cabbage, Asian greens, lettuce, rocket, spinach, carrots, celery, cauliflower, leeks and onions can all be plante...d still. Wed love to see what you plant!

07.01.2022 Welcome emails have been sent! Please check your junk mail if you haven’t received it and if it’s not there, let me know. This email contains important information on how to register for your online class. If you need assistance, shoot through and email, call or text.... I’m VERY excited to see you back in the centre NEXT WEEK!!!!!! We have a very limited number of places left if you have been thinking of enrolling. Contact us today to find out how!!

07.01.2022 Week 9 this week and Teddy went on an adventure to the zoo where he saw a Hippopotamus! And Babies have Keys in their Treasure Bag! See you soon

07.01.2022 Lets end the week with some rhyming activities for your Little Ones! What is your favourite rhyme?

06.01.2022 As we close the doors on our Big Gym sessions for Term 3 as we enter round 2 of lockdown, we want to say a huge thank you for all your continuing support and love this year. Its been a trying year and its not over yet but we will get through this together. Apart, but together! Term 3 families have been sent an email regarding accounts. Reach out if you need too! I know its a hard time but were here for you. ... Keep sending through photos of your Little Ones and their activities at home, I love seeing them! Let me know if you need any activity ideas. Stay safe! See you in Term 4

06.01.2022 Is your Little One missing GymbaROO Bubbles? Why not make your own! Bubble Mix: 6 cups water 1 cup dishwashing liquid ... 1 tablespoon glycerin You can use plastic cups, funnels, plastic drink bottles or pipe cleaners for bubble wands. Bubbles are great for their vision development and when theyre reaching out to pop them, theyre working on their hand-eye coordination. A great activity to do at home!

05.01.2022 Balloon Fun Hang a balloon in the doorway and your Little One can have hours of fun hitting and kicking it. It works on their hand-eye (and foot-eye!) coordination, visual development, motor planning and balance as they move their body. Balloons are lighter than balls so easier to catch for toddlers. If youre worried about it popping, the balloon covers (as pictured) are perfect.... If you have a baby, lower the balloon and lie them underneath it. Good for their visual development as well and for their grasping as they reach up and try to catch it!

05.01.2022 Week 6 this week! Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers have a Hen in their Treasure Bag and Babies have a Flower. Hope youre all happy and well. See you online soon!

03.01.2022 Term 4 Online Classes commence next Monday! And we are taking deposits for Term 1 2021, where you’ll get access to the timetable before everyone else! By making a deposit for Term 1, you’ll also get Term 4 classes at a super discounted rate so send through an email today to take advantage of this super special. Remember to keep your Little Ones moving, get out and enjoy some sun today

03.01.2022 In line with the new restrictions coming to Regional Vic from midnight Wednesday 5th August, we sadly have to shut our doors on our Term 3 Big Gym Sessions for 6 weeks. We are in the process of finalizing alternate arrangements and will be in touch shortly. Keep your eye on your emails in the next few days. PLEASE NOTE: If you are enrolled in a Friday session, please check your emails now for an important update. ... We are running our Monday and Wednesday classes as normal!! Please remember masks are mandatory for this week. I hope to see all your smiling faces in early this week before we once again stay home to save lives! Dont hesitate to make contact via social media, email or phone/text if you have any queries or just want to say hello! Stay safe and well

03.01.2022 Welcome emails have been sent! Please check your junk mail if you havent received it and if its not there, let me know. This email contains important information on how to register for your online class. If you need assistance, shoot through and email, call or text.... Im VERY excited to see you back in the centre NEXT WEEK!!!!!! We have a very limited number of places left if you have been thinking of enrolling. Contact us today to find out how!!

02.01.2022 Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers - Week 4s adventure for Henry was on a picnic where he saw a Bird! And for Babies, we have a Duck! See you tomorrow and/or Friday!

02.01.2022 Movement Monday Wrestle with your Little Ones! Roughhousing play pillow fights, wrestling, rolling around on the floor or bed, it all has so many benefits to the physical, emotional and brain development of our children. Drs Anthony T. DeBenedet and Lawrence J. Cohen co-wrote the book The Art of Roughhousing: Good Old-Fashioned Horseplay and Why Every Kid Needs It.... We teach them self-control, fairness and empathy. We let them win, which gives them confidence and demonstrates that winning isnt everything. We show them how much can be accomplished by cooperation, and how to constructively channel competitive energy so that it doesnt take over. And while this YouTube vid is aimed at Dads, its a great video on why roughhousing is such a great play activity to do with your children and Mums can do it too!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0Lerbebrdc So get down on the floor with them and roll around! Trust me, youll have just as much fun as they will and its growing their brains and bodies what more could you want!

01.01.2022 Our last week for Term 2! Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers have a Jellyfish in their treasure bags and Babies have a Swing. Looking forward to seeing you on Zoom for our last week before were back in the gym for Big Gym Sessions next term! Dont forget, Early Bird Special ends on Friday and due to limited numbers, some sessions are almost full, send through a message to book your place!

01.01.2022 Day 1 ~ teach your child how to blow a kiss

01.01.2022 Term 3 enrollments are NOW OPEN! How exciting! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic with restrictions and social distancing still in place, our classes look a little different for Term 3 but were excited to be bringing back Big Gym for all our little ones missing it so much! Term 3 classes will consist of two 30-minute Big Gym sessions at our centre plus an online class on our GymbaROO Portal that you can access during that week at a day and time that suits you. ... Due to restrictions and maximum capacities, classes are strictly limited and bookings are absolutely essential to make sure you dont miss out on a spot due. Early Bird Special is on NOW until Friday 26th June. Head to our website to secure your spot!