Gymboree Play & Music Family Play sessions are designed for children of mixed ages, typically from babies to early school-age children. These sessions allow siblings and families to play together in a safe, supportive environment with activities suitable for a range of developmental stages.
Family Play sessions include free play, soft play equipment, music, movement, and shared activities. Families can explore the space together at their own pace, encouraging creativity, movement, and quality time through play.
Yes. Family Play sessions are ideal for siblings of different ages. Activities are flexible and open-ended, allowing babies, toddlers, and older children to participate in ways that suit their individual abilities while playing together.
Yes, parents or carers stay with their children throughout the session. Family Play is designed to be a shared experience that encourages family bonding, interaction, and play between adults and children.
Family Play sessions are less structured than age-specific classes and focus on free exploration and shared play. While age-specific classes follow a developmental curriculum, Family Play offers flexibility for families with multiple children.
Family Play supports physical development, social interaction, creativity, and family bonding. Children practise movement and exploration while parents enjoy quality playtime together, making it a fun and enriching experience for the whole family.
Yes. Gymboree Play & Music Family Play sessions are suitable for babies from around 6 months up to children aged 5 years. The environment is safe and padded, with flexible, open-ended activities that allow babies, toddlers, and older children to explore and play at their own pace alongside parents or carers.
You don’t need much — just comfortable clothes for active play, nappies, wipes, and anything your baby or child normally needs. Sessions take place in a clean, padded environment designed for safe movement. Babies and children should have bare feet to enable them to feel the space around them. Adults should wear socks.
Yes. Family Play sessions take place in clean, padded spaces with equipment designed for young children. Trained staff are present to ensure a safe environment and support families throughout the session.
Gymboree Play & Music Family Play sessions are available at locations across the UK. You can find your nearest Gymboree Play & Music centre here: https://gymbo.co.uk/locations/
Wonderful class leaders and nice vibe all around!
We’ve had such a lovely experience at Gymboree Play & Music Bristol. My daughter started attending when she was around 10 months old and she’s now 18 months, and the classes have genuinely grown with her. I absolutely love how the space changes regularly, it always feels fresh, exciting and perfectly suited to each stage of development.
Polly and Suzie are both so warm, positive and friendly. They are wonderful with my daughter and make every session feel welcoming and fun. No two classes are ever the same, each one is interactive, engaging and clearly designed with the children’s development in mind.
I’ve really noticed the benefits at home too. A few weeks ago, one class focused on “high and low” and ever since, Aoife hasn’t stopped saying “up” and pointing upwards, it was amazing to see how much she absorbed from just one session.
We’re so happy we found Gymboree, it’s been such a positive and joyful part of our routine.
We love Gymboree, the energy the staff bring to the classes, the activities, and the fun in learning has been amazing to see in my child. I highly recommended joining, especially as a first time mum.
Al the staff are lovely and the gym is alway clean
They work hard to change the setup every 2 weeks so we dont get board
Very recommended!
Gymboree is sooo much fun for my grandchild and such a blessing for us. The excitement she feels when I say it’s Gymbo time is cute and wonderful. The people who run it are fabulous and fun and put so much into each session. Highly recommend.
Gymboree Tunbridge Wells is truly the most magical place. I know every parent thinks their child is a genius, but I genuinely believe that so many of my daughter’s milestones have been reached early because of the time she spends at Gymboree. She was talking, walking, climbing, and exploring ahead of her peers, and I credit so much of that to the incredible environment and activities here. She has learnt such amazing skills!
The space itself is wonderful — safe, clean, and full of opportunities for little ones to run, jump, climb, and burn off energy without any worries. It’s the perfect place for children to develop confidence and independence while having the best time.
But for me, Gymboree has been just as important as it has been for my daughter, especially as a mum without a village. I originally thought she needed to be crawling to get the most out of it — I was so wrong! I wish I had joined earlier. What I didn’t realise was how much I would gain. I’ve made lifelong friendships and found a support network of the most incredible people. I was really lonely with no family or friends nearby, and honestly, Gymboree has been a lifesaver. I don’t know how I coped without it.
I look forward to going just as much as my daughter does.
Thank you to the entire team for creating such a special space — I truly feel like I’ve found my village. x
Excellent opportunity for our little one to experience stimuli for the senses, socialisation, routine and develop mobility in a fun, friendly and supportive setting. Good to have flexibility in the days of the week for attendance. All staff are helpful and welcoming towards children and carers.
Our experience at Gymboree has been truly wonderful for our daughter. She started attending just after her first birthday, and although she hadn't been walking yet, she was inspired and began walking almost immediately. She absolutely adores Gymboree, with its delightful music and the lovely, smiling, affectionate teachers!
I have attending a range of Gymboree classes with both of my boys and they’ve loved them - a really great activity for babies and toddlers.
Absolutely love Gymboree I have been attending
With my little on since she was 7 weeks old, started off with baby massage then onto baby sensory, crawlers now runners. The staff are fantastic so attentive to all the children and really go out their way to get to know each child individually. I look forward to attending gymboree each week not only for my little one but for myself as well to get a catch up with all the other mums and dads. It really is just a great little community and 100% would recommend it to anyone.
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Both of my children (3.5 years and 11 months) go to Gymboree Play & Music and love it. My toddler goes to their drop-off Lego class which she raves about. It's very creative, working not only on Lego skills but also painting, drawing etc. My infant son loves his Gymboree Play & Music Crawlers class - particularly loves crawling all over their props, through the tunnels, etc. Great way to get the infant crawling over obstacles! Gymboree Play & Music is part of our weekly schedule for both kids and we look forward to participating every week. Invaluable!
Gymboree Play & Music was a lovely and positive experience for my son Leo. We started when he was 9 months and he is now 3 years old, I wish we had started sooner.
He loves the songs (which is part of our daily singing at home), the freedom to explore and he was happy there. He looks forward to class every week and once class is over he will tell everyone about Gymbo and what he did.
For me, I liked that it taught him how to get down safely from a height, how to learn to use his body, and touching on different topics every 2 weeks. It gave me confidence in other environments to trust that he has the ability that he learned from Gymboree Play & Music and to trust him.
I’ve been taking both my newborn and toddler to Gymboree Play & Music for a couple of months now and both boys are really loving the classes and open gym sessions. It’s a great way to meet other mums, entertain toddlers at witching hour(!) and get ideas for sensory play with babies. Sophie and Cat are fantastic and have so much energy and loads of different ideas for the classes, plus make sure the activities it’s help children meet their development milestones as well. Highly recommend this if you’re thinking about joining!! Thanks so much Sophie, Cat and the wider team :-)
