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/
My 5 month old loves her Gymboree classes! It’s a fantastic way to keep them entertained, get out of the house and meet other lovely mums. Each lesson is so wonderfully put together. Elanoor is obsessed with Karen and is mesmerised by her beautiful singing voice.
Karen is very kind and helpful. My daughter loved going to Gymboree.
My son absolutely loves the sessions, they are really well planned and really relaxed and inclusive.
Friendly and helpful people working there. Clean and well taken care of. The open gym for a 3.5 year old is a good option. The art sessions although engaging for the price of £40 it feels like something that can be done also at home. Maybe small projects at process art, might be more appropriate to the price.
We love gymboree and my grandchildren love it and have really come on and learned how to interact with other children. The staff are really lovely and friendly and so are the people who go
We moved to London and signed up our daughter (11 months at the time) for Gymboree classes. We religiously attended classes for over a year and couldn't be happier. She went from crawling to running around and jumping with Gymbo. She loves Gymbo and her Gymboree family and it's bittersweet to say goodbye as she is moving on to nursery and other activities. Thank you so much to Pav and each and every Gymboree teacher.
My son joined gymboree since he was around 6 months old. He's 2 now, and he still enjoys the session very much. The session also helped him first to crawl, then walk; now he's running around and climbing everywhere. The host really helped with his development, and he is especially very comfortable with Amber.
Staff are very friendly and patient.
Enjoyable family classes, reassuringly clean equipment and lots of fun for our 19 month old.
We’ve had a really lovely experience with Gymboree Play & Music UK. My baby has been attending since 6 months old and is now nearly 15 months, and we’ve enjoyed it throughout. The staff are always friendly, caring, and helpful, and I really appreciate that they always do their best to accommodate requests.
The classes are fun, educational, and great for my baby’s development and confidence. It’s also been wonderful for the social side of development and for making friends with other babies and parents. I also really appreciate the open gym option, as it gives us the flexibility to come often and enjoy the space outside of classes too.
It’s such a welcoming environment for both babies and parents, and I would definitely recommend it to other families.
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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!
Cannot recommend Gymboree Play & Music Watford enough--truly THE BEST! ❤️🙌 What makes it so special are the amazing teachers/staff, especially Amber, Jack, Philippa, and Hannah! They’re not only incredibly talented in music and arts, but they’re also absolutely fantastic with kids of all ages.
My little girl was only 18 months old when we first discovered this wonderful place and started attending sessions. She’s now 5 years old, and we’re still here! That says it all 🥰
I genuinely believe that so many of my daughter’s milestones have been reached early because of the time she spends here. 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. 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. But for me, Gymboree has been just as important as it has been for my daughter, especially as a mum without a village. ...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.
