45 Minutes Can Do Wonders

Posted: 16th January 2023

Just three quarters of an hour’s play can do wonders for little ones’ sleep and appetite. And it’s something that every little visitor and their parent or carer can bank on at Gymboree Play & Music centres.

Progressive Development

Our expert play leaders support you through 45 minutes of uninterrupted time to play, explore, and learn. More than that, our custom designed curriculum challenges your little one as they grow, with changing playscapes and themes every two weeks.

Which means that every step of the way, our programme challenges each baby, toddler and pre-schooler in a progressive way. We help them reach successive developmental staging posts physically, socially and cognitively through play.

Our classes help keep them busy and help them work up an appetite. That’s why little ones are primed and ready to eat and sleep after one of our classes.

Play-Eat-Sleep

Creating a routine of activity, sleep and eating is so important for child development. That’s why establishing a healthy sleep pattern in early life is crucial for the health and growth of early years children. Sleep patterns can change dramatically in the early years, from irregular patterns (0-3 months) to regular sleepiness (2-3 months), more nocturnal sleeping (4-12 months) to two naps per day (12-18 months) and by 18 months, one or no daytime nap.

A Healthy Pattern

Wherever a child is on their journey, it’s important to maintain a regular pattern. That’s because sleep plays a critical role in learning and memory, emotional regulation, and related brain structure development.

It plays a role in healthy cognitive development in the transition from infancy to adulthood. Sleep also helps a little one to better learning and memory, plus enables them to regulate their emotions better.

That’s why a good sleeping pattern supports child development. So, quality sleep comes from an active routine. Following activities such as our Babies, Play & Learn, Art classes, and Open Gym, your child will be well exercised and ready for a peaceful sleep.

But before they drift off into a wondrous dream, try to give them nutritious food to support their physical development. Optimal nutrition in the first few years of life are central to the development of healthy brain architecture. This builds a pathway towards good cognitive health. Iron is a particularly important in development of early years children.

Something like the delicious organic goodies from our friends at Piccolo is perfect!

So why not enquire now and come along to experience the benefits of play at Gymboree Play & Music!

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Reviews

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!

Natalia, Hampstead

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.

Sheena, Sevenoaks

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 :-)

Pippa, Tunbridge Wells