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gymnastics road safety theme
Kit Poole is a Rec guru now retired from Scallywaggs Gymnastics in Australia.
From her blog:
… This week was great fun for all. Our theme was road transportation which included cars, buses, motorcycles and trucks.
I made roads for the children to follow simply by visiting my local discount store and purchasing black fabric VERY cheaply. Then cut it into 4m lengths by 1m wide. Finally my husband helped the painting process by making templates of rectangles out of cardboard which we laid on top of the middle of the fabric and painted in white to make the lines on the road. …
I then gave each child a red fireman’s hat, a rubber ring (as the steering wheel) and a fire hose.
We made the fire hoses from garden hose chopped into roughly 30cm lengths and got some blue feathers and glued them onto the ends to make it look like the water. ..
details on Kit’s Kindergym Treasures.
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Rick Mc
Hubert’s Gymnastics Adventures BOOK
Hubert’s Gymnastics Adventures – Fairground is might make a good present for a little gymnast.
Hubert’s Fairground Adventure is a joyful, action packed story designed to get young children moving, learning and having fun.
Join Hubert the bear as he visits the Fairground and explores the rides, games and surprises at every turn. …
Created by qualified gymnastics coaches, this imaginative tale is part of an innovative Early Years gymnastics award scheme …
The book also includes a catchy companion song, making it a fully immersive experience and providing a full minute workout for little learners. …
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Rick Mc
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Introducing Forward Saltos to Beginners
BIGGEST chance for injury is hitting the face on the knees. I always emphasize keeping the knees wide apart:
Leave space for the face.
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starting gymnastics at 6 months
GYMTRIX™ offers a series of videos for parents who want to ‘train’ their babies and toddlers at home.
A physical literacy program to help your child learn skills through fun activities on DVD!
Click PLAY or watch a CNN feature on YouTube. (2011)
That’s Doreen Bolhuis, President & CEO of Gymco Sports.
Those start at 6 months. … What do you think about that?
… Many gyms don’t start kids until 18 months.
Check out gymtrix.net for yourself.
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Rick Mc
introducing Rope climb
Inexperienced coaches ask young kids to climb too high, too soon.
Instead, challenge them with these drills. And others close to the ground.
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Those are precomp kids from Taiso, Saskatoon and Altadore, Calgary. But the drills are the same for everyone. Even non-gymnasts.
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Rick Mc
preschool gymnastics tips
Another great instructional from Darlene of Gymtastics GymTools.
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I’m confident that Darlene and staff can teach backward rolling safely to preschoolers. But I try to avoid that skill, myself, with “pumpkin heads”.
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advanced GAME – Partner Swings
by site editor Rick McCharles
Swing each other in circles without letting go.
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See ALL the Games posted on the Rick McCharles Tumbl Trak Fitness Games YouTube channel.
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Forward Flip using Rings
A safe way for young kids to start salto rotations forwards and backward.
Of course there’s no need to use a mini-tramp. This can be done from standing under low Rings.
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Recreational Gymnastics 
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