I would like to tell you a few new twists that will be coming to our TumbleBear Program. We will start having themed weeks and with these themes is more focus on certain fundamentals on gymnastics and lots of fun! Each week you and your child will learn different techniques here at Gymnastics Plus, then carry home a wonderful new "trick" to practice. This month we will be rooting for our favorite teams, swinging and flipping like monkeys, bringing a friend to show them what we can do, and singing along to Old McDonald's E-I-E-I-O!!!!! O.K I know you are excited so I will tell you in detail what we will be doing. Starting January 30th you will receive a newsletter and a copy of the TumbleBear Calendar, and this is your first copy, so you are informed to the "T" of what is up and coming. You will get a different one for each month. Along with a coloring sheet that you can take home and color with your kids.

The Week of January 30th - February 3rd, will be "Sports Week." This week on your class day(s) we will be learning "In and Out," going in and out of tunnels just like the football players, catching a football/baseball and doing a victory dance, kicking a soccer ball to your moms and dads, doing forward rolls on the 50 yard line. How exciting!!! Our new song that we will learn this week will be a cheer, V-I-C-T-O-R-Y!!! On the day of your class you can wear your favorite team colors to support your team!

February 6th-February 10th , will be "Jungle Week." We will learn about "Swinging and Flipping." We will be swinging on the bar like little monkeys, rolling around and doing forward and back rolls like armadillos, charging through a foam wall like a rhino, and learning a song about an elephant. "Do you ears hang low?" This week you can wear a shirt with your favorite jungle animal on it. What will you choose, a monkey, giraffe, lion, elephant? Guess we will have to wait and see.

February 13th - February 17th, this week you get to bring a special friend to your class!!! We will be doing "Over and Under" with lots of hearts and love. Celebrating Valentines Day this week, it will be so much fun! You and your friend will be climbing over "hills of hearts", going under a swirl of tangled ropes, we will play a game where you go under a parachute of lovely colors, you will also get a wonderful coloring page at this weeks class to take home and color with your mommy and daddy. You can wear a shirt of red or pink to celebrate the colors of Valentine's Day.

February 20th -February 24th, will be "Getting down on the farm." Yee-Haw!!! This week will be full of "Ups and Downs," We will be singing about Old McDonald and his farm, doing rolls down the mats, going up a ladder, sliding down the slide in to the pit, and doing the chicken dance to some fun music. Also, this week you will get some fun coloring pages of farm animals. You can help us celebrate by wearing a shirt with a farm animal or scene on it, if you have one. I hope that is helpful to you and your child. This is our way of making things fun and exciting in a structured environment for all of us. We all need a little fun in our day!!!

Enjoy and Always Smile,