Gymbo & Ozzy

I've been contemplating on the pro and cons of sending Joshua off to a playgroup. Some say its unnecessary and that he's too young for "school". Others say that its not really school and that its all play the main point is that the boy (who spends most of his time with grown ups) can have interaction with kids his age.

I know only 2 places offering a playgroup for kids between 12 months up until 36 months. The first one is in Ayala mall, its called playroom an affiliate of B.R.I.T.E Academy, the other one is Gymboree.

I opted for Gymboree because they offered a class once a week unlike the Playroom who offers classes 3x a week MWF. Ozzy and I went in for a 1 hour trial class last Saturday in the Gym. We went in the Play & Learn class with Teacher Farah.

We came in early for the class so Ozzy went in and just played with the hoops.

He also had fun in the slides. Climbing & jumping around surely is his forte.

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I don't have a picture of him in the slide because I took these pictures myself and its hard taking pictures while looking after the boy.

The class' theme was on Fire Trucks and Fire Fighters. The kids learned all about the big red fire truck and while exploring the make shift truck they actually were encouraged to develop their physical skills like climbing, coordination and upper & lower body strength. They were pretending to wash the truck and put out the fire with the use of rope as hose. This encouraged the children to grasp the concept of symbols and develop their use of their imagination.

I liked the way the teachers also encouraged the children to "put away" the toys they used and give them back to the teacher.

Ozzy loved the bubbles and the parachute too! ^_^

All in all we had a wonderful time. I am convinced that I'd enroll my little one in the Gym but for a 4 week session only. If I see that he likes it and he's learning from it, I'd think of signing him up for other classes as well.

How was your weekend?

Ciao!