Without exercise, children will never build the strength to cut their own sandwich crusts or tear geometry books in half with their bare hands. Foster childhood vigor with this Groupon.
$69 for a Two-Month Gym Membership Package ($258 Value)
The package includes:
- Two months of weekly Play & Learn, music, art, or school skills classes
- Unlimited open gym sessions
- $50 worth of Gymbucks
- $50 off a Gymboree Play & Music birthday party <p>
Young pupils from newborns to 5 years old can flex creativity muscles and burn off excess energy during one fun-filled class per week, developing motor skills and minds through play-based games and activities in Play & Learn classes, unleashing inner Mozarts in music classes, flinging paint in art classes, or honing social and intellectual proficiency in [school skills classes open-gym time, when parents and children have a chance to bond during unstructured play. See the Marine Park/Mill Basin class schedule and the Bayridge/Dyker Heights class schedule. <p>
The deal also grants bearers $50 worth of Gymbucks, which they can use toward purchases in the Gymboree clothing store, such as ruffled pink tutu ($29.95), a pair of boy’s knee patch jeans ($32.95), or a flower raincoat ($46.95).<p>
Gymboree Play & Music
In 1976, Joan Barnes—a Californian mom frustrated with the lack of spaces where she could take her kids for safe and age-appropriate play time—took matters into her own hands and founded Gymboree Play & Music. In the decades since Gymboree’s founding, Joan’s vision of a safe place where youngsters could build confidence and creativity has come to fruition and spread to 30 countries around the globe. Staffed by attentive and expertly trained instructors, each Gymboree outpost adheres to a curriculum of activities designed by experts to foster the development of children’s’ cognitive, physical, and social skills through structured play and close readings of Goodnight Moon. The staffers also conduct entertaining classes that cover subjects ranging from music to sports, imparting valuable lessons of imagination and physical activity to developing minds. To further set apart her business, Barnes employed nationally renowned playground designer Jay Beck to design the proprietary play equipment at her centers.
Gymboree Play & Music
When Joan Barnes founded Gymboree Play & Music in 1976, she envisioned a facility where parents and children could play together in a safe and age-appropriate environment. In the following decades, Gymboree Play & Music spread to more than 30 countries across the globe, helping youngsters from infants to 5 years old develop cognitive, physical, and social skills. The company's instructors lead classes such as Play & Learn, its flagship course, in which parents and kids move through a seven-level program filled with storytelling, play activities, and debates on the merits of sandwich crust. Talented staffers also prep youngsters for school and foster development in areas such as music, art, and sports. Throughout all classes, they make use of custom play equipment designed by acclaimed playground designer and seesaw-tamer Jay Beck.