Left to their own devices, children will chew through dry wall, eat a four-course meal of crayons, and construct complex chromosome models using Legos. Keep kids healthily occupied and engaged with today’s Groupon: for $54, you get one month of classes and an annual membership at The Little Gym. Choose from the following locations:

• Cary (up to a $110 value)
• North Raleigh (up to a $114 value)
• Durham (up to a $123 value)
• Holly Springs (up to a $117 value)
• Clayton (up to a $108 value)

With more than 30 years of kid-entertaining experience, The Little Gym provides a safe and noncompetitive environment wherein wee ones and maturing moppets can exercise their brains and bodies. Visiting youngsters glean social, intellectual, and emotional skills from the facilities' professionally developed parent/child program, while other programs feature diverse activities in gymnastics, dance, sports, and parent-child yodeling for mountain-echoing communication more effective than a squeal. Kids can enjoy programs in gymnastics that cater to differing ages, levels of muscle development, and hatred of vegetables. Each session's hands-on activities keep the indefatigable energy motors of little tikes revving, facilitate bonding, and boost listening skills, attention spans, and confidence.

Today's Groupon includes The Little Gym's annual membership fee (up to a $40 value), so visitors can cast off worries of ankle-biting bouncers blocking their entrance for an entire year. Check the complete class schedules for North Raleigh, Durham, Holly Springs, Clayton, and Cary to confirm times.

The Little Gym offers a free introductory class at select locations, but this Groupon still provides the best deal for a month of classes.