Energy’s E-Kids
Ages: 3 - 5 Years Old
Sign up for any weekday Preschool class before 1 PM and receive a 20% discount. Siblings and Multi-Class discounts available.
A $100 non‑refundable deposit per class is required at registration, prior to the start of a new session, and will be applied to your first month’s tuition.
Class Labels (A, B, C)
If you see classes labeled A, B, or C, they’re the same class type. The label just helps you and a friend choose the same group when multiple are offered at the same time.
Our recreational beginner preschool program is designed to introduce gymnastics in a fun and achievable way. In this class we may use modified gymnastics apparatuses especially designed for preschoolers to teach gymnastics in a fun, playful manner. For children of this age, we make developing a sense of self-confidence and independence a key part of the gymnastics experience.
For many of your little ones, E-Kids will be the first class they take all by themselves. We use this opportunity to nurture your child’s growth physically, mentally, and emotionally, and give them a sense of accomplishment they attribute to their own hard work, while emphasizing safety, independence, and skill building.
This program will build base skills that our students will later build on. They will focus on strength, coordination, body awareness, balance, and flexibility, along with a strong mindset and work ethic. The kids will be guided through exercises on the Floor, Balance Beams, Trampolines, Uneven Bars, Vault, Foam Pit, and Ropes, giving them a well-rounded start to gymnastics.
*Clients on the waitlist do not automatically get added to a class when a spot becomes available as we have to work through the waitlist manually. If you register for a class that shows that there are spots available and someone already on the waitlist has accepted that spot, you will be added to the waitlist.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Ready for Gymnastics
Leotard or Comfortable Tight Fitting Clothing
Ponytail
Barefoot (no socks)
No jewelry
Hair
It is essential that gymnasts’ with long hair pull their hair back. They can wear their hair in a ponytail, bun, braid, or any hairstyle where it isn’t going to get in the way.
When long hair is worn down it can get in the gymnasts’ face or caught by the gymnasts’ hands or feet when performing skills.
Feet
The majority of gymnasts both practice and compete with bare feet. Socks can create a safety hazard as they are often slippery on the apparatus. It can also prevent the gymnast from using their toes to push, climb, and learn how to grip apparatuses with their toes when performing skills.
While we do not recommend this, sometimes families opt to wear non-slip socks. Because non-slip socks aren’t all made the same, it still can create a safety hazard as socks are prone to move around due to a number of factors: fit size, amount of grip surface, socks elasticity, etc.
Attire
Gymnasts’ can choose to wear Leotards, Comfortable Tight Fitting Clothes such as T-Shirt, Tanks, Shorts, Leggings, etc.
Most gymnasts choose to wear a leotard to work out in as it allows the gymnast to move easily. However, this is not required.
Shorts
Many gymnasts feel more comfortable practicing with shorts over their leotard. It is recommended that gymnasts wear tight fitting shorts in order to prevent from being caught on equipment.
Loose Fitting Clothing
Loose fitting clothing can present a safety hazard as it can get caught by the gymnasts’ hands, feet, or an apparatus when performing different exercises/skills.
Jewelry
Often gymnasts want to wear jewelry at practice. However, watches, bracelets, necklaces, rings, and earrings (other than studs) all present a safety hazard as they could get caught on the equipment.
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Energy promotes nurture and empowerment as key in supporting children in becoming the best they can be physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially.
We use gymnastics as a medium for physical fitness and strive to create an environment where children are shown respect and feel safe, are challenged, and develop ownership of physical skills.
Classes are structured, but not rigid, so that children can channel their energy in an optimal environment.
This approach is empowering and allows children to explore beyond their comfort level, resulting in an outstanding, confident, and self-assured young person.
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Proprioceptive Orientation
Our Preschool classes offer a variety of physical, auditory and visual stimuli that will challenge all children with individual sensory, social, physical and neuromuscular integration which all children need in developing the ability to process, negotiate and overcome innumerable life situations.
Gross Motor Orientation
Regardless of a child’s age or ability each child should be encouraged to explore their own physical potential, whether that’s developing ownership of the actual gymnastics skills or by developing individual gross motor/sensory skills. The initial physical expectation is for children to learn to jump, climb, crawl, run, and learn the basic gymnastics skills. Our secondary expectation is that the children understand the structure of the program and lastly that they develop ownership of the gymnastics skills presented in the class.
Social Orientation
Energy believes that the social development of children is a culmination of providing a strong emotional and physical support system that incorporates a structured environment that encourages children to explore their own emotional and physical boundaries with guidance and exposure. From an emotional standpoint children should feel nurtured, praised and continually acknowledged. Physically, children should feel comfortable in exploring their bodies in exploration, freedom, exposure to variety of different situations, verbal and non-verbal cues from instructors.
Physical Processing
With every stage of physical development whether it gross motor, fine motor, coordination, balance or spatial awareness children need time to process and or integrate themselves into the task at hand. Throughout the preschool class some children will appear at times to regress, to be distracted or only focused on one physical challenge or activity. Very often, this is a child’s way of processing and in the weeks to come we typically see children take off and begin to explore and venture into activities or physical challenges that they once had difficulty with.
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Energy Fitness & Gymnastics classes are based on a 15-level syllabus and over 2000 developmental skill progressions, which instructors use to develop their class structure, evaluate children, and create a fun, safe, and challenging physical environment.
Each level challenges students progressively, introducing more difficult skills as the child advances through each level.
By breaking down the development of gymnastic skills into these levels, we have created one of the most comprehensive, challenging, and fun program designs in the country.
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The monthly tuition can be found in the class listings table when you click, “Enroll Today” above.
Actual monthly tuition will vary based on the # of classes in a month.
A $35 annual non-refundable registration fee is charged with the first monthly payment or on the yearly anniversary of the registration fee payment.