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Conference moira::parenting_v3

Title:Parenting
Notice:READ 1.27 BEFORE WRITING
Moderator:CSC32::DUBOIS
Created:Wed May 30 1990
Last Modified:Tue May 27 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1364
Total number of notes:23848

773.0. "Exercise or Play Classes" by PROSE::BLACHEK () Sat Mar 16 1991 21:53

    I'd like to set up this note for exercise and play classes you have
    taken with your kids and would like to recommend to the rest of the
    community.
    
    Please remember to include your location.
    
    judy
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773.1Gymboree, Nashua, NHPROSE::BLACHEKSat Mar 16 1991 22:4545
    Gina is now attending her third session of Gymboree.  While I was
    skeptical about the idea of taking a baby to an play class at first, I
    have found it worthwhile.  (But how Yuppie, ya know??)
    
    I like the classes for the following reasons:
    
    1.  There are a lot of exercise equipment that we (and her sitter) would
    never have.  I'm sure that day care centers have this type of stuff,
    but we sure don't.  (Slides, tunnels, jungle gyms, rocking horses, and
    lots of other stuff.)
    
    2.  It's a good opportunity for me to get together with parents who
    have children the same age as Gina.  I don't get this except in this
    notes file, and it's nice to have physical contact too!
    
    I do not have any financial relationship with the owner of this
    business.  I'm just a satisfied customer.
    
    The clases are held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 214 Main
    Street, in Nashua.
    
    That said, here's the schedule:
    
    Class                          Day             Time
    -----                          ---             ----
    
    Babygym (3 to 12 months)       Fri.            11:45
    Gymboree I (10 to 18 months)   Fri.            10:55
                                   Sat.             9:15
    Gymboree II (12 to 30 months)  Thu.             9:15
                                   Thu.            10:55
                                   Thu.             6:15 
                                   Fri.            10:05
                                   Sat.            10:05
    Gymboree III (24 to 36 months) Thu.            10:05
                                   Thu.             6:15
                                   Fri.             9:15
                                   Sat.            10:55
    Gymgrad (3 to 4 years)         Thu.            11:45
                                   Thu.             7:00
    
    Gymboree isn't cheap.  $52 for an 8-week session.  There are discounts
    available when you sign up for multiple sessions. 
    
    judy
773.2AIMHI::SJOHNSONMon Mar 18 1991 13:546
    I've heard that the YMCA in Nashua, NH has some good classes for mother
    & child.  I don't believe it's very expensive either.
    
    Sonia
773.3Phone #?JARETH::GEBURAWed Mar 20 1991 12:564
    Is there a phone number to call for information on Gymboree?
    
    Thanks,
    Alice
773.4Nashua Gymboree numberPROSE::BLACHEKFri Mar 22 1991 08:458
    The number for Gymboree in Nashua is 883-7999.
    
    By the way, the first class you attend is a feebie.  Also, there are no
    classes on Easter weekend.
    
    judy
773.5Other Gymboree numbersPROSE::BLACHEKFri Mar 22 1991 08:4916
    The contact numbers for Gymboree in the metro Boston area are:
    
    Burlington and Andover      229-1886
    Belmont and Brookline       576-3636
    Peabody                     353-0813
    Newton and Framingham       239-1315
    Melrose                     279-0730
    Norwood                     784-4059
    Stoughton                   784-5925
    
    The pamphlet I have has not been updated with the 508 area code, so
    you'll have to figure out if it's 617 or 508.  
    
    Sorry about that, but I don't know the border for the area codes.
    
    judy
773.6NRADM::TRIPPLThu Apr 04 1991 14:0112
    re .5...the dividing point on the area codes is route 128, roughly
    Beverly to the cape east is 617, the rest up to the 413 area code is
    508.
    
    I have a 4 year old, and have been told of a gymnastics place in
    Leister, which may be part of a chain as well.  I'd like details on
    this place, such as price, reliability, and if this is appropritate to
    
    a 4 year old.
    
    Lyn
773.8GYMBOREE?TRACTR::MAZURTue Jun 04 1991 13:5311
    Has anyone ever heard of Gymboree?  I guess there are classes
    held all over the country, but I have just recently heard of
    it here in Merrimack, NH. 
    
    Has anyone taken their children to Gymboree.  If so, how old
    were your kids and what did you think?
    
    Thanks in advance,
    
    Sheryl
773.9Sounds like "my" idea of fun!CALS::JENSENTue Jun 04 1991 14:1813
Funny you should ask ...

Our neighbor "used to" work at DG.  Her boss enrolled herself/(very young)child 
in a gymboree class (which I thought would be "neat" thing to do, too) ...

my neighbor thought this was the utmost of totally ridiculous things!! ...

HOWEVER, her boss thought it was the best thing since sliced bread!!

So it's all in what you perceive to be "fun" and "enjoyable".

Dottie
773.7An update..PROSE::BLACHEKTue Jun 04 1991 14:2810
    Gina is now showing me how much she likes Gymboree.  She goes from one
    apparatus to another and gets mad when she has to leave something to
    share it with another child.
    
    It's even more fun now that she can show me she is having fun.
    
    The Nashua area classes close down for the summer and will start up
    again after Labor Day.
    
    judy