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Children Learn Best Through Play
Have you heard the question, at preschool gymnastics "Are they just playing in there?" It's our job to help parents understand the importance of teaching children the way they learn best, through play. In order to teach gymnastics skills to young children they must first be able to do fundamental movement skills and be comfortable with their body in space. When they know how to put their bodies into shapes and can move in different positions, we can teach basic...

I sure can't do gymnastics, but I love to watch it! The athletes are incredible... stretching, bending, twisting, jumping... and I can can barely hold a pose in yoga!
 
Here are some memorable gymnasts of the last 100 years.
Nadia Comaneci
Before 1976, no male or female gymnast had ever achieved gymnastics’ top score in the Olympic Games. At the Montreal Olympics, Romanian 14-year-old Nadia Comaneci scored seven perfect 10.0s. Her first – the first 10.0 ever awarded in the Olympics – came in the compulsory competition. The scoreboard, unable to accommodate a ten, flashed a 1.0!
Shun Fujimoto
By 1976, Japan had won the team gold in the last four Olympics. In the team finals in Montreal, however, Japanese team member Shun Fujimoto injured himself on floor. Fearing that the team would not win...