Jump Gymnastics

Jump play staff do not have a good understanding of normal child behavior. My happy, healthy 3 year old was enjoying doing «jump play» before his scheduled class in order to burn off extra energy so he could focus when he was with his teacher. Although he does very well in the class they asked us not to come to jump play beforehand anymore. They want children to be slow moving and not excited or playful they told me that «Jump play is not a place to run or let off steam» They said it is more for new people to look around and slowly try out the equipment or for parents to work with kids to practice specific skills one: one. This was never explained to me and frankly I thought «jump play» meant that kids could have fun and play in creative ways. Noone ever let me know during a session about anything specific that we should be doing differently. I definitely feel attacked and discriminated against. I am very upset and disappointed because my son enjoyed the class but now I feel extremely uncomfortable and will never go back. If you have strong healthy kids with energy you will not be welcome at Jump Gymnastics.

JUMP INTO GERMS…
Good concept. Nothing wrong with that…
My problem… Getting sick… Every single time…
I bring my best friend child couples of time only BUT…
Every single time we both caught the cold…
Well…
Just as an example… One of the helpers was inside walking around…
Bare foot… No problem here… Make sense… It’s a gym…
BUT…
This person went (EW. EW. EW.) OUTSIDE BARE FOOT.
On the dirty Beatty st sidewalk… Where I’m walking da dog…
And then go back inside and walked all over the place and on the MAT…
Where the kids do their gymnastic move…
REALLY???
It was great but I leave the job to my BF and her hubby now…
I do prefer spending time with my BF child at the library…
Where strangely we both never get sick…
Time after time…

Please don’t leave graffiti in parks. I was walking in my local park, Andy Livingstone, and was rather annoyed to see jump gymnastics thought it was OK to advertise their business by leaving a huge chalk advert written on the ground of the play area. Imagine if all businesses did this. You should be ashamed of yourself. Have some respect and common decency, or leave graffiti in your own neighbourhood, we don’t want it in ours!

My oldest son joined Jump’s first classes way back in 2008 when he was 4 ½. The difference in him over that first year was amazing, his coordination and balance was way ahead of his peers and it gave him a strong foundation to excel at other sports. Now my youngest is enjoying his time here. :)
The atmosphere is open and welcoming (non-​competitive) and the instructors are warm and friendly. Truly a gem in the Yaletown area.

We’ve done two courses here for our energetic two-​year-​old and she’s loved every minute of it. It’s tricky at that age to get them to follow the group and a ‘circuit’ but she did learn a bunch of skills… and who doesn’t love jumping on a trampoline?
We’ve also been to the drop-​ins and birthday parties… and are planning to have her third birthday here. It’s pricey, but appealing after holding the last toddler birthday at our house. Jump supplies several ‘extras’ and cleans up afterwards!
Most of the instructors are great with little kids and speak at their level. All the skills and directions are modified to appeal to them.
With our next toddler, however, I think I’d save my money and stick to the drop-​ins until he’s old enough to focus on learning the skills.

Last week I joined my friend as she took her son to his gymnastics class. I believe that Jump Gymnastics is pretty new to town. It’s located just south of Beatty and Robson. The facility is bright and clean. We waited in the parent room while the kids went back in the gym with their teacher.
The teacher was high energy and had lots of smiles. She was greeting the kids as they came in the door. Many of the kids kicked off their shoes and were eager to start. However, there was one girl who seemed to have anxiety about leaving her mom. She wrapped her arms and legs tightly around her dad’s leg. When class was about to start, the teacher calmly talked to the girl, took her hand, and led her to class. I think that interaction speaks really well for Jump and its instructors.
The class schedule is very accommodating, and gives many options for each level. Some of the classes allow babies as young as 6 months!