Toddler Programs In Charlotte, North Carolina

Gym

• My Gym offers the Waddlers program for ages 14 to 22 months. The classes help your tot develop agility, balancing and tumbling skills. The program also includes interactive songs, dances and puppet shows. If you have an early walker or want to get your 1-year-old in a physical activity program, My Gym also offers a class for little ones just 7- to 13-months-old called Tiny Tikes. The Gymsters program at My Gym is for toddlers ages 23 months to 2 ½ years. These classes are more structured than the classes for younger kids because by age 2, toddlers have longer attention spans. You might also want to consider enrolling your toddler in a class at The Little Gym. Weekly classes focus on developing fine and gross motor skills, muscle control, spatial and perceptual awareness, language development, cooperation and socialization.

Art

• Small Hands Big Art provides programs for toddlers to develop their art skills. The studio philosophy is that children should make their own choices about their art without focusing on what the final product looks like. Small Hands Big Art inspires children to create, not copy. The Escort Your Artist program is designed for parents and children ages 18 months to 3 years. Toddlers explore different art materials and learn to use their muscles and develop coordination by participating in sensory experiments.

Music and Dance

• Experience music with your toddler at Music Together of Charlotte. Children participate at their own developmental levels in singing, moving, chanting, listening, observing and exploring musical instruments. These classes include infants to 5-year-olds. This mixed-age grouping allows younger children to imitate older ones, while older kids can enjoy watching and helping teach younger children. Carolina Dance Capital offers beginners dance classes for 2- and 3-year-olds. They also offer gymnastics classes for the same age group.

Swimming

• Charlotte̵7;s extensive water recreation system offers parents a wide variety of choices for toddler swimming lessons. Ray̵7;s Splash Planet is a splash and swim park, built as a partnership between the Mecklenberg County Park and Recreation Department and the Charlotte-Mecklenberg School District. The StarTots programs is for toddlers 18 months to 3 years -- and an adult must accompany each child. The purpose of this course is to help toddlers develop a high comfort level in the water and train parents in water safety and drowning prevention. The Charlotte Swim Academy offers private lessons for toddlers starting at age 1 1/2. The classes focus on the fundamentals of freestyle and the backstroke -- and then on the breaststroke and butterfly. Little Otter Swim School offers small group swim instruction for toddlers in a warm indoor pool. Parents watch their children̵7;s progress from the viewing gallery. Charlotte Aquatics offers a toddler swimming program with parent participation to get kids comfortable in the water, while providing a foundation for water safety and independent swimming.