BabyGym with Madeleine

HAVE YOU HEARD?
February, BabyGym classes are offered at 2025 prices!

If you register and pay before 28 February 2025.

Next BabyGym 2 Firm foundation 5 week class:
Date: Saturday, 07 March 2026
Time: 08:00-09:00
Venue: Eversdal

Classes offered in English and Afrikaans

Contact BabyGym with Madeleine on 0834661300

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN US?

You pay 2025 prices in January and February 2026.

January 5 week course starts on:
Saturday, 17 January 2026 from 08:00-09:00

Registration link: [email protected]" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://babygym.co.za/babygym-client-babygym-2-firm-foundations/?date=17-01-2026&time=08:00%20AM&email=[email protected]

February 5 week course starts on:
Saturday, 28 February 2026 from 08:00-09:00

Contact me on 0834661300 or [email protected] to Register

"If you trust play, you will not have to control your child’s development as much. Play will raise the child in ways you can never imagine." ~ Vince Gowmon

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Geseënde Kersfees mag jul die liefde wat die Here Jesus vir ons het, vandag en altyd ervaar.

Thank you for being part of the BabyGym Journey in 2025.

Looking forward to building better brains in 2026

Last classes for 2025 on:
Saturday 08 November
Time: 08:00-09:00

Contact me on 0834661300

BabyGym Classes & Workshops | Join us BabyGym® optimises brain development in the first 1000 days by awakening the senses and strengthening the muscles. Pregnancy, birth, and baby milestones are our developmental specialty.

"Nothing ever seems impossible in spring, you know." ~ L.M. Montgomery

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MASTERING MILESTONES
See the comments section below for where this developmental journey started.

GRASPING HANDS
Our hands and fingers are involved in almost every daily activity. We use our hands and sense of touch to judge temperature, gauge weight and sense texture. We also use our hands to communicate effectively. Our hands are therefore crucial for building relationships, fostering independence and developing the cognitive functions of the brain.

When a baby is born, the hands are closed. This is appropriate because a closed hand is a resting hand. It is, however, difficult to explore and learn with clenched fists. Eating, dressing and un******ng, drawing, writing, cooking, etc., all require open hands and agile fingers that can grasp and work independently. In fact, grasping is one of the most important developmental areas that influences total development.

THE SEQUENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HANDS

- The reflexive clenching of a baby’s hands after birth is due to the grasping reflex. In the first few weeks, a baby will continue to firmly grasp whatever their hands touch.
- Between 2 – 4 months, a baby is fascinated with the hands, and from about 4 1/2 months, a baby can move the hands, half-opened, towards objects.
- Around 6 months, a baby can grasp an object, hold it firmly and even pass it from hand to hand.
- A baby also needs to learn to let go! Around 9 months, a baby will start to deliberately drop objects; A frustrating game for parents, but an important milestone to master!
- Around a baby's first birthday, they can pass an object and place objects in a container. This is a wonderful time to introduce tidying up and packing away!

Would you like to support your baby's natural brain and body development?

Follow the link below to find a BabyGym Instructor near you:
https://babygym.co.za/instructor_list/

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