3-6 month

Recommended exercises for ages 3 – 6 months:

Examples for exercises that will help you, the parents and care takers, to reach the full potential of the GYMBOX.The parent is responsible for the correct performance of the exercises.No exercise should be attempted without the will and the cooperation of the infant.All the precautions that are specified on the label that is glued to the product must be followed.It is forbidden to play with the product or climb on it without adult supervision.While in use, the Gymbox must be placed on a carpet or soft surface.

Balls pool

Lay the baby inside the balls pool on its
back or on its stomach according to the following option
Ages 0-3 months: no balls in the pool/ few balls in the pool/
with a soft toy/ with a ball at the rim of the pool.
Ages 3-6 months: more balls can be placed in the pool.

Exercise No. 1
Take a ball from the pool and gently move it along the
outline of the baby’s body, while naming each body part as
the ball touches it.

Exercise No. 2
Let the baby feel the ball/ catch it/ move it from one hand to
the other – according to the baby’s stage of development.

Exercise No. 3
Show the baby how you roll the ball; let it follow the ball as it
rolls.

Exercise No. 4
Let the baby lie in the pool in different positions and study
the environment – play soft and soothing music and
maintain eye contact with the baby.

Exercise No. 5
Ages 3-6 months: while the pool is filled with balls, lay the
infant on its back and move it gently on the balls back and
forth and from side to side.

Exercise No. 6
Ages 3-6 months: lay the infant on its stomach on the slide
with its head towards the pool; hold it and encourage it to
play with the balls with its hands. Repeat the same
exercise, this time with the infant’s legs towards the pool
and playing with its feet.

Developmental contribution:

Familiarity with the outline of the body, familiarity with the
environment, the pool and the balls create motion sensation
and senses stimulation that help developing rolling over and
crawling skills in the future. Following a ball as it moves,
catching it and later rolling it, help the development of eye –
hand coordination.

Various accessories for balance

A seesaw made from two pink half circles and yellow
half cylinder/ yellow half cylinder/ blue half cylinder

 Exercise No. 1
Lay the baby on its back or on its stomach, and rock it
gently. Change the baby’s position while checking in which
position it is most comfortable.

Exercise No. 2 
Give the baby a ball to hold / encourage the baby to grab
the ball by itself.

Exercise No. 3 
Lay the baby on its stomach and place the ball in front of its
eyes/ let the baby follow the ball while gently rocking it.

Balancing plane

Exercise No. 4
Lay the baby on its back or on its stomach and rock it gently
while changing positions. If you feel that the baby likes
being rocked, you can rock it while changing speed and
sudden stops.

Exercise No. 5
Rock the baby gently up and down and in circular motions.

Exercise No. 6
Gently insert the small red cylinder under the baby’s thorax;
this will encourage the infant to raise its head and
strengthen its neck muscles and shoulder girdle.

A seesaw combining the two pink semi circles

Exercise No. 7
Lay the baby on its back, (could be done in a cradling
motion) and rock it gently.

Developmental contribution

Balancing skills are important to the development body
control sensation, and are necessary for rolling over
efficiently and later for crawling correctly and orderly until
the transition to sitting, standing and walking. Balancing
exercises require the babyto stabilize and hence
contributing to achieve a balanced muscle tonus. Lying on
the stomach in different positions encourage the baby’s
motion development. Raising the head helps strengthening
the baby’s neck muscles and shoulder girdle. Different
babies like different balancing positions, try to find the
feature that the baby feels most comfortable in and continue
to introduce it to the other features. Diversify the exercises
for the baby.

Cylinder/ half cylinders – from 3 months onwards

Exercise No. 1 
lay the baby on the cylinder, its thorax and stomach
touching the cylinder; move the baby back and forth so that
its weight rests on its hands and then back on its knees.

Exercise No. 2 
lay the baby on the cylinder and roll it back and forth. Place
toys in different distances from the cylinder so that the baby
will reach out for the toys and grab them.

Exercise No. 3 
Some babies need more maneuvering space. Place the
smaller blue semi circle on top of the bigger yellow one. In
this position place the baby on the smaller blue semi circle
and rock it gently. Perform this exercise both with the baby
lying at the center of the cylinder and on different sides to
practice leaving one hand (a different hand each time).

Exercise No. 4 
lay the baby in front of the cylinder and encourage it to
push and to knock the cylinder over with its feet.

Developmental contribution

Exercises that include lying on the stomach develop the sensation in the areas at the front of the body (the belly, the chest and the thorax).
Developing this sensation is very important and encourages motion development, weight transfer motions is preparation for standing on hands and knees before crawling and strengthening the shoulder girdle. Strengthening the shoulder girdle is very important for the Moro reflex. This reflex takes effect when the baby losses its balance.
The baby learns that in situations when its head is moving downwards it should spread its hands to the sides to prevent falling.
If the baby does not spread out its hands (in a cushioning motion) the exercise should be repeated several times until the infant clearly learns to connect between receiving the information and the reaction.
The different cylinders allow personal adjustment to every baby, to practice weight shifts from side to side.

Slide (slope)

Exercise No. 1 
Sit on your knees at the bottom of the slope, and place the
baby on his hand and knees on the slope with its head on
the top and its legs at the bottom of the slope, with its
sheens resting on and supported by your legs. Hold the
baby at the pelvis area and help the baby gently to move
back and forth. This motion is performed better and easier
on the slope than on the ground because gravity helps the
baby to move. The baby learns the move and after several
repetitions can perform it on its own. This movement helps
with the transition to crawling on hands and knees.

Exercise No. 2 
Using the same position as in exercise No. 1 roll a ball
down from the top of the slope.  At first the baby will watch
and follow the ball, later it will try to catch it.

Exercise No. 3 
lay the baby on the top ramp of the slide, and move it
slowly and gently forward until it rests on its hands. Hold
the baby under its stomach and lift its entire body except of
its hands so that it reaches wheelbarrow stand (very
important for strengthening the shoulder girdle).

Exercise No. 4 
lay the baby next to the slide, by the tunnel, and gently roll
balls towards the baby through the tunnel.

Exercise No. 5 
lay the baby on the top ramp of the slide, and give it a ball
to hold and to roll down the slope to the balls pool.

Developmental contribution

Develops the sensation in the front areas of the body,
encourages motion development, weight transfer motions
as preparation for standing on hands and knees before
crawling and strengthening the shoulder girdle and Moro
reflex. Following the balls develops the baby’s eye – hand
coordination.

Peek- a- boo games

 

Play peek a boo with the baby in different places and using
different features of the GYMBOX mattress. The baby
follows you and tries to find out where the peek a boos
are coming from.

Exercise No. 1 
Sit in front of the baby and use hide your face with the
cylinder. Peek and call the baby alternatively.

Exercise No. 2 
lay the baby next to the slide, by the tunnel, and hide
behind the slide. Peek and call the baby alternatively.

Exercise No. 3 
Attach the two pink half circles together to make a whole
circle (hoop). Hide your face behind it and peek from the
hole (peek a boo).

Developmental contribution

Peek -a -boo is known as babies’ first social game. The
baby enjoys a repetition game in which the significant adult
disappears and re-appears. Playing this sort of games the
baby learns the first social rules: dialogue, asking “peek –a-
boo” the baby learns to wait and then to receive the
answer, “boo”. Playing peek- a- boo help developing
circular motion – rotations, (in which some part of the body
is moving relatively to the rest of the body), when the baby
turns around to look for the parent. In the first months of
the baby’s life it moves its entire body as a bulk, and
separating the movements of different body parts is
essential to refine the movement and to make it effective.
In order to crawl, to sit, to stand and to walk successfully
the child must learn to separate the different body
movements and not to move the body as a whole. ,
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6-12 month

Recommended exercises for ages 6-12 months:
Examples for exercises that will help you, the parents and care takers, to reach the full potential of the GYMBOX.
The parent is responsible for the correct performance of the exercises.
No exercise should be attempted without the will and the cooperation of the infant.
All the precautions that are specified on the label that is glued to the product must be followed.
It is forbidden to play with the product or climb on it without adult supervision.
While in use, the Gymbox must be placed on a carpet or soft surface.
An Infant who can’t sit on his own should not be seated during any exercise

At the beginning of this period most babies manage to sit upright properly and independently for the first time (without support). During the period the babies start to crawl and some of them even stand and walk with help, the infant should be encouraged to move and crawl as much as possible.
The following exercises are offered as an addition to the free movement of the infant in the GYMBOX.
The more he’ll experience – the more he’ll gain self confidence. The infant’s trust in his abilities and performances will also gain.
Every baby has his own development scale, at the beginning it is recommended to carry out the practices and work on the exercises that are suited to the ages of 0-6 months.

Ball pool : games with balls

Exercise No. 1
Lay/seat the baby in the ball pool, let him hold a ball in his hand. Play with him and encourage him to play with the balls alone. Take a ball from the pool and roll it gently against the surface of his body while announcing every body-part that is touched.

Exercise No. 2
Place a ball on the baby’s hand (in one hand and then the other). Let him feel the weight of the shape and announce the color of the ball.

Exercise No. 3
Encourage the baby to hold the ball in both his hands. By removing the hands from each other show him how the ball falls down and encourage him to do so himself.

Exercise No. 4
Roll some balls on the edge of the pool. Enable him to follow the balls with his eyes and then catch them.
Place the balls on the edge of the pool and encourage the baby to throw/pass them into the pool and out of the pool.

Exercise No. 5
Roll the ball down the slope and let the baby follow the ball with his eyes, after a number of times show him how to catch them.

Ball pool: exercises that encourage crawling

Exercise No. 6
Lay/seat the baby inside the ball pool and encourage him to enter and exit the pool.
The ball pool’s edge is challenging and demands greater movement skills from the baby in order to pass it. Place the different kinds of half-cylinders/cylinders around the pool in order to help and encourage the baby to crawl and to prevent the possibility of rolling or falling.

Developmental contribution

The ball pool enables sensory stimulation with the help of an unstable surface (which also helps to improve crawling abilities).
The combination of the different possibilities of entering and exiting the ball pool encourages crawling. Through climbing and descending (coming down) the baby learns about the functions of the arms and legs and improves those functions. The exercises help the baby to deal with difficulties and give him the self confidence to attempt and dare.
The ball games help in developing light motorial skills, eye-hand contact and spatial perception. When the game includes an adult it encourages learning through imitation.

Exercises that encourage crawling. Cylinders/Half-cylinders/pink half circles.

Exercise no. 1
Attach the cylinders and the half-cylinders in different ways and create a crawling-encouraging course which turns in the direction of the pool. Encourage the baby to crawl in your direction/ call his name/ offer him some balls or toys. In order to strengthen the connection between the eye and the hand, balls can be rolled from the cylinder in the pool’s direction while enabling the baby to follow the ball’s path and even to crawl and attempt catching the ball.

Exercise no. 2
Turn over the balancing swing (half yellow cylinder and two half pink circles) and encourage the baby to pass over it by crawling/climbing. Place the baby on his knees and put some balls or toys on the half-circles. Encourage the baby to catch them or drop them to the floor. A baby that is already crawling can pass over the half yellow circle by underbelly crawling. Later on he will do this by regular crawling. Infants who start to practice walking can lean their arms on the half circles and pass their legs over the half cylinder.

Exercise no. 3
Lay/seat the baby behind the cylinder, let him lay his hands on it and show him how to roll the cylinder backwards and forwards, draw the cylinder closer to the infant and then distance it.
Repeated exercise will enable the shifting of weight to the arms and the lifting of the hips from the floor. It is recommended as a preliminary stage before regular crawling (on the knees), sitting on knees and sitting on heels.

Execise no. 4
Encouragement of weight shifting before crawling
Lay the baby on his belly (on the cylinder), roll it backwards and forwards so that the weight is shifted to the hands/arms at one time, and then to the knees and feet on the other. There are babies who need a wider maneuvering space, in this case the smaller half circles (turquoise) can be placed on the bigger ones (yellow) which constitute part of the swing. In this case place the baby on the smaller half circle (turquoise) and move him gently. If the baby doesn’t extend his arms forwardly,The process is to be repeated a number of times.

Exercise no.5
After the baby starts to feel comfortable rolling backwards and forwards on the cylinder , place some balls or toys at different intervals on the cylinder. The baby will try to reach them while rolling forwards and may even try to catch them.

Exercise no. 6
Encouragement of weight shifting before crawling
Seat the baby (if he can sit on his own) on his knees with his arms leaning on the cylinder. While lifting his hips, enable him to experience the shifting of his weight forwardly. Lay the cylinder near the ball pool so that the infant can roll over the cylinder and into the pool
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Exercise no. 7
Seat the baby (if he can sit on his own) on the cylinder in a riding posture, hold him and rock him gently

Exercise no. 8
Place the wheels next to each other and lay the baby on his belly above them. Lift the arms gently one after another and then do the same for the legs. Roll the baby gently over the cylinders and enable him to feel the rocking feeling in different parts of his body.

Developmental contribution

The encouragement of weight shifting prepares the baby for crawling on the cylinders and the attached half-cylinders, encourages the planning and maintenance of balance, the development of body senses, coordination and eye-hand contact (by catching and following the balls). The different cylinder sizes enable the customization for each baby with whom we want to practice weight shifting exercise

Balancing exercises, A swing which is constituted of two pink half circles and a yellow/turquoise half cylinder

Exercise No. 1
Seat the baby (if he can sit on his own)/Lay the baby on his belly/on his back and swing him gently or change positions.

Exercise No. 2
Place a little cylinder, toy or ball in front of the baby (on top of the swing) and encourage him to move it and maybe even reach it.

Exercise No. 3
Let the baby hold a ball in his hands/ let him catch a ball in motion/ roll the ball on a swing.

Exercise No. 4
Lay the baby on his belly with the support of his arms, swing him from side to side while holding his hips. Encourage the baby to disconnect his arm as a preparation for underbelly-crawling and for improving the weight shifting that had already been learnt at the rolling-over stage.
A round surface for balancing

Exercise no. 5
Seat the baby (only in cases where he sits on his own)/ lay the baby/ hold him and swing him gently while changing positions/ up and down/ rotational movements to the sides/ at different speeds.

Exercise no. 6
Seat the baby (if he can sit by himself)/ stand the baby on his feet (if he can stand on his own), support him in balance and swing him gently. Supervise and support the baby seriously.

Exercise no. 7
Lay the balls on the surface and roll them in the baby’s direction which is opposed you. During the first stage the baby will follow the ball’s motion and then try to catch them, later on he’ll try to roll them himself in your direction.

Exercise no. 8
Place the balls on the surface and show the baby how to roll them by moving the surface in different directions- upwards, downwards, rightwards and leftwards.

Exercise no. 9
Lean the baby on the surface with his knees on the floor and enable him to practice his balancing skills while the surface moves in different directions. Show him how you turn the surface and encourage him to turn it himself.

Exercise no. 10
Stand the baby up if he can stand by himself, hold him by the hips or arms while in balance and swing him gently. Be sure to properly hold and supervise him. The baby can also lean on the surface with his arms and walk around it

A swing composed of pink half circles
(Attached half circles or two half circles which constitute two swings)

In accordance with the baby’s body shape and the position where he feels more comfortable.

Exercise no. 11
Seat the baby (if he can sit on his own) on the half pink circles and swing him gently. When the baby feels secure enough he can place his hands on the circle’s sides and swing by himself.

Exercise no. 12
Seat the baby near the half circle, place his arms on the circle’s sides and show him how to swing the half circle.

A circle (wheel) composed of two half circles
The circle is placed on the mattress/carpet

Exercise no. 13
Place the circle on the mattress, put the baby inside the circle and let him play (while in the circle) with balls or toys which are located on the edge. He can be taken in and out of the circle.

Exercise no. 14
If the baby can stand by himself, give him a hand and help him to get in and out of the circle by walking or crawling.

Exercise no. 15
If the baby can walk by himself, give him a hand and help him walk on the edge of the circle.
For the ones who are advanced- the walking can be improved by walking with one foot on the circle and the other foot inside the circle.

The circle (wheel) stands on the mattress/carpet

Exercise no. 16
Let the baby crawl into and out of the circle.

Exercise no. 17
Help the baby to roll inside the circle with a “pencil roll” (the arms and legs are straight).

Exercise no. 18
Hold the baby, place him on his belly (on the circle) and roll him backwards and forwards very gently and slowly.

Developmental contribution

The experiencing (and practicing) of balancing skills help to balance the muscle tonus and is very important for maintaining correct movement development. The balance shifting is required at all stages of development: turning over with the belly/back, crawling, sitting, standing and walking. The development of balance and stability skills is essential for the development of body control feelings and spatial orientation/perception.

Stairs (toy blocks) and a slide (a slope for climbing and crawling in a tunnel)

Every toy block can be played with independently, or they can be laid one next to each other and become stairs. For crawling babies the blocks constitute a challenging and cheerful obstacle.

Exercise no. 1
Place the baby on his knees while he’s leaning his chest and arms on the block. Place some balls and toys on the block. It encourages the lifting and lowering of the hips. It is a very important stage for preparing the baby to crawl and sit.

Exercise no.2
Place some toys and balls on the block, encourage the baby (show him) how to lift them and move them from the block to the floor.

Exercise no. 3
Seat the baby (if he can sit) and hold the baby while he leans on the upper part of the slide or sits on it. Show him how he can roll the balls to the pool by himself. At a later stage he’ll slide down to follow the balls.

Exercise no. 4
Place the baby on the upper part of the slide with his hands on the slope. Lift his hips and move them backwards and forwards gently so that the weight is shifted to the arms/hands. (contributes to the strengthening of the shoulder belt).

Exercise no. 5
Just like with the previous exercise- the wheelbarrow position. The baby is helped in disconnecting both hands (one at a time) and in slowly descending down the slope in the direction of the ball pool. At a later stage the baby will slide on his belly with his head and arms in the front.

Exercise no. 6
Place the baby in the ball pool with his head opposing the slide. Roll some balls on the slide and let the baby follow them with his eyes, encourage him to catch them.

Exercise no. 7
Encourage the baby to practice crawling (on the slope) from the pool’s direction and to slide back to the pool with the legs leading. While the baby is climbing his legs can be supported, that way he will have enough resistance to maneuver comfortably

Developmental contribution

The slide constitutes a challenging and cheering developmental environment for babies who can already crawl and sit. They can improve their movements by climbing and sliding down the slope- in both gravitational directions.

Sliding and crawling through a tunnel

Exercise No. 1
Passing the tunnel from side to side by crawling on the underbelly and later on by regular crawling. Encourage the baby to go through the tunnel by entering one side, calling the baby by his name and rolling some balls so that he can follow them. You can add the peek-a-boo game. (See games that are suitable for the ages of 0-6).

Developmental contribution

Crawling through a tunnel constitutes a challenge and enjoyment for the baby; it encourages the development of physical control and spatial conception/awareness. The peek-a-boo game is considered the first social game and is a source of a lot of enjoyment and bonding between the mother and the child.

1-3 years

Recommended exercises for ages 1-3 years:

Examples for exercises that will help you, the parents and care takers, to reach the full potential of the GYMBOX.
The parent is responsible for the correct performance of the exercises.
No exercise should be attempted without the will and the cooperation of the infant.
All the precautions that are specified on the label that is glued to the product must be followed.
It is forbidden to play with the product or climb on it without adult supervision.
While in use, the GYMBOX must be placed on a carpet or soft surface

During this period, babies continue to develop their movement skills.
Enable them to have a variety of room to move and encourage them to switch between different modes of crawling sitting standing and walking.
Be sure to explain to the infant the activities you perform and which are required from him, call them by name, encouraged him to imitate you.
Later let him do the exercises on his own, while you standing next to him and ready to help and to catch him.
Every baby has a different development pace; it is recommended to start with exercises offered to the age of 6 – 12 months.

Balls pool: playing with balls

Exercise No. 1
Put the child into the pool and show him with a hand how you move the balls in different directions (Forward, backward, left and right). Encourage him to imitate you. Help him do this activity within changing hands and then try to do it with both hands in swimming
movement

Exercise No. 2
Help the child to stand in the balls pool and to move the balls from one place to another in all directions deliberately (with his feet, forward, backward, right and left, in circles).

Exercise No. 3
Pass the ball on the various body organs of the child, and allow him to feel different Sensory contact, and recognize the limits of his body, indicate the names of the organs (Hand, foot, belly…) Take a ball and put him under the shirt of the child so he can experience a different sensory contact.
See which way he chooses to take the ball off his clothes

Exercise No. 4
The balls have different colors; use the balls to teach the child the names of the colors, by means of a game and different requests (such as: show me the red ball, throw out of the pool the yellow ball, in a later stage, count together with him the green balls, the blue balls, etc. )

Balls pool: improving the walking skills and coordination

Exercise No. 5
Put together rolls and half rolls / cubes in different ways and create routes encouraging crawling / walking facing the pool. Encourage the child to pass then: crawling, sitting or walking. Later, add different requests to bring you balls in different colors. Refer to the different shapes of the elements of the Gymbox: a roll, a cube, etc.

Developmental contribution

Combining various options to enter and exit the balls pool encourages crawling and later walking skills.
After they have learned to walk it is very important to increase the confidence and the stability of the children. Playing in the balls pool contributes significantly to the strengthening of legs and arms muscles and improves the coordination. Exercising different forms of walking and also jumping on one leg or both legs in different directions. Development of basic concepts, familiarity with the names of the colors, shapes and the count ability: up, down, forward, backward, left and right, red, yellow … counting balls in different colors. The game with balls allows multi-aged games that connect socially the children of different ages.

Exercises to the balance

A swing consists of a half of yellow roll and half a pink roll / half a yellow roll / half a pale blue roll / a pale blue roll

Exercise No. 1
Lie on stomach and swing back and forth so that once the hands touching the floor and once the legs. You can place the swing by the pool and dive into it.

Exercise No. 2
Put the child on his stomach (later ask him to do it) and help him to rock from side to side and raise one hand at a time.

Exercise No. 3
Help him to roll the belly to the back and vice versa. And later ask him to raise one arm toward the ceiling and to turn to the side.

Exercise No 4
Help him to sit in a riding position while his legs are on both sides of the yellow roll and to swing from side to side.
By himself or with a friend.

Exercise No. 5
Help him to sit with his feet lying on the on the swing, help him to stabilize himself by spreading his hands.

Exercise No. 6
Turn the balance swing over (half a yellow roll and two halves of the pink circle) and add above it a pale blue roll.
Lay the child down when his chest is leaning on the pale blue roll and help him to roll toward the balls pool and later ask him to get a ball (every time a different color).

Balance surface

Exercise No. 7
Help the child to sit on the surface and to maintain balance while moving the body forward, backward and sideways. Initially when you hold his hands and later with his arms outstretched and you are standing beside him and ready to help him. It is recommended to start his exercise lying on the surface and then move up to the sitting position.

Exercise No. 8
Hold the hands of the child; help him to stand on the surface and to pass the weight from one leg to the other.
Later help him to swing on the surface, initially while you hold his hands and later when his hands are outstretched to the sides and you are standing beside him and are ready to help him.

Half a pink circle / sports mattress
Take out the GYMBOX parts from the sports mattress.Put the both halves of a circle together and create a swing.

Exercise No. 9
Seat the child in a riding position while his legs are lying on both sides and his hands are on front. Show him how to swing back and forth while transferring weight to the hands. Sit beside him and encouraged him to do so on his own.
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Connect the half pink circles to a whole circle (wheel) / sport mattress the circle is standing on the floor

Exercise No. 10
Help the child to lie down in the circle and roll him gently. Show him how he can roll by himself. Initially while transferring the weight from side to side and later a whole circle.

Exercise No. 11
lay him gently down on his stomach on the circle.
Hold him and roll him back and forth

Exercise No. 12
Show the child how he can use the circle as a hoop and to thread his body inside standing up.

Developmental contribution

Balance exercises from different heights add challenge and interest to movements already experienced at a younger age.
Balance and maintaining balance in different development levels. Children that are still crawling will find a challenge in climbing up and down from a wide and moving platform. Children who have learned to stand and to sit have the chance to experience it on a unstable ground

Exercises to improvement of walking skills and coordination
Half pink circle connected to a whole circle, the circle is lying on the floor

Exercise No 1
Practice with the child the entry and the exit from the circle.

Exercise No. 2
Put the child on the circle and help him to walk on it.
At first inside the circle and later you can create the shape S from two halves of a circle. Initially with the help of both hands, and later with the help of one hand and later by himself while you are standing beside him and ready to help him.

Exercise No. 3
Seat the child inside the circle and later ask him to do it by himself and play with him passing and catching of small balls from the pool / a bigger ball.

Developmental contribution

Walking over the half circle / roll is challenging. His instability requires the child to plan and organize the movement of the body depending on the shape, height and stability of the various parts.

Blocks (steps) slide (slope to the climbing and crawling)

Exercise No. 1
At this stage the children can derive great pleasure from sliding without the help from the parents. Most of the children sit stable and can slide on the bottom, or lie on the back or belly. Offer them to climb the steps and to roll into the slide.

Exercise No. 2
Climbing on the slide from the direction of the pool is still challenging and joyful and can continue up to the decline with the hands toward the cubes (used as steps) and from there to the floor, or directly to the floor.

Developmental contribution

Climbing, declining and the progress on the steps and the slide is very challenging and requires from the child to organize the movements of his body according the various heights what contributes to the development of the movement skills and the coordination.

GYMBOX tracks / sports mattress / gymnastic and Passage through obstacles

GYMBOX tracks

The GYMBOX enables the creation of diverse and challenging movement tracks. By the time the children feel more confident and their movement abilities are comprehensive, you have to encourage them to move forward and use the various Gymbox tracks and create their own challenging tracks

Exercise No. 1
Create various movement track consisting of Gymbox tracks and encourage the child to pass them.

Exercise No. 2
later, toward the age of two years, offer them to create their own track, praise
them for it and ask them what the track is , from which parts the track consists and how it should be passed (use terms such as cubes, roll, up and down)
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Exercise No. 3
Remove the different Gymbox parts and use the sports mattress to teach the child different gymnastics exercises: roll forward, roll backward roll, roll to the side, etc

Exercise No. 4
Create various movement tracks and various passing passages using the different Gymbox parts. Leave space between the different parts and offer the children to pass them. The child will have to go up and down, help him with the hands. Later when the child is goes well, encourage him to do it independently while you are always standing by his side and ready to help him.

GYMBOX as building blocks: rolls / half rolls / blocks steps

Exercise No. 5
Build together with the child structures from the rolls that stand one next to the other like a house, a bridge. Offer him to pass below. Of course you can add blocks (steps) and other Gymbox parts.

Developmental contribution

The GYMBOX enables the creation of diverse and challenging movement tracks.
By the time the children feel more confident and their movement abilities are comprehensive, you have to encourage them to move forward and use the various Gymbox tracks and create their own challenging tracks. It is recommended to integrate the various Gymbox parts in creation of different and various movement tracks and allow them to be exposed to the challenges and coping with obstacles and changes.
In a later stage the children will create different tracks and use different GYMBOX parts to the building of conditions that encourage independence and self confidence and developing imagination and creativity.
The GYMBOX constitutes a multi-aged play environment – it is recommended to encourage them to play with other children, what helps to the development of social skills

3-7 years

Recommended exercises for ages 3-7 years:

Your child’s familiarity with various sports activities laying elements of pleasure and health for later in life. The exercises, the game and the mutual leisure with the parent improves his motor skills and supports the building and strengthening of his confidence which is essential for further physical, cognitive and emotional development

Examples for exercises that will help you, the parents and care takers, to reach the full potential of the GYMBOX.
The parent is responsible for the correct performance of the exercises.
No exercise should be attempted without the will and the cooperation of the infant.
All the precautions that are specified on the label that is glued to the product must be followed.
It is forbidden to play with the product or climb on it without adult supervision.
While in use, theGYMBOX must be placed on a carpet or soft surface.

The social game

The development of the social game is of primary importance. Encourage your toddler / child to play in cooperation with other children.

Development of balance skills by walking on a twisted beam

Accessory provided: two half circles connect to beam in a shape of S

Position of origin: Help the child to climb and to stand on a beam

The exercise: help the child by holding his hand to walk on the beam step by step until he walks balanced and independent. Explain to the child what to do and use clear terms such as: walking forward, step by step, walking backwards, spin around, standing on one leg.

Developmental contribution: walking on a twisted route develops the stability and the equilibrium in coordination between the functions of the hands and feet and the progress and the organization in the space. An additional value is acquired in the learning of movement concepts, walking forms and marching in different directions

Developing the balance Skills and separation of body movements

Accessory provided: a swing consisting of two halves of a circle and two half-cylinder piled on each other.
Position of origin: Help the child to sit on the swing
The exercise: help the child to swing while separating the moves: upper part of his body and lower part of his body and to stabilize himself on the swing. Later on encourage him to perform this exercise on his own.
Developmental contribution: development of balance skills by the ability to separate movements, to coordinate between the upper part and lower part of his body, understanding the functions of hands and legs in different direction of the movement raises the physical awareness and contributes to the development of the sense of body control.

Developing the balance skills and the strengthening of the upper part of his body

Accessory provided: an overturned swing directed toward the balls pool and above it laying a roll
Position of origin: stand beside or behind the child and help him to put the chest on the roll.
The exercise: hold his hips or his legs in a wheelbarrow position and encourage him to rollover toward the pool while his hands are leading the movement, ask him to pick up a ball.
Developmental contribution: the walking in a wheelbarrow position helps to the strengthening of the neck muscles in the back and the Shoulder belt. Passing the weight which result due to the rolling toward the balls pool, strengthening the hands and the legs muscles and make the movements more flexible. Picking up a ball from the pool in this position contributes to the development of the coordination and the eye – hand coordination.

Development of the movements’ skills and balance by passing through obstacles

Accessory provided: stairs, half a roll, two halves of a circle connected to a circle
Position of origin: make an obstacle route by means of the stairs, halves of a roll and the circle
The exercise: stand beside the child and help him to climb and to pass between and above the “obstacles”, later on offer him to make a route of his own.
Developmental contribution: the climbing and the declining from different heights and the passing of obstacles in different distances require planning and organization of body movements in space, according to the form and the height of the “obstacle”, raises the awareness of the toddler to his different organs and their function and their motion ability and developing the posture. The creation of routes and passing through obstacles is a challenging and joyful environment for the development of the infant.

Development of the movements’ skills and balance by rolling to the side

Accessory provided: two halves of a circle connected to a full circle
Position of origin: help the child to get into the circle, the stomach and the chest are lying on the wall of the circle and his hands and legs are lying on the mattress.
The exercise: rotate the circle to both sides and later on guide him to roll to the side on his own ( pencil rolling)
Developmental contribution: developing the body senses in different lying positions and the passing among them: stomach – side – back. Circular motions that contributes to the awareness of different motion directions.

Balance and development of the motion skills by means of rolling backwards

Accessory provided: a slide / a slope and balls pool
Position of origin: help the child to sit with his back directed toward the balls pool , lay him carefully down on the slope while his head is pointing downward and his hands are holding the wall of the balls pool.
The exercise: Hold the child’s hips in front and in the back and help him to roll back.

Developmental contribution: the passing of the weight while rolling backwards improving the motorical motion abilities and adds to the flexibility of the body, this in a position less common : the head downwards and the lower part of the body leading the motion.
Performing a roll backwards on a slope helps to the later learning to perform a rolling back on the mattress.

Development of balance Skills on an unstable surface

Accessory provided: balance surface

Position of origin: Help the child to stand on a balance surface while his hands outstretched to the sides.

The exercise: Hold the child’s hands and help him to move weight from one leg to the other while he is learning to balance and to stabilize himself, put your hands under his hands, touching but not touching, and when he performing the exercise on his own, put your hands down and stand beside him for supervision.

Developmental contribution: exercise and maintaining the balance on an unstable “surface” developing the posture and improving the motion abilities

Development of balance skills by walking on a twisted beam

Accessory provided: two half circles connect to beam in a shape of S

Position of origin: Help the child to climb and to stand on a beam

The exercise: help the child by holding his hand to walk on the beam step by step until he walks balanced and independent. Explain to the child what to do and use clear terms such as: walking forward, step by step, walking backwards, spin around, standing on one leg.

Developmental contribution: walking on a twisted route develops the stability and the equilibrium in coordination between the functions of the hands and feet and the progress and the organization in the space. An additional value is acquired in the learning of movement concepts, walking forms and marching in different directions

Developing the balance Skills and separation of body movements

Accessory provided: a swing consisting of two halves of a circle and two half-cylinder piled on each other.
Position of origin: Help the child to sit on the swing
The exercise: help the child to swing while separating the moves: upper part of his body and lower part of his body and to stabilize himself on the swing. Later on encourage him to perform this exercise on his own.
Developmental contribution: development of balance skills by the ability to separate movements, to coordinate between the upper part and lower part of his body, understanding the functions of hands and legs in different direction of the movement raises the physical awareness and contributes to the development of the sense of body control.

Developing the balance skills and the strengthening of the upper part of his body

Accessory provided: an overturned swing directed toward the balls pool and above it laying a roll
Position of origin: stand beside or behind the child and help him to put the chest on the roll.
The exercise: hold his hips or his legs in a wheelbarrow position and encourage him to rollover toward the pool while his hands are leading the movement, ask him to pick up a ball.
Developmental contribution: the walking in a wheelbarrow position helps to the strengthening of the neck muscles in the back and the Shoulder belt. Passing the weight which result due to the rolling toward the balls pool, strengthening the hands and the legs muscles and make the movements more flexible. Picking up a ball from the pool in this position contributes to the development of the coordination and the eye – hand coordination.

Development of the movements’ skills and balance by passing through obstacles

Accessory provided: stairs, half a roll, two halves of a circle connected to a circle
Position of origin: make an obstacle route by means of the stairs, halves of a roll and the circle
The exercise: stand beside the child and help him to climb and to pass between and above the “obstacles”, later on offer him to make a route of his own.
Developmental contribution: the climbing and the declining from different heights and the passing of obstacles in different distances require planning and organization of body movements in space, according to the form and the height of the “obstacle”, raises the awareness of the toddler to his different organs and their function and their motion ability and developing the posture. The creation of routes and passing through obstacles is a challenging and joyful environment for the development of the infant.

Development of the movements’ skills and balance by rolling to the side

Accessory provided: two halves of a circle connected to a full circle
Position of origin: help the child to get into the circle, the stomach and the chest are lying on the wall of the circle and his hands and legs are lying on the mattress.
The exercise: rotate the circle to both sides and later on guide him to roll to the side on his own ( pencil rolling)
Developmental contribution: developing the body senses in different lying positions and the passing among them: stomach – side – back. Circular motions that contributes to the awareness of different motion directions.

Balance and development of the motion skills by means of rolling backwards

Accessory provided: a slide / a slope and balls pool
Position of origin: help the child to sit with his back directed toward the balls pool , lay him carefully down on the slope while his head is pointing downward and his hands are holding the wall of the balls pool.
The exercise: Hold the child’s hips in front and in the back and help him to roll back.

Developmental contribution: the passing of the weight while rolling backwards improving the motorical motion abilities and adds to the flexibility of the body, this in a position less common : the head downwards and the lower part of the body leading the motion.
Performing a roll backwards on a slope helps to the later learning to perform a rolling back on the mattress.