FOR TODDLERS 19–36 MONTHS
Squirrels
All that energy is trying to become skill. We help it get there.
Squirrels: Movement Classes for Toddlers
The terrible twos are largely a movement problem. Children this age have a physical drive to climb, jump, spin, and crash that is completely at odds with most of the environments they spend time in. The frustration that gets labelled as behaviour is often just a body looking for somewhere to put its energy.
The Squirrels program gives that energy a home. Classes are structured, movement-rich, and deliberately playful — with equipment scaled to toddler bodies and activities sequenced around the motor milestones your child is building right now. Jumping with two feet. Landing with control. Rolling. Hanging. Navigating uneven surfaces without panic.
This is also a critical window for social movement — learning to wait, to take turns on equipment, to read and respond to the physical space around other children. These are not just gym skills. They are the foundations of coordination, impulse regulation, and spatial intelligence.
Parents transition from full participation to supervised proximity in this band. Your child is becoming independent. Class by class, they are learning what their body can do.
The stage
Toddlers don't have too much energy. They have exactly the right amount — for bodies that are supposed to be running, jumping, climbing and testing everything, all day. The problem is never the energy. It's whether the environment gives it somewhere to go. Squirrels takes that raw drive and starts shaping it: jumps become landings, climbs become sequences, chaos becomes the first outlines of real skill.
Stage
18-36 Months
Format
Parent & Child
Duration
45 Minutes
Stage
19-36 Months
Format
Parent & Child
Duration
45 Minutes
In class, your baby will
01
Jump, Land & Laugh
Run, jump and land — two-foot take-offs, controlled landings and soft crashes that feel like play. These early jumps build leg strength, coordination and the courage to try bigger movements later.
02
Obstacle Course Explorers
Take on obstacle circuits: over, under, through, and around soft equipment. Each new path teaches them to plan their steps, adjust their speed and feel more in control of their body.
03
Beam Balance Builders
Walk full-length beams, forwards and sideways. With each careful step, they learn to steady their body, focus their eyes and trust their own balance.
04
Bars, Swings & Hanging
Hang, swing and support their own weight on the bars with your hands close by. This safe challenge builds grip strength, upper body power and a sense of "I can do it!"
05
Rolling & Body Shapes
Learn first rolls and shapes — the raw material for cartwheels, handstands and flips later on. These simple patterns help them understand how to tuck, stretch and move smoothly from one shape to another.
06
Group Games & Taking Turns
Practise waiting for a turn, following two-step instructions and joining in group games. These shared moments help them listen, take part and feel proud of what they can do in front of others.
What’s building underneath
This is the age of the language explosion — and movement and language grow in the same brain, at the same time, feeding each other. Sequencing a circuit builds the same cognitive machinery as sequencing a sentence. Waiting for a turn builds impulse control. Landing a jump builds the deepest kind of confidence there is: I decided to do something hard, and my body did it. Squirrels is also the bridge year — the class where your child practises independence while you're still in the room.
By the time they move up to Bunnies, most Squirrels can
01
Jump and land with two feet, under control
02
Complete a simple obstacle circuit start to finish
03
Walk a full beam without holding a hand
04
Hang from the bar unassisted for a few seconds
05
Follow a two-step instruction and take turns in a group
04
Hang from the bar unassisted for a few seconds
05
Follow a two-step instruction and take turns in a group
01
Jump and land with two feet, under control
02
Complete a simple obstacle circuit start to finish
03
Walk a full beam without holding a hand
Your role
This is your last class on the mat — and it's designed that way. Across the Squirrels year, our coaches deliberately shift your child's attention from you to them, activity by activity. By the end, your child is ready for the biggest milestone on the ladder: their first class on their own.