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Great Places To Learn Gymnastics in and around Philly

Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Gymnastics Center
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7/27/22 - By Jacqueline Stansbury

Deciding on the right activities for kids can be challenging, especially when it means driving one kid to dance classes while dressing the other for swimming lessons. Gymnastics is a popular choice, and one that works for everyone from energetic toddlers to teens who watched Simone Biles in the Olympics. The list of gymnastics schools below includes recreational gymnastics facilities for all ages as well as places where intensive training for competition is the goal. 

Find more ideas in our Classes and Enrichment Guide for Philly Kids.

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Philadelphia

InMovement Gymnastics

3 Locations in Center City
In addition to gymnastic classes and programming for children and adults, Philly InMovement also offers summer camp, vacation camp, and birthday parties—all with a gymnastics theme. Open play hours are available for little ones, and kids who get serious about gymnastics can participate in the team program. InMovement currently has three locations in Center City. READ MORE

Philadelphia Boys' Gymnastics

Philadelphia
Philadelphia Boys' Gymnastics offers quality training and competitive experience within the framework of the USA Gymnastics Boys’ Jr. Olympic Structure. The Program Director is the head of Temple University's Men's Gymnastics team and most instructors are Temple gymnasts. Fees start at $80 per month, with classes for boys and girls ages 3-16. READ MORE

Chester County

Aerials Fit N Fun Gymnastics Center

Phoenixville
Aerials Fit N Fun Gymnastics Center in Phoenixville offers general gymnastics, parent/child gym classes, preschool gym, and birthday parties. READ MORE

Montgomery County

The Little Gym of Abington

Jenkintown
For every stage of a child’s life – from 4 months to age 12 – there’s a program with movement, music, learning, and cooperation at the Little Gym. Early tumbling sessions can lead to Pre-K gymnastics classes, right up through grade school programs for little gymnasts. READ MORE

Philadelphia Gymnastics Center

Conshohockon
In addition to gymnastics classes, Philadelphia Gymnastics Center offers camps and clinics for kids ages 6-14. There are full and half-day sessions plus special camps for preschoolers age 3-5. Classes during the school year range from kindergym through advanced competitive gymnastics, as well as ninja classes that combine gymnatstics moves with martial arts and obstacle course skills. READ MORE

Bala Gymnastics

Bala Cynwyd
In the winter, fall, and spring, girls ages 3 to 14 can take classes on rhythmic gymnastics. In the summer, girls ages 4 and up can learn from the experienced instructors as part of summer camp, which includes flexibility and strength, classical ballet, apparatus technique, acrobatic technique, creative time, and more, with both full-day and half-day options. READ MORE

Turner's Gymnastics

East Norriton
Turner's Gymnastics offers classes starting with parent / child gymnastics and preschool gym right up through competitive gymnastics for older kids. Birthday parties, summer day camp, and summer evening programs are also on offer. READ MORE

Bucks County

Central Bucks School of Gymnastics and Dance

Doylestown
Have kids who love Encanto and Zombies? Then sign them up for a week of dance camp at Central Bucks School of Gymnastics and Dance, where they can learn ballet, contemporary, hip hop, and more while incorporating fun games, props, and crafts. Do they bounce to a different beat? Gymkids and Gymstars classes can channel their tumbling instincts, maybe even landing them in the center's competitive gymnastics program. READ MORE

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Jacqueline Stansbury
A native Angeleno, Jackie enjoys revisiting her childhood as a mom and writer for Mommy Poppins. She did a lot of cool stuff as a kid and has newfound respect for her own mom who made that happen without the internet! Today in Los Angeles, some things are gone, some have changed and some, like the grunion, remain exactly the same. In her former life, Jackie was a development executive on the Fox Studios lot where she rounded up writer/director lists and covered screenplays. Mommy Poppins is much more fun. Jackie's kids, Benjamin and Juliet, agree.
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