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When someone says \u201cgo to your happy place,\u201d that would be
\nGymboree Play & Music. The global leader in developmental classes for kids,
\nthey have been fostering creativity and confidence in children ages zero to
\nfive for 35 years.<\/p>\n
Gymboree Play & Music partners with companies like Zero
\nTo Three Institute whose mission is to promote the health and development of
\ninfants and toddlers. Together, they bring the best educational programs and
\nplay equipment to the public.<\/p>\n
Blythe Donovan, new owner of the Oklahoma City franchise
\nsince February 2012, explains, \u201cOur classes are specifically intended to
\nmaximize the learning experience for age-appropriate activities to develop
\ncognitive, physical and social skills as kids play. The guidelines change as we
\nlearn more about how the brain works.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blythe holds a B.A. in Elementary Education from Northern
\nArizona University and has a long history with Gymboree. One of her earliest
\nmemories is of her time as a child in Gymboree classes. Blythe has spent the
\nlast eight years teaching at several Gymboree locations, the last three at the
\nOKC location.<\/p>\n
With support from corporate, which provides lesson plans and
\nextensive training, Blythe is able to focus on what matters\u2014the kids. \u201cOur
\nphilosophy is that children learn best through play. So we work with parents to
\nlearn how to engage their children through play\u2014working on and developing motor
\nskills, creative play, special awareness, temporal reasoning, and many other
\ndevelopmental benefits. Their kids don\u2019t know that they\u2019re learning. They\u2019re
\njust having fun,\u201d Blythe stated.<\/p>\n
Membership is on a month-to-month basis, which means no commitments
\nor contracts. Schedules are flexible and Blythe<\/p>\n
strives to provide as many make-up oppor-tunities as
\npossible. Gymboree hosts birthday parties and other special events which are
\nopen to the public. Special discounts for these events are available to
\nmembers. They also bring their program to local schools and daycare facilities
\nwith Gymboree On the Go.<\/p>\n
A free preview class is offered to everyone. In addition to
\nplay, classes are available in art and music that are a lot of fun as well!<\/p>\n
Check out the Gymboree When someone says Go to your happy place, that would be Gymboree Play & Music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":36582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"Issue":[276],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29376"},{"taxonomy":"Issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edmondoutlook.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/Issue?post=29376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ncorporate website at gymboreeclasses.com or call the OKC branch at
\n405-755-3445. Gymboree Play & Music Oklahoma City is located in the Shoppes
\nat Northpark, south entrance, at 11928 N. May Ave., OKC 73120.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"