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Mountain Kids Blog – Tips, Inspiration, and Community for Fort Collins Families

Welcome to the Mountain Kids Blog, your go-to source for parenting inspiration, activity ideas, and expert insights on kids’ gymnastics, dance, cheer, preschool, and more in Fort Collins and Northern Colorado. Here, we share stories, advice, and updates that celebrate movement, creativity, and confidence in every child. Whether you’re looking for guidance on choosing the right class, local family events, or ways to keep your kids active year-round, the Mountain Kids Blog is here to help your family learn, grow, and have fun together!

Gymnastics and Academic Success: How Physical Activity Boosts Your Child’s Brainpower

December 1, 2024

Discovering the Magic of Gymnastics and Learning At Mountain Kids, we know how much you care about your child’s growth, both physically and academically. Did you know gymnastics can play a significant role in boosting your child’s brainpower? That’s right! This awesome sport is not just about flips and flexibility; it’s also about sharpening those…

Unlocking Personal Growth Through Gymnastics

November 6, 2024

In today’s fast-paced world, cultivating confidence and resilience in children is more important than ever. Gymnastics offers a unique avenue for empowering kids by providing skills beyond physical strength and flexibility. At Mountain Kids, we believe that gymnastics is not just a sport; it’s a confidence-building journey that lays a foundation for lifelong empowerment. Overcoming…

Safety First: How Gymnastics Teaches Discipline and Risk Management

October 21, 2024

Gymnastics is an amazing sport that combines grace with strength. It requires courage and accuracy. But beyond the impressive moves and routines, gymnastics also teaches kids important life skills like discipline and managing risks. At Mountain Kids, we believe in teaching these valuable lessons to every child who joins our programs. Learning Discipline Through Practice…

The Benefits of Gymnastics for Children: Why It’s More Than Just Flips and Tricks

August 26, 2024

Gymnastics is more than just vaults and flips; it offers children extensive physical, psychological, and social benefits. Starting young enhances muscle strength, posture, motor skills, and cognitive abilities while teaching valuable life lessons such as discipline and resilience. It also fosters teamwork, sportsmanship, and communication, helping children handle wins and losses gracefully. This blog explores…

Summer 2021 Covid Guidelines at Mountain Kids

June 9, 2021

Hello Mountain Kids Families! We successfully navigated our first week of day camp, swimming, dance and gymnastics. Summer 2021 is a bit different than previous summers. Following are highlights of our policies. We kindly ask that you are 100% comfortable with our updated covid guidelines found below. Should any of our policies/information give you pause,…

Fall Registration Now Open!

August 11, 2020

Dear Families, We know times are challenging, anxiety and fear are rising, and our children’s lives have been anything but normal. This Fall Mountain Kids, Mountain Kids Preschool, and Mountain Dance we are dedicated to creating multiple program options to meet the different needs of the families in our community in a safe, healthy and…

Programming Update In Response To COVID-19

March 17, 2020

Mountain Kids Families, The Corona virus has our whole country in a quandary.  Our governments, school districts, business’ as well as ourselves, have researched, studied, pondered, stressed, worried, and lost sleep over the current national emergency. As for Mountain Kids we are concerned not only for our students, parents, and staff but also for the…

How To Help Toddlers and Preschoolers Resolve Conflict

February 20, 2019

As young children begin to interact with the world around them and communicate more, they are bound to encounter a specific type of interaction that many of us dislike: conflict. Toddlers and preschoolers don’t have much difficulty making their dissatisfaction known, but they still need to learn to communicate in a positive way. As a…

Required Camp Forms

February 17, 2019

Follow each link to view and print form.  Please bring completed forms with you to register in person. 2019 Day Camp Registration Forms Medical Admin Form for Campers with Allergies Only  

Ballet Basics: The First Five Positions

January 8, 2019

When your child starts taking ballet classes, they’ll learn a lot about form, style, and positions. There are several fundamentals to ballet, but the five positions are the most basic and essential for beginners. Children learn the foot placement of each position first, but they will also learn the placement of their legs, arms, and…