…and that’s just the beginning !
GymZOOnasium has been 100% designed and made in Australia by a passionate team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Exercise Physiologists, Yoga Instructors, Teachers, Parents and Amazing Kids.
The result is a fun and engaging program, inclusive for all abilities and proven to deliver profound outcomes.
Use GymZOOnasium to provide a positive outlet for students with excess energy and heightened emotions.
Choose sessions that are specifically made to meet your students’ sensory needs, leaving them feeling calm, alert & ready to learn.
Our sessions use specific evidence-based movements proven to improve focus, attentiveness, memory & learning.
Improve your students’ key skills such as coordination, body control, posture, crossing the midline and fine motor skills.
Students at our school have a wide range of disabilities and many present with high and complex support needs. Often activities require a significant amount of repetition to become successful. However, GymZOOnasium has been a hit from day one!
The beauty of the program is that it assumes no limits. Children are provided with opportunities to achieve in fun and creative ways.
Many classes are now beginning each day with a set of GymZOOnasium exercises, and teachers are reporting significant benefits including greater levels of core strength, improved posture and increased muscle tone.
The students look forward to the sessions and we have had numerous reports from families of students repeating the activities at home.
The program has provided the school with professional development, with a strong focus on encouraging sustainable and positive lifestyle choices for the entire school community.
They are loving the program and so am I.
Making modifications for it to be completely inclusive is easier than I originally thought!
I have used it in Prep and Year One.
I noticed huge improvement in muscle tone, co-ordination and balance after using the program for a year.
I can attest that the Facilitator resources are great!
I really enjoy how each day’s activities are easily accessed and changed each week to keep the interest of the students.
They look forward to it each day and it is a great morning break after our reading groups.
Thank you for your amazing program that we all (students, teacher and TA) join in with each day.
We just love Gymzoonasium! The children love the exercises and really relate to the animal poses. The sessions offer lots of challenge, building on gross motor coordination, physical fitness and strength, as well as being a whole lot of fun!
The illustrations and sound effects have great impact – further enticing the children to join in enthusiastically! The children have continued to do the exercises at home and at kindergarten.
GymZOOnasium has been a fantastic tool for my class to use as a wind down exercise from playtimes.
Students love it and are disappointed if we don’t get to it in the day!
I really like the concept behind Gymzoonasium and it has been successfully implemented at our Special School in a variety of ways in recent years.
Our students have benefited from developing their strength, flexibility and range of movement.
GymZOOnasium has been fantastic with my Prep/1/2 class!
I have seen an improvement in their focus, engagement and concentration. It has also helped with their balance, strength, fine and gross motor skills, writing and thinking.
They love it and even ask for it if we haven’t done it yet or they have a different teacher.
It has become a vital part of our daily timetable and I highly recommend GymZOOnasium!
We introduced Gymzoonasium in response to the need to motivate and engage students with special needs with fun movements and meet the requirements of the Australian Curriculum.
Teachers noticed greater student participation levels. A great program that creates improved student outcomes.
We love Gymzoonasium!!! It has helped the students in their focus, motor skills and writing skills.
The programme is fun, well designed and easy to follow.
Some of the videos relate to what we teach in science etc.
My Gym Club Proserpine have used GymZOOnasium for the past 3 years as part of our fundamental movement programs.
The skill movements are highly relevant for our gymnastics program and are excellent developmental tools for gross motor skills, strength, flexibility and body awareness.
I would highly recommend this resource to any organisation wishing to teach foundational physical skills to young children.
As an Occupational Therapist I have utilised the GymZOOnasium program across many settings – state and Catholic education, special schools, community health clinics and private clinics.
It is had been versatile in its implementation and widely beneficial to the children who have participated.
I have seen children improve in their physical capabilities and in their social participation, as well as teachers develop confidence including the program in their classrooms.
I’m loving delivering this program and observing the connection and benefits it has for the children.
GymZOOnasium acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the traditional owners and custodians of Australia’s land and waterways. We pay tribute to Elders past, present and emerging, and to the Kabi Kabi people, on whose land which we are based.