TumbleTown:
New Children’s Movement Centre Opens Story by Sarah Gordon
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TumbleTown is Steveston’s new movement education centre. It is here that children as young as six months old are introduced to programs that enhance cognitive processes through fun and challenging activities involving movement circuits, games, and music. TumbleTown Steveston opened on January 4, 2021. The first TumbleTown is situated in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood and recently celebrated its fourth anniversary. The Steveston movement education centre is located inside the space that previously housed Wayland Sports and Cartwheels Gym on No. 2 Road. It has been completely renovated with entirely new equipment, flooring, fresh paint, and a ground-level viewing area was added. Managing partner and director Connie Sherman joined forces with co-directors Sharron Crowley (founder of Vancouver’s Aquaventures Swim Centre) and Kelly Sherman to develop a unique 22
and exciting curriculum with custom kid-sized equipment. Connie is a seasoned gymnast with expertise in establishing, operating, and growing highly successful gymnastic clubs. Her experience, technical knowledge, and charismatic nature help set TumbleTown apart from conventional youth gymnastic programs. A familiar face to many Stevestonites, Dana Kimura, is excited to join the TumbleTown team as the centre’s manager. She is a Level 3 certified coach as well as a certified coaching course instructor for Gymnastics BC. She was raised in Steveston and has been running gymnastics programs in Richmond for over 20 years. As the mother of a one-year-old, Dana endorses TumbleTown’s programs first hand. She was excited to see her son take his first steps in the lobby after attending a Tip n Tumbles class last summer.
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February - March 2021
