The Little Gym of Cary

The Little Gym has been excellent for our family! Both my kids love their classes, and my daughter is having a second birthday party here. The women who run the day to day of the studio are fantastic. Ms. Maria, Ms. Jana and Ms. Mia are my kids’ teachers who we love, but we’ve honestly not had a bad experience. Ms Jana in particular has been amazing for my son, who has needed some extra encouragement to try new things.

I have been taking my daughter to Little Gym for almost a year now and she loves it! I have also met lots of great new moms too! The classes have helped build her confidence in reaching milestones from 6 months to now 16 months. The staff is very friendly and treat the kids with lots of care & patience! I find it to be very clean and I appreciate how they sanitize the room in between classes. They recently updated the mats, painted the walls and added new activities to use during the class. I look forward to continuing to take my daughter and watch her grow more with her class.

Amy, Brandon, Anthony, & Madison are the best pictures of gymnastics at you could hope for. They are very knowledgeable with children in a very patience and tolerant. They had a good time to assess and work with each child and has small classes. I can't think of a better place for my son to get some excercise & energy out as well as learn some key lessons regarding listening, following rules, only playing certain ways in specific situations i.e. "no flipping down the stairs, only at the gym!" These are added lessons that might not be focused on in preschool or Pre-K but will need to be instilled prior to kindergarten. The structured & planned lessons will not only help them but put them at a huge advantage as they are entering into kindergarten. All the while, the kids just think they're having a great time and don't even realize that they are learning!

Posting this a few months late but incredibly disappointed with the shift in ownership and camp experience. In the past, campers had ample time in the gym, classes were not taking place during camp time, and costs were pretty pricey for what it was. Since being corporate owned, my daughter only spent sometimes 30 minutes in a 4 hour period in the gym because they were holding classes at the same time as camp. The remaining time was spent in a small room where they did various activities, but given that it is a gymnastics camp, I wouldn’t have paid for camp knowing such a limited time in the gym.

We had gone to this gym for a year with our son when he was very little and then for 3 years with our daughter since she was a baby. The teachers are very good and the facility is excellent and exceptionally clean. We have some lovely memories from this gym and my daughter learned a lot and really loved her time there. Sadly, we have recently had to cut ties with the Little Gym. Had I written this review a year ago, I would have given them 5 stars. Now, I can barely scrape by with 3 (and those stars are for some of the teachers and the facility ). A little less than a year ago, the North Carolina Little Gym franchises were bought by a private equity firm. It shows. Previously, the delightful owner, Connie Tator, was a regular fixture at the Little Gym of Cary. If there was an issue, a parent could speak to her directly and get it solved. Not anymore. It’s all corporate coldness and no warmth. My 3 year old didn't feel comfortable in the gym without me present. I don't think it's unreasonable for me to be allowed to sit quietly in the gym to provide a supportive presence. Previously, this hadn't been an issue. Suddenly, the options are either my child sucks it up and toughs it out or she has to sit outside the gym and just watch class through the window from my lap. She wants to participate, and I don't pay $110 a month to have her watch a class. I don't think I'm being unreasonable, but my child's need for my presence "doesn't align with the goals of the class". Uh-huh. The Little Gym is still good, as I said: the facility is nice and the teachers are good. However, if you are looking for a gym that respects your goals and values as a parent, supports children who might require a bit more time and emotional support, and is willing to be a little flexible instead of rigidly clinging to their policies and procedures as though they are more important than the Little Humans they are there to serve, this is not the gym for you. For that, go to one of the many locally owned gyms in the area where you can have a reasonable conversation with the owner instead of a pedantic one with a corporate minion.