Whatever your baby’s latest gross motor skill milestone is, this cute gym session will have him or her giggling! It can be a Mini Rolling Gym, a Mini Sitting Gym, or a Mini Crawling Gym. The key is to get down on your baby’s level and show them the actions, which will serve both as a model and as a game!

Veronika is already a roller, but first for some review I lay down next to her. Well she thought this was just the greatest.

I rolled away from her…

…which soon had her rolling to me. This was a nice refresher because she’s so busy sitting up these days, she sort of forgets to roll when I put her on her back.

Our next gym session was planks (okay, tummy time). She loved having me down at elbow level with her.

Next I started to crawl in circles around her. This is probably the next gross motor skill that Veronika will master, since she’s currently kicking with legs and pushing up on her arms, but not quite able to put it all together yet.

She looked like she wanted to chase after me!

I then sat her up, placed a few favorite toys just out of reach, and mimed reaching for them. Soon she was copying me.

In short, we both got in a little workout, and lots of giggles!