GAR's School of Music (Newborn-Adult)
We offer the finest music education classes for all ages Birth to Seniors! Research proves that early integration of music into your child's daily routine means improving their ability to think, reason, create and express. Music makes him/her smarter. With more then 25 years of experience in early childhood development, Kindermusik is the world's most respected name in music learning. Our trained and licensed educators provide the very best music training, dance, creative movement and voice lessons.

Strength and Flexibility
If you are looking for a great way to help improve your athletic performance, but have a hard time doing it on your own, this class is for you! During this hour, you work solely on strength and flexibility components. Everything from pushups to pull-ups core exercises and program specific stretches, to learning how to make healthy choices in diet and activity. This class is perfect for everyone whether you tumble, swing, bounce or cheer. Come reach your personal goals with us.

Trampoline

Boys Programs
This course provides each student with the essentials to prepare themselves for the challenges of our more advanced disciplines and other sports. Our students will enjoy the opportunity to excel in strength training, tumbling, bars, pommel horse, rock climbing and trampoline.

Girls Gymnastics
Bars, beam, floor-X & vault, all the traditional women's Olympic events. GAR's state-of-the-art training facility provides each student with a positive, progressive and fun approach to learning gymnastics. This is a success-oriented program designed to develop the individual, as well as the gymnast.

Off Ice Edge
Fine Lines Dance Company is proud to be the home of the Off Ice Edge training program. It is a program designed to train ice skaters off the ice. The program consists of gymnastics, focusing on flexibility and strength, trampoline, working on jump technique and air sense, circuit training, improving endurance, stamina, and dance to embellish style and grace, and better prepare a skater for on the ice. Off Ice Edge works in conjunction with the Rockford Park District and has teamed up with Saint Anthony's (OSF) weight training program to help provide a complete training program for skaters here in the Northern Illinois area. We are very excited to announce that our program was endorsed by the United States Figure Skating Association in 2005!

Little Stars We would like to welcome you and your family to the Little Stars Program at GAR. Our program is considered one of the most innovative programs available today for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarten children. Our program is designed to help each child's individual physical awareness, strength, balance and coordination. The program is a preparation for school achievement. It will help your child learn "how to learn." Your child will do better in the classroom with self confidence he/she gained through learning how to analyze. Our instructors are highly trained, imaginative professionals who are actively involved in the growing world of gymnastic education for all ages. We are proud to have a success orientated program designed to help children feel good about themselves, and we believe that you will find something for everyone in your family to begin an active life within our program.

Birthday Parties
Treat yourself and your kids to a unique birthday experience that will long be remembered! Parties are 1 ˝ hour in length. The kids will have 60 minutes of structured, supervised gymnastic fun with games, play on our new Backyard Adventures Play Sets, activities and obstacle courses that include all events in the gym. Set-ups are age appropriate. The remaining 30 minutes is for cake and gifts. GAR provides invitations. You provide all paper goods, decorations, food and drink. GAR's staff will set up, supervise in the gym, serve the food and clean up. Parents just sit back and relax. Parties are held on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Parent's Night Out
Parents take the night off and leave the kids to us! We provide snacks, movies, open gym time, games, play on the Backyard Adventures play sets and much, much more! Parents Night Out is generally held every Saturday night (check at the front desk or call for a monthly schedule) Please call ahead to reserve a spot. Children must be at least 3 years old and completely potty trained.

Homeschool Physical Education
Since 1977, GAR has been developing quality athletic programs for the Northern Illinois community. Knowing that you value the quality of your child's well-rounded education, we are proud to offer a curriculum specifically designed for today's home school families in order to complete your child's physical education.

Holiday Camps
Are the kids out of school, but you still need to go to work? Don't worry…bring them to GAR's Day Camps. Your child will enjoy gymnastics, trampoline, crafts, tumbling, play on the Backyard Adventures play sets and much more!

The Dance Source
The Dance Source provides high quality dance education in a friendly and caring atmosphere. Classes are offered year round for age's preschool to adults. The well educated and well respected staff provides professional and technical expertise with a kinesthetic approach to learning and training the students. They encourage all students to achieve their best.

We offer classes for all levels of experience. Beginner to advanced students are encouraged to explore different dance forms. The serious student should take several classes a week to intensify training. Students may join a class at any point during the Session.

Fine Lines Dance Company
Welcome to the Fine Lines Dance Compnay. We are located at the Carlson Ice Arena and offer four different programs of dance classes based on age and/or talent level. Each program consists of ballet, jazz and/or tap. The Live to Dance and the Dance for Life programs also include lyrical and hip hop. Our goal is to create an environment where students learn to excel at their talent and perform at their very best. Dance technique, although it is very important, is not our only goal. We want our students to have fun with what they do and dance because it is what they love to do.

Cheerleading
Whether you are just starting out, preparing for tryouts or refining your skills during the season, GAR's Cheerleading classes will be your constant source for improvement. Our recreation program at GAR provides you the quality cheerleading coaching that you would expect from an award winning program. Our recreation classes are coached to prepare your child to be a well-rounded cheerleader.

Thunder Academy of Tae Kwon Do (3-Adult)
Toe Kwon Do is a Korean art of self-defense for the unarmed. Tae Kwan Do means "the way of the hand and foot." Tae Kwan Do dates back to the Silla Dynasty over 2000 years ago. Strict discipline is used to train the mind and body. Tae Kwan Do teaches: confidence, courtesy, respect, coordination and self control. It is great for cardiovascular, muscle toning, and weight loss. Studies have shown that 80% of the Tae Kwon Do students have better grade averages in their school curriculum. Competitions are used for learning, friendship and having some fun. Tae Kwon Do is now recognized as an Olympic Sport.

We offer classes for all levels of experience. Beginner to advanced students are encouraged to explore different dance forms. The serious student should take several classes a week to intensify training.

Tumbling
A fun alternative to the traditional apparatus style of gymnastics. It's just you and the floor! GAR's tumbling program is simply the finest program available in the USA today. Our coaching staff has developed more local, state, national and world champions than any program in existence today. So, whether you are tumbling for fun or aspiring to be the best in the world, we have a place for you!