Guided by four adults, 20 preschoolers swing on suspended rings, somersault over a padded incline, balance on a horizontal beam, slither through a fabric tunnel and make their way back to the rings.

Coach Jarrett Bergeron teaches classes for boys at Regal Gymnastics Academy in Essex. But his 3- to 5-year-old students aren’t enrolled in a gymnastics class — they’re signed up for something that ...

Olivia Carpenter looks forward to her weekly preschool class at Pioneers Gymnastics Academy so much that she often asks, ‘Is it my turn?’ when she and her mom drop off older brother Caden for his ...