Join in! Start climbing :)

Easter holidays – bad weather – boredom!

How about an activity course made from our climbing sets? There are countless variations and your imagination or your children's has no limits. The great thing is, it doesn't matter how big or small the apartment is, with one set you have everything at home at once.

Still looking for the perfect idea? Then you're in the right place today! We'll dive into our world of climbing towers, you'll learn interesting facts about courses and how important movement games are for your child. And of course, our creative workshop has another surprise for you and your little adventurer!

A child's interest depends solely on the opportunity to make their own discoveries.
-Maria Montessori–

In parkour, fun with movement and constant self-improvement are the focus. Your child's natural urge to move and explore becomes the main tool for this. Playfully, your child gets to know their own body better.

Parkour means full-body training that especially promotes strength, endurance, mobility, coordination and concentration.

Introducing our climbing sets…

If you're looking for a play device that gives your children hours of fun and movement indoors, one of Kletterling's climbing sets is the perfect choice. Our sets combine different play elements that, due to their individual design, encourage discovery and conquest!

These climbing frames are not only a great toy, but also an excellent tool to support your children's physical development and coordination. A climbing tower gives children the opportunity to improve their motor skills and balance, express their creativity, and develop their social skills. While playing, children can also overcome fears and limits and gain a sense of independence and self-reliance.

Cognitive area

Whether on the climbing wall, a tree or a climbing frame – when climbing the goal is always to get as high as possible (and then come back down safely). But that doesn't always work on the first try. This way your child gains some frustration tolerance and learns that patience and perseverance pay off! Rung by rung – when climbing the goal is always to get as high as possible (and then come back down safely).

Motor area

While climbing, your child playfully and joyfully learns new movement patterns that help improve their motor skills. Climbing promotes gross motor skills – keeping balance, stepping on and pushing off. At the same time, fine motor skills are also promoted by having to grasp the climbing holds precisely. Climbing is a true full-body workout that's great fun and can also be used to prevent overweight.

Perception area

When climbing, your child strengthens self-perception and self-confidence. They learn to overcome obstacles and experience that they can overcome challenges through their own effort. If the climbing attempt ends successfully, this sense of achievement strengthens self-confidence. Even failed attempts can teach your child valuable lessons.

Perception tip:

It's advisable to let your child play barefoot as much as possible. The soft, rounded wood offers new stimuli for hands and feet and strengthens internal balance. Your baby also learns that they can wrap their feet around the rungs ("clawing" – provides stability, trains balance).

FROM PULLING UP TO STANDING AND CLIMBING

Cognitive area
# Promotion of problem-solving skills
# Promotion of concentration
# Development of action competence

FROM GRASPING TO UNDERSTANDING

Motor area
# Lasting increase in muscle tone
# Promotion of hand-eye coordination
# Promotion of movement creativity
# Awareness of movements
# Learning controlled and calm movements

FROM FEELING TO EXPERIENCING

Perception area
# Promotion of tactile perception by feeling different grip shapes and surfaces
# Promotion of spatial orientation perception (vestibular perception)
# Promotion of kinesthetic perception (sense of movement)
# Promotion of self-perception/development of body schema

MY PEDAGOGICAL TIP!

Children learn best from and with each other! Give them the opportunity to be active with siblings and/or friends. This way your child playfully strengthens their socio-emotional skills!

Why movement games?

Movement is healthy

Movement trains body awareness, stimulates the cardiovascular system, improves fitness, prevents overweight and is fun. Children are born action heroes – movement helps them train their motor skills and grow up healthy.

Better moving than standing still: movement games get you going

Children look for chances to balance, which promotes their motor development, self-assurance skills and confidence. Movement obstacle courses created with the Kletterlings promote risk competence as well as cognitive, social and motor skills.

After so much movement and adventurous fun you're probably hungry?

My favorite Easter recipe for little and big climbing champions: easy carrot muffins

Ingredients:
# 250 g carrots
# 1 lemon, grated zest and juice
# 200 g flour (spelt or wheat)
# 1 tsp baking powder
# 150 g hazelnuts, ground
# 1 egg
# 150 g brown sugar
# 100 ml neutral oil
# 200 g sour cream
# 150 g powdered sugar
# 2 tbsp lemon juice
# 12 marzipan carrots
# 12 paper liners

Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 180°. Place paper liners in the wells of a muffin tin.
Wash, peel and finely grate the carrots. Drizzle the lemon juice over them and mix in the lemon zest. Mix the flour with the carrots, baking powder, ginger and nuts.
In another bowl, lightly beat the egg. Add the sugar, oil and sour cream and mix well. Add the flour mixture and stir only until the dry ingredients are moistened.
Fill the batter into the paper liners and bake in the oven for 20–25 minutes. Let the muffins cool, then decorate with powdered sugar glaze and marzipan carrots.

Enjoy your meal! And happy Easter. :)