Kids love parkour. It's high energy, playful, and creative. As a movement art, parkour teaches natural human movements like jumping, crawling, and climbing. Kids use these movements to creatively navigate and play in the spaces around them, giving them a sense of control over themselves and their environment.

We practice falling safety at every session. For each move, there are a variety of ways you can fall which we have to practice in order to be safe. That's important for kids' emotional development, that they can fail and get back up. Failure is not only expected, it's embraced.

Our curriculum is called Leap to Lead. Leap to Lead is a playbased curriculum that teaches movement and leadership skills. Younger students learn parkour through games like Red Light Green Light or obstacle course races. Through play, we take the pressure off to achieve so they can immerse themselves in the experience, learn teamwork, and collaborate on problemsolving.

Older students start to get more curious about technique and creativity. When our students are teenagers they have the option to join the teen team. Our teen team works harder on their physical and technical skills. But the playful, creative element is never lost because that's how we connect with each other across ages and across ability levels.

Your kids need to try parkour! They will use these skills for the rest of their lives. Learn more at http://parkourvisions.org. We have two branches, one in Seattle, and our new branch in Portland.

Special thanks to our videographer Catlyn Griswell!