Small Class Sizes, Structured Curriculum, Big Smiles.
Heart & Soul curriculum is based on the idea that play is learning. Kids are most passionate about their physical and mental health when they’re engaged, appropriately challenged, and having fun with friends!
Our unique recreational curriculum is developed by owner and retired competitive gymnast, Deanna, along with our head gymnastics coach and former educator, Kristin. Lessons are built on a progressive foundation throughout the year: skills, technical movements, activities, and exercises are divided into 12 monthly rotations. Each month revisits previously established skills to help students build a strong foundation for not only dance, gymnastics, and ninja, but for physical health that lasts a lifetime.
Unlike most recreational programs, Heart & Soul makes it our mission to let kids have an authentic gymnastics and dance experience without the pressure of the competitive pipeline. Parents leave the studios each week knowing that their kids are continuously learning, growing, and having fun thanks to our unique and awesome curriculum.
Welcome to our awesome community! I’m excited to share my passion for gymnastics, dance, and fitness with you and your kids. It has always been my dream to encourage a love of health in kids of all ages and abilities. At the Heart & Soul studios, the atmosphere is all about family: kids and parents are in a safe space to dance, tumble, laugh, and have fun.
I grew up putting my heart and soul into my many pursuits and feel blessed to continue on this incredible path with our studios. There are truly no limits when you give your heart and soul!
– Deanna Sherman, Owner
Encouraging a lifelong love of health & fitness through engaging lessons and passionate teachers.
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With Me Classes
Our Tumble and Dance With Me classes are the perfect way to get your little one familiar with the equipment, class structure, and routines.
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Dance Classes
Our dance classes are the perfect length to encourage spatial awareness, flexibility, and strength all while moving and grooving once a week.
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Gymnastics Classes
Our gymnastics program is the perfect place to start for a kid who wants to have fun while they’re exercising.
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#NinjaForce Classes
Look no further. Our #NinjaForce classes are designed to nurture that love of movement in a safe space.
Do Everything with Your Heart & Soul
Heart & Soul Kids is a wholesome, family-owned business whose desire is to encourage all children to pursue a love for movement. Our mission is to provide high-quality physical activity education that far exceeds the norm. Our professional staff strives to not only support your child’s skills but to help them grow in their self-esteem, self-respect, and self-worth. We believe in the power of hard work, dedication, and commitment to being a strong and healthy person.
If with heart and soul you’re doing good, do you think you can be stopped?
I Peter 3:8-13 The Message Bible
Our Story
Founded in 2013, by GymCat Alumni and Tucson Native, Deanna Sherman, Heart & Soul Kids provides a wide variety of child-centered programs for your family. Our three locations currently welcome over a thousand children a week for dance, gymnastics, and ninja classes.
Your child will learn and grow in an environment that emphasizes character building, self-esteem, and setting and accomplishing goals. Our recreational programs provide a space for children to explore and discover the activities that bring them joy and help build a positive relationship with their physical and mental health. Thanks to an emphasis on small class sizes, our teachers can get to know you and your children in a meaningful way. When you become a member of Heart & Soul Kids, you become a member of our family.
#HuddleAtTheHeart