The Senses
*The Gymini® Duet Activity Gym develops hearing with the 10 minutes of relaxing classical pieces by Mozart, and a variety of well-loved nursery tunes, as well as the other sounds found on the mat and toys.
*Sight is stimulated by the double-sided mat with its images adapted to baby’s developing sight, flashing lights on the mat, a mirror and colorful toys hanging from the arches.
*The range of materials such as the different types of fabric and the hard and soft plastics integrated into the mat and toys will entice and aid in developing baby’s sense of touch, as will stroking and holding the various toys in his hand and bringing them to his mouth for further exploration.
*The Gymini® Duet develops coordination of the senses as baby looks, hears and explores the various stimuli with his hands and mouth.

Gross Motor Skills
* The Gymini® Duet encourages baby to lift his head as he lies on his tummy, looking at the clear colorful images on the mat or in the mirror (which encourages him to keep looking at the reflection of his face), thus strengthening his neck and shoulder muscles.
* The dangling toys entice baby to reach out to them. He stretches his hand out to the side and … finds himself on his back, having successfully rolled over.
* As baby reaches out and bats the toy with his hand and later with his foot, he strengthens and develops his muscles.
* At about six months, the Lights & Music Touch Pad entices baby to press it to play the music, practices shifting his weight to one hand and leaning on it.

Fine Motor Skills
* The toys hang within hands reach encouraging baby to reach out and bat at them, at first randomly and gradually more intentionally as he practices and develops hand-eye coordination.
* Baby will later explore the various stimuli on the mat and practice holding toys of various sizes and shapes. This is how he practices opening and closing his hand, pulling and pushing and later coordinating both hands.

Language
* Listening to classical music contributes to the development of baby’s language skills.
* Both music and language consist of a series of sounds that make up sentences. In the first case, the sentence is musical, while in the second it is verbal. In both cases, the brain absorbs the series of sounds, organizes them and gives them meaning.
* The Gymini® Duet offers quality classical music, which when listened to over and over also stimulates the part of the brain responsible for language development.