Kidokinetics of North Chicago

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We're hiring coaches at Kido locations nationwide, and it's the kind of job that's hard to sum up in a posting.Some days...
09/16/2026

We're hiring coaches at Kido locations nationwide, and it's the kind of job that's hard to sum up in a posting.

Some days you're leading a game of tag that's secretly teaching coordination. Other days you're the reason a child tries something new for the first time and finds out they love it. You'll be moving, laughing, and fully present with a group of kids who are watching how you show up.

If you're energetic, dependable, and genuinely enjoy being around kids, we'd love to hear from you. Experience coaching, teaching, or working in childcare is a plus, but the biggest thing we look for is someone who makes movement fun.

We have openings nationwide across our locations. Apply today!
https://www.kidokinetics.com/coach/

09/14/2026

Parents ask us all the time which sport their kid should focus on. Our answer is usually: none of them yet!

Kids' bodies are still figuring out how to move, and every sport asks something different of them, soccer wants footwork, flag football wants tracking and catching, basketball wants hand-eye timing.

The more of those a child tries early, the more options their body has later, whichever sport they end up sticking with. That's the whole idea behind Kidokinetics introducing 29 different sports instead of just one!

09/10/2026

By the end of class, the energy is different and kids who were shy an hour earlier are grabbing high fives and yelling right along with everyone else.

Our coaches build that in on purpose, a good class isn't just about the skills, it's about kids wanting to come back and do it again next week!

09/08/2026

The warm-up gets the credit. The rest of class does the actual work!

Thank you to Terri, our founder who still hops on camera every month to talk through what's really happening in class, for explaining why flexibility keeps building well after the stretching stops!

09/03/2026

There's a moment that happens in almost every class...

A child hesitates, maybe steps back from the group, and a coach crouches down to their level instead of calling them back over. No big speech, just a quiet minute of attention until the kid decides to try it.

That's most of what coaching actually looks like here. Not the big wins, but the small redirects. Repeating a demo for the one kid who missed it. Cheering a swing and a miss the same way they'd cheer a hit. It adds up to something kids carry with them long after they've forgotten what sport they were playing that day.

Kids are naturally more flexible than adults, mostly because their joints haven't tightened up yet the way ours have. Th...
09/01/2026

Kids are naturally more flexible than adults, mostly because their joints haven't tightened up yet the way ours have. That sounds like good news, and it mostly is, but it's also exactly why the stretching part of class matters. Loose joints still need to learn how to move well, not just move a lot.

During warm-ups, our coaches work in the kind of stretching that actually shows up later on the field or court. High knees, arm swings, tuck jumps. It doesn't look like stretching in the way most parents remember it, but that's the point. Kids don't hold still for a 30 second hamstring stretch. They will do a tuck jump ten times in a row and think it's a game.

One easy way to see it in action at home: ask your child to touch their toes standing up, then try it again after a few minutes of jumping around. That's flexibility doing its job!

08/31/2026

Golf doesn't get credit for being a full-body sport, but that's exactly what it is.

A good swing starts in the hips, moves through the core, and transfers weight through the legs before it ever gets to the arms. That's a lot of coordination for a child to figure out, and most of them are still working it out one swing at a time.

Being focused on muscular power at Kido, golf is a great example of it in action. Kids aren't just learning to hit a ball, they're building the strength and control they'll use in that same swing at 8, at 18, and long after that.

Most sports get outgrown.
This is one they can keep!

08/27/2026

The big kids are back in school. The house is a little quieter. And if you have a toddler at home wondering where all the action went, we have something for that!

Kidokinetics parent and me classes are designed for the littlest movers, ages one and up, with activities built around how toddlers actually learn: through play, exploration, and a whole lot of movement.

It's the kind of class they can't wait to tell their big brother or sister about when they get home!

08/25/2026

Summer is not over yet!

Before the backpacks come out and the routines kick in, these kids are jumping, splashing, and moving in every direction possible. An active August is one of the best things you can do for a child heading into a new school year. This is what that looks like at Kidokinetics!

08/13/2026

Muscular power is not just about what a kid can do on a field.

When children develop explosive movement skills, jumping, throwing, kicking, they are also building the neural pathways that support faster thinking and sharper focus.

An active August does more for school readiness than most people realize!

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