Gymboree

. The word handle may refer to:. Classes are designed to stimulate the senses and encourage children's development. Handle, in engineering, describes sheet friction and flexibility, measured by Handle-o-Meter. Gymboree Play and Music centers offer different classes each week for children ranging from newborn through 4 years old. Handle (mathematics), a term used in topology. There are now locations across the United States and throughout the world. Handle, a kind of smart pointer, a reference to a position in computer memory.

San Francisco mother Joan Barnes created the Gymboree Play and Music Program in 1976 when she couldn't find a safe place for new parents and children to play and exercise together. Handle, a pseudonym used in Citizens' band radio. Gymboree is the name of a franchise of children's exercise centers for ages birth to about 6 or 7. Handle (grip), a device, attached to an object, that is gripped to move or use the object.