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Baby massage is gentle, rhythmic stroking of your baby’s body with your hands.  There are lots of ways baby massage can benefit not just your baby, but you and your partner as well. Massage can be particularly good for premature babies helping them to grow and thrive, baby massage is good for full-term babies too.  In fact, all small children can benefit from massage. Massage may help your baby to strengthen attachments, stay relaxed, cry less, and sleep  better.

Research has shown that music helps reduce stress and is beneficial to both adults and children.  Our Voice aims to provide an opportunity for you and your child to benefit from participating in a fun stimulating musical environment.

Promoting babies physical, auditory and visual stimulation through singing, playing instruments and making and exploring sounds together.

Learn how screens can influence your child’s learning and development and how best to use them.

Time for dads to have some summer fun with their children – play, music and relaxation.

Play enhances language development, social competence, creativity, imagination, and thinking skill. Research indicates that children learn best in an environment which allows them to explore, discover, and play. It is also closely tied to the development of cognitive, socio-emotional, and physical behaviors. So why not spend some quality time with your child at one of our play time sessions.  

Stretch, move and relax together.

Toddler Yoga is designed for children aged 2-4 yrs and will incorporate singing, gentle moves and relaxation.  Children will experience traditional yoga poses and turntaking and working with friends.

Children will gain confidence, self-esteem through repetition and also gain self-regulation skills with the aid of breathing techniques.  This is a fun, interactive programme with life-time benefits.

Messy Play is an important part of early education. It offers many opportunities for learning.

Children will be given the tools to develop and practice fine motor skills and hand eye coordination. Activities such as stacking, pouring and spooning will develop hand-eye coordination. Practice cutting, writing in shaving cream and using tongs will develop fine motor skills. Hands-on activities will provide opportunities for children to compare textures such as smooth, rough, hard and soft. While respecting each other’s personal space, children will gain an understanding of their own body space.

Do you have a child aged between 18 months and 4 years and have concerns about their speech and language?

We now have a monthly clinic to give parents and children the chance to meet with our Speech and Language Therapist Christine to discuss any concerns.

This clinic is not suitable for children who are already known to our speech and language therapist or to those already known to Core Speech and Language services

A programme which explores really helpful ways to praise and coach positive behaviours in your toddler, building strong foundations in your relationship with them.

Walking has been found to provide many important health benefits for men including a reduced risk of heart disease and weight loss.  Our dad’s walking group will give you and your child the chance to experience all the benefits of being in the fresh air whilst improving your health.

Please note children must be in their pushchairs.

Nursery rhymes are great for language development.  Rhyme times are fun interactive sessions aimed at babies and toddlers with their parents or carers. The sessions are based on sharing nursery rhymes, action songs, musical instruments and board books – there is loads of fun with instruments to shake and rattle.

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In one short daily session, babies receive as much physical activity as if they were handled for a few hours. Birthlight Baby Yoga offers daily routines for parents to engage constructively with their babies from birth as a foundation for future regular exercise. Baby Yoga promotes more and better sleep and regular movement promotes a more ‘settled’ behaviour with less extreme ups and downs.

This is a one-off event where parents to be can have open conversations in a relaxed environment with health and child development specialists regarding the new world of parenting, what can be expected and information on all the community supports available.