Bright Horizons
Baby Development Course
Our 6 week course, designed and run in conjunction with Bright Horizons, aims to support your baby's early development through providing ideas for sensory and play. Run in a safe and relaxed environment, by early years professionals, these sessions are the perfect opportunity to connect with your little one and meet other local parents with babies of a similar age.
Course Content
1. Getting to know each other
Join us for a meet and greet with your course leaders, and get to know the other parents and babies over refreshments.
Explore the nursery and get an introduction to the space and session plans ahead.
2. Sensory sensation
We will explore the 5 senses through a sensory sensation of bubbles, lights, music, textures, mirrors and scents. We will make our own sensory items to take away and use at home.
3. Music and song
Using musical instruments we will be explore the different sounds we can make and play along to our favourite nursery rhymes.
4. Story telling and love for books
We will read some of our favourite stories and talk about our love for books and the value of reading to our little people from a young age.
5. Heuristic and Loose parts play
We will talk about the benefits of heuristic play and set up some play stations and ideas for what you may be able to do at home.
6. Exploring paint and gloop
Join us for painting and cornflour play, exploring different textures. Produce a foot/hand-print canvas board or card to take home and keep.
FAQs
Sessions are 60 minutes long, and run over 6 consecutive weeks. These take place in one of Bright Horizon's nurseries and sessions are facilitated by Bright Horizon's early years professionals.
Sessions are suitable for babies from 4 months up to 1 year in age, and one parent/care giver is invited to attend.
We hope that you want to attend the full course with us. Drop in spaces might be available depending on sign up levels for the full course.
Course discounts are available to those who do not feel that they can afford the full price. Our booking system is confidential so please don't feel nervous about booking under this option if you feel it applies to you.