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Christmas Workshops 2022

We are super pleased to say that our Christmas sessions are back! These were our most popular sessions last year & after over 140 Halloween tickets sold in less than an hour I have a feeling Christmas might be just as crazy!

As we have our own venue this year we are able to offer not only 1 but 4 different styles of session so that there is something suited to all ages.

Priority tickets go on sale on Thursday 6th October with any remaining tickets opening up for general booking on Monday 10th October. To go on the priority list just drop me a message or email.

Weekend sessions are extremely limited but extremely sought after and therefore if you do not need a weekend session I would be super grateful if you could aim for one of our many weekday sessions 🥰

To help you decide what session you want prior to tickets going on sale all of the details can be found below!!

My First Christmas

6 weeks to 12 months

75 mins – £16 (+ £2 for any siblings attending who want to receive gift)

This is the cutest session ever! It is aimed at 6 weeks to 12 months and is all about celebrating babies first Christmas. We will have a Christmas themed story massage, baby yoga, sensory play, lots of photo opportunities, crafts & keepsakes to remember the day. We also have some super gorgeous personalised gifts.

Part of the session will be guided and part free play to explore and have refreshments.

We want this to be a family event so encourage siblings, partners, grandparents to come along and join in the fun. There is an option to pay ÂŁ2 to receive a gift and crafts for any siblings who attend.

Sessions will be as follows if you want to plan ahead with friends:

  • Thursday 8th December
    • 9.30am
    • 11.30am
  • Friday 9th December
    • 9.30am
    • 11.30am
  • Saturday 10th December
    • 9.30am
    • 11.30am
    • 1.30pm
    • 3.30pm

Miracle on St Mary’s Street – Stay & Play

3 months to 6 years

90 mins – £12 (+ £2 for each additional sibling)

This session is our Christmas themed Stay & Play featuring themed role play, lots of crafts, sensory play, disco, lots of fancy dress, photo opportunities and more. All children attending will receive a gift and lots of refreshments.

This session is aimed at our more active little ones but we will have our baby zone as always so could be the perfect family event if you have a baby but would prefer to attend a session aimed at your older child.

This is a free flow play session with a few small guided sections such as action songs & parachute.

Again we want this to be a family event so encourage the whole family to come along!

Sessions will be as follows if you want to plan ahead with friends:

  • Sunday 11th December
    • 10:00am
    • 1:00pm
    • 3.30pm
  • Monday 12th December
    • 10:00am
    • 1:00pm
    • 3.30pm
  • Tuesday 13th December
    • 10:00am
    • 1:00pm

Sparkle & Shine Christmas Crafts

No age restrictions

75 mins – ÂŁ8 (+ÂŁ2 for each additional sibling)

I am super excited for our Christmas crafts sessions! These sessions will be free flow craft sessions jam packed with loads of festive craft activities (10+) including make your own reindeer food, Christmas snack & loads more! We will also have a Christmas story whilst enjoying a hot chocolate!

There will be no age restrictions on these session but for those with little ones please note this will be a purely craft based session with no other toys set up other than our reading zone!

These sessions will take place during the school holidays on:

  • Wednesday 21st December
    • 10:00am
    • 1:00pm

Little Yogi Stars

18 month – 6 years

60 mins – £8 (+£2 for each additional sibling)

This is Little Yogis Christmas yoga session! This will feature a super fun themed yoga story, yoga songs/games & craft activity.
This is a fully guided session. All attendees will receive a themed sensory kit to take home.

Session will take place on:

  • Thursday 22nd December
    • 10:00am

I am so excited for these sessions and cannot wait to see lots of old & new faces! Please embrace the festive theme & just get ready to have lots of fun!

If you have any questions at all just message me!

Amy xx

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Want to feel like a kid again? Just play with your little one.

New research has found that adult and baby brains sync up during playtime. A team of researchers from Princeton who study how babies learn to see, talk and understand the world have conducted the first study into how baby and adult brains interact during natural play. Through their research they found that baby and adult brain activity rose and fell together as they shared toys and eye contact. 
During the research adults engaged with babies aged between 9 & 15 months by spending 5 minutes playing with toys, singing or reading.

It was found that during this face to face interaction babies brains were synced with the adults in several areas known to be linked to high level understanding of the world. This suggests that the baby was using the connection to understand the details of the story or activity or could have even just being trying to work out the motives of the adult engaging with them. 

Whilst the researchers expected to see that the babies brains would link up with the adults they were surprised to find that actually the infant brain was often “leading” the adult brain by a few seconds which suggests that babies do not passively receive input but may actually guide adults towards the next thing they want to focus on such as what toy they would like to play with or what words they would like the adult to say. 

Mum reading a book to her child

The brains appeared to form a “feedback loop” in that the adult brain seemed to predict when a baby would smile and the baby’s brain anticipated when the adult would use more “baby talk”. Both brains tracked joint eye contact and joint attention to toys. Essentially both caregiver and baby were found to dynamically affect each other’s brains. 

So remember, when you are playing with your little one you might quite literally be on the same wavelength

Dad playing with a train set with his children