Learn how to use empathy and connecting words to build a strong attachment with your child. These skills truly are the life-long key of being emotionally healthy. The whole family will benefit! Register
All families experience stress at times. In this session we will learn more about healthy and unhealthy coping strategies for parents, children, and teens, that we use when we are stressed, upset, scared, or feeling out of control. Register
The first three years are a time of tremendous learning and brain development, and little ones learn primarily through their 5 senses. This interactive workshop will explore a variety of ways that parents can play with their infants and toddlers and engage their senses to promote attachment and build their brains. Register
Kimochi means feelings in Japanese. Join us for a 6-week interactive group for 3-5-year-olds (siblings welcome) and their parent/caregiver. Through songs, activities and our Kimochi friends, families will learn ways to deal with big feelings that will build upon brain connections and make attachments stronger. This is a closed group running from February 7 - [...]
Come join us for coffee time, with meaningful conversation and a safe place to be real with other moms. Whether you’re looking for peer support or needing practical tips you are more than welcome to join our community! This session will highlight a mother’s role but is not limited to those who do not identify [...]
The ability to set healthy boundaries is a skill that adults and children alike can benefit from. Healthy boundaries allow us to ask for what we need and set limits in a way that is respectful of ourselves and others in our life. This session will focus on identifying, strategizing and practicing setting healthy boundaries. [...]
This workshop will explore different definitions of physical literacy and what that looks like for young children. Facilitators will share information on how being active benefits children for their healthy development (including their brain development) as well as builds strong foundations that will help them thrive and stay active for life! Register
This workshop will explore different definitions of physical literacy and what that looks like for young children. Facilitators will share information on how being active benefits children for their healthy development (including their brain development) as well as building strong foundations that will help them thrive and stay active for life! Register
Come join us for coffee time, with meaningful conversation and a safe place to be real with other moms. Whether you’re looking for peer support or needing practical tips you are more than welcome to join our community! This session will highlight a mother’s role but is not limited to those who do not identify [...]
We know play is children’s language, their learning method, their day-to-day life! But how do we do it?? In this session, parents and caregivers will explore different types of play and specific activities that they can try out with their little ones. We will explore how to change an activity idea into age-appropriate and developmentally [...]
We will be sharing the fun of different songs, rhymes, movements, and stories. The focus is creative, emotional expression. Register
This 10 week language development program for children ages 0- 4 years. This course is by registration only. Contact us to save your spot and for more information on the next session Register
Infant Feeding Series: March 2 -Nutrition During the First Months and Getting Ready to Start Solids (ages 0-6 mos.): Questions about breast or formula feeding? What are the signs of readiness for solids? March 9 -Introducing Solids to your Baby (ages 6 – 12 mos.): What are the foods to offer first and what foods [...]
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