Local Classes to go to with a baby? (Under 1 year) - Stroud Green/Crouch End/Hornsey

Donna

Here's what I've got so far: <div style="font-weight: normal;"><b><br></b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b> Monday morning</b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">9.30 and 10.30: eeeny meeny music St George's Church Hall</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"> 10 to 11.30: islington stay and play at the N4 children's centre on tollingon park </div><div style="font-weight: normal;">10 to 1: NCTea at Moka, Wightman Road</div><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">10.15: guided walk round ally pally, meet at stonecroft children centre</p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">10.30: movers and shakers Rokesley children's centre</p><div>10.30: Jeremy in finsbury park cafe </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.6em;">11.30: Pram attack in finsbury park, meet at cafe</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Monday afternoon</b> </div><div style="font-weight: normal;">3pm stay and play at rokesley children's centre </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Tuesday morning </b></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">10 - 11.30: NCTea at Gail's, Crouch End </div><div style="font-weight: normal;">11am sing and sign at the moravian chruch near Alexandra palace </div><div style="font-weight: normal;">11am baby bounce, n4 library on blackstock road </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"> 10.30am Bach to baby concert in highgate sometimes (also on Thursdays at the same time) </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"> 12.30 <a href="http://theplayingspace.co.uk/moversandshakers/venues/">movers and shakers</a>, old dairy </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b> Tuesday afternoon</b> </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">1.45—3.15 <span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Tiny Tots Stay and Play at </span><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; font-family: Arial, Verdana; ">Margaret Macmillan Children's Centre</span></div></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: small; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><br></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Wednesday morning</b> </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"> 11am <a href="http://theplayingspace.co.uk/moversandshakers/venues/">movers and shakers</a>, hornsey library </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Toddler morning at the white lion - not sure about times</p><p style="margin: 8px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.6em; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">11.30am pram attack in finsbury park, meet at cafe</p></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Wednesday afternoon</b> </div><div style="font-weight: normal;">Nothing?</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Thursday morning</b> </div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">9.45—10.30 and 10.45—11.30: Sign and Sing, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: small; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; ">Margaret Macmillan Children's Centre</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">10am baby yoga at rokesley children's centre </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"> 10.30m Jeremy's again in finsbury park cafe </div><div style="font-weight: normal;">10.30 Babybeeps, CUFOS</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"> 11am stories and rhyme time, n4 library </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Thursday afternoon</b> </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"> 2pm baby ballet? Hornsey vale community centre - haven't tried this yet, does anyone know if it is any good?  </div><div style="font-weight: normal;">2.10 and 3.10 bongo babies at the Maynard arms pub in crouch end</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; font-size: 10pt;">4pm French singing, old dairy</span> </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b> Friday morning</b> </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">9.45 Stories and Rhymes at the Margaret </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: small; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; ">Macmillan Children's Centre</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; font-size: 10pt;">10am pram attack finsbury park, meet at cafe</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'lucida grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; line-height: 20.78333282470703px; font-size: 10pt;">10.15 Babybeeps (Hartbeeps) at Rokesley Children's Centre</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">10.40 heigh ho (monkey music) at the Maynard again </span></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">10.45 <a href="http://theplayingspace.co.uk/moversandshakers/venues/">movers and shakers</a>  at Stroud Green Library</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div><b> Friday afternoon</b> </div><div> 2pm baby ballet </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"> 2.30 swimming at park road - realise this is on other afternoons too </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Will try to add in anything that gets mentioned below.</span></div>

poxy

<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Margaret Macmillan Nursery School and Children's Centre on Hornsey Rise do an informal drop-in several times each week.</font><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Maria Montessori Holly Park, Crouch Hill (in the process of moving to St Mary's, Ashley Road) also do something once a week but, I think it's a more formal, sign-up commitment.</font></div>

Donna

Poxy that is awesome! Those sessions at the children's centre are free! Here is the list in case anyone else is interested:<div><div>TUESDAYS</div><div>Stay and Play sessions</div><div>Play sessions for children and their parents. Come along and play with your child and</div><div>meet other parents. Librarian, speech therapist, clinical psychologist and other</div><div>professionals often come along to offer advice and information.</div><div>10.00—11.30</div><div>Children 0-5 and their parents</div><div>Family Support Workers will be available for advice and guidance.</div><div>1.45—3.15</div><div>Tiny Tots -Children under 1 year old and their parents</div><div>THURSDAYS</div><div>Sign and Sing</div><div>9.45—10.30 and 10.45—11.30</div><div>(children under 2 years and their parents/carers)</div><div>Come along and sing some songs, learn some signs and support your baby’s</div><div>language development</div><div>FRIDAYS</div><div>Stories and Rhymes</div><div>9.45—10.30</div><div>(children aged 2 years and their parents/carers)</div><div>Stories, rhymes and songs to listen to and join in with.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Is the Maria Montessori thing for babies under 1 year? Can't find anything on the website.</div>

Donna

PS Also, Poxy, thanks very much for the baby monitor, it has been so useful.

poxy

You're welcome. The sessions at Montessori are a sprat to catch a mackerel. The school is hoping to sign-up 2 year-olds and so offers sessions to 1 year-olds and their parents. It's half-term this week, I'll get the details and post them up next week.

Tordie

sing and sign is great at Margaret Macmillan- great way to introduce baby signing.

Donna

TE - who runs it? I paid £90 for sing and sign classes with the sing and sign franchise! Grr. Wish I'd known I could go for free round the corner. Is it packed?

Donna

@poxy that would be great.

Tordie

It is run by the guys that work at the children's centre and it varies depending who is taking it. I haven't been for a while now as my boy has just turned 4 and it is for up to 2 yr olds.He has been at the nursery from 11 months and is still there until next August. In the baby room they use makaton and we used some basic signs at home (more, food, drink etc ) and it was brilliant. It was never packed, maybe 10 at the most. Babies free to roam around too.

Tordie

I started taking my son there when he was only just under 2 months old after I dropped my daughter off. Back then he would mainly eat and sleep!

sderella84

Hi. I was just wondering if any of you were in need of a morning sitter/nanny during the week. I am currently working for 16 month old for over a yr now near finsbury park mon wed and thurs, so just need tues and fri. If you or if you know someone in need please do let me know, thanks <br>

Donna

Some more, will try to add these in above when I get a chance: Tick tock http://www.ticktockmusic.co.uk/whenAndWhere.htm 9.45 and 10.45 on Wednesdays in the Moravian church 9.45 and 10.45 on Fridays at hornsey vale community centre Movers and shakers 10.30 on Fridays at Stroud green library

Donna

There is also: Monday 9.30 and 10.30 - eeeny menu music drop in - songs from musicals for babies http://www.eenymeenymusic.co.uk/ 10.15 guided walk round ally pally, meet at stone croft children centre 10.30 movers and shakers Rokesley children's centre 11.30 Pram attack in finsbury park, meet at cafe Wednesday Toddler morning at the white lion - not sure about times 11.30am pram attack in finsbury park, meet at cafe Thursday 4pm French singing, old dairy Friday 10am pram attack finsbury park, meet at cafe 10.45 movers and shakers, Stroud green library Will add these in above when I get a sec, formatting rubbish on iPad

miss annie

You'll be attacked by prams every day in Crouch End.

Donna

Still haven't found much on in the afternoons on Monday and Wednesday

Donna

Lol miss Annie I think the point is that you attack your baby weight with the pram.... Haven't tried it yet!

Mirandola

I really want to go to this: http://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/series/for-crying-out-loud-0

Donna

@Mirandola - that's a bit like this: http://www.bachtobaby.com/ there's a concert on in highgate this Thursday if you're interested

Mirandola

@Donna - thank you. I'm still a few months off being in the target demographic sadky

Donna

Wednesday 10.40 ticktockmusic Moravian church, near ally pally Friday 11am hartbeeps, rokesely