The Workshop Programme

Mothers attend the workshop with their baby once a week for two hours. Workshops are offered every day of the week, with 2 workshops per day. Some franchises offer workshops on Saturdays.  Some of the franchises also offer workshops for dads. What happens in the Workshop? The workshops encompass the following major activities: Guided play and exploration with age appropriate toys. Easy-to-do exercises for mom and baby to encourage the development of motor milestones. Stimulation of the senses. Listening and moving to classical music, rhymes and songs. Activities to develop eye movements, focus and eye hand co-ordination. “Feely” experiences to educate the sense of touch, helping small hands become more skilled. Fun activities to encourage the pleasure of movement. Baby massage. Exciting movement experiences using novel play equipment. Advice and assistance with problems or difficulties that you may be experiencing.

We usually talk about the 5 basic senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. However, there are two “hidden senses” which help children with motor development and learning.  These are:  PROPRIOCEPTION - the muscle and joint sense, and THE VESTIBULAR SENSE -  the sense of balance. These two senses work closely together to give the child a sense of body position and movement in space, balance, posture, co-ordination, confidence and pleasure.  At Moms and Babes we also concentrate on developing these 2 "hidden" senses. These hidden senses work with all the other senses to help your baby process information and make sense of this world.