Stimulating and yet calming class for new parents and babies - venues across Dublin and Wicklow Monday to Saturday

A vital activity for a baby's development and learning is interactive play & floortime with their parent. ClapHandies Babies PlayLabs provide age-appropriate stimulation for infants, the young baby with thrive on this special time with mum or dad and will be in awe of the other babies "other little people just like them".

Each weekly PlayLab has a developmental theme such as fine or gross motor skills, visual development, cause and effect, language and listening or tactile discrimination. The class has a set structure, led by two PlayLab leaders and combines music, sensory activities and physical play, to name but a few. For the big people each host weekly discussion topic based on parenting themes such as "new mums survival tips", sleeping, weaning, equipment or childcare, it's a great opportunity to meet new friends at the same stage as you.

Our classes are very social and provide lots of new friends for both children and parents and we really try to make it feel like home, and go out of our way to make sure our activities are as interesting to the big people as the little ones and our venues are clean, comfortable, safe and accessible. We're a little obsessed about cleanliness... well with that many little ones sharing our space we need to be, small equipment is washed daily with the larger items such as the flooring and yoga mats weekly.

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Fun and creative classes for wobblers, toddlers and pre-school children - venues across Dublin Monday to Saturday

A vital activity for a child's development and learning is interactive play & floortime with their parent or primary caregiver. ClapHandies PlayLabs provide age-appropriate fun and creative stimulation for infants, toddlers and preschool children, your child will turn play into rich learning and you will enjoy this special time together.

Our Wobber and Toddler PlayLabs are 50 minute long play weekly parent and child play sessions. Wobblers are from crawling or walking stage to 22months and toddlers from 22mths to 3 1/2 years, people often ask us when should a baby move up to the wobblers PlayLab, we generally say when the mostly static baby becomes "busy" to use a technical term, when they have really mastered crawling and actively exploring the environment around them.

Each weekly PlayLab has a theme based on skills and concepts - such as fine or gross motor skills, shapes, colours or language. The class has a set structure, led by two PlayLab leaders and combines music, physical play, arts n crafts, language, story time and problem solving to name but a few. Classes are very social and relaxed, held in safe and clean venues throughout Dublin.

Our classes are very social and provide lots of new friends for both children and parents and we really try to make it feel like home, and go out of our way to make sure our activities are as interesting to the big people as the little ones and our venues are clean, comfortable, safe and accessible. We're a little obsessed about cleanliness... well with that many little ones sharing our space we need to be, small equipment is washed daily with the larger items such as the flooring and yoga mats weekly.

Our children are not expected to sit still, we actually love the fact that they are able to learn at their own pace and do what they like. But without fail eventually they ALL settle down and thrive on the familiar journey the PlayLab will take them on. Click here to book your PlayLab place.

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