Nature Babies

A safe space for 6-18 month olds and their caregivers to play, explore, and grow in the best classroom of all - nature!

What is Nature Babies?

Nature Babies is a 1-hour class where caregivers and their littles ages 6 to 18 months old can meet, relax, explore, play, and socialize out in nature. The outdoors offers at once a stimulating and calming environment for our youngest explorers, and our sensory-rich curriculum is designed to support the development of a baby’s growing brain!

As always with Tinkergarten, we are truly child-led. We provide the framework for play by presenting a series of materials over the course of class and invite little ones to engage with those materials at their own pace and in their own way. Leaders model and co-play, but ultimately there is no wrong way to play at Tinkergarten!

But Babies classes are for the caregivers, too! In a phase that can feel very lonely and isolating, forming connections with other adults, especially those in the same life stage, is so important! And supporting caregivers by filling their buckets, supports the child as well. So this is simultaneously an opportunity for the adults to come together, chat, share and just relax.

Schedule

Babies classes are 1-hour long and include welcome (babies play with materials), singing and sign language, quiet observation, community sharing (adults), play time with new materials, and more!

When: Wednesdays at 11:00 am or Thursdays at 11:30 am

Example classes: mud play, water play, nature painting (with taste-safe ingredients like berries), rice bins, sound-making, and more!

Skills supported: hand-eye coordination, object permanence, sensory development (including hidden senses of proprioception and vestibular), social learning, fine motor, and more.

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