Parent/Toddler

Parent/Toddler classes

Are once a week classes where any adult can attend with the toddler. We have two age groups for these classes:

18 – 30 months
30 months to 4 years

The Aim of Bright Beginnings Parent/Toddler

Is to always strengthen the parent/child relationship & to encourage a positive response to beginning life’s exciting path of learning, a vital path which takes during the first four years of life.

Bright Beginnings seeks to assist parents in laying an excellent foundation for their children.

We also hope to support and encourage parents as they embark on the task of raising a child,the most important job they’ll do . The weekly sessions provide mothers to meet other mothers in similar situations to themselves and in my experience I have seen rich,rewarding & long standing friendships start at Bright Beginnings. This is very valuable aspect of the sessions as parents need support to have their needs met in order to be able to give of themselves to their children

WHEN YOUR CHILD BUILDS WITH BLOCKS:

She learns to use her imagination to create something from her own thinking.
She has the satisfaction of being able to make something.
She learns about sizes and shapes, weights and balances, height and depth, smoothness and roughness.
She is exercising her body.
She learns to play with others.

WHEN YOUR CHILD PAINTS:

He is more concerned with the process he is going through than with a finished product. This is how it should be for this stage in his development.
He learns about colors and how he can use them.
He learns to use his imagination and transfers his ideas to paper.
He gets emotional satisfaction from being able to express himself.
He learns how to use small muscle coordination to handle a brush.
He learns to make choices and decisions.

WHEN YOUR CHILD PLAYS ON THE OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT:

She learns how to use her body effectively.
She experiences joy in achieving a skill.
She has fun and relaxation found in bodily movement.
She learns the limitations of her body.
She learns safety and caution.
She learns to take turns and to share a piece of equipment

WHEN YOUR CHILD PLAYS IN THE HOUSEKEEPING CORNER:

He learns what the roles of mothers and fathers and children are.
He understands what it feels like to play at being somebody other than himself.
He learns how to use his imagination.
He learns how to cooperate with other children.

WHEN YOUR CHILD MAKES A GIFT OUT OF PAPER AND PASTE:

She learns about doing things for others.
She learns how to use materials like scissors and paste/glue.
She learns how to use her imagination to make the kind of present she has in
mind. Again, the process, not the finished product, is important to her.
She learns about shapes, sizes, colors, and textures.