Group Classes
Infants & Caregivers
Babies!
Infant Developmental Movement Class
Monday Class:
1:30-2:30 pm, every Monday
Location:
Curious Currents Studio, in the Arbor Lodge neighborhood of North Portland, OR
Address provided with registration
Tuesday Class:
2:30-3:30 pm, every Tuesday
Location:
Ready Set GROW, 5433 NE 30th Ave, Portland, OR 97211
Pre-registration is required.
This class is about learning to support your baby in their process of learning to move. Caregivers are making choices all the time that influence a baby’s experience. How you pick them up, how you set them down, how you hold them and how you play with them are choices that can support their movement development.
The touch and handling choices you make can offer your baby the opportunity to learn at their own pace and to explore all the movement skills within their capacity without asking them to do what is beyond them. Let us help you support your baby to meet the world with as much agency as they have available at each of their stages of development.
Age Range: birth until they are comfortably walking.
FAQ about Babies! Class
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Babies! sessions are by donation.
Our suggested donation is $20 per session and taken during registration or at class.
Please support at whatever level you are able. Thank you!
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Absolutely! There are many things you as a caregiver can do to support your baby to do the exploring that leads to building movement skills.
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This class is focused on the baby’s process of learning to move and how caregivers can support that process. It is not an exercise class for adults with infants.
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Absolutely! We are full of information about the process of learning to move and we delight in witnessing your baby’s process with you. We also have a lot to share about the nuance of where a baby is in their process and where they’re headed next.
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Sessions are 60 minutes. You can arrive anytime in the first 15 minutes and leave as needed. First-timers are encouraged to arrive as close to the beginning of class as possible.
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If you’ve signed up for a session and need to cancel, you can follow the cancellation link in the confirmation email you received or email me at natanova@gmail.com.
Preparing for Caring
Newborn Touch & Handling Skills
Time Options:
Wednesday 10.14, 1 pm
Saturday 10.24, 12 pm
Wednesday 11.4, 12 pm
Saturday 11.21, 12 pm
Location: Curious Currents Studio in the Arbor Lodge neighborhood of North Portland, OR
Address provided with registration
The Preparing for Caring workshop was originally developed by Amy Matthews and Sarah Barnaby at Babies Project.
Pre-registration is required.
This class is for those planning to welcome a new baby into their lives. There’s a lot to think about when a baby is on the way and one set of skills to include in your preparations is touch and handling skills.
How do you hold a baby?
How do you pick them up?
How do you set them down?
How do you even connect with a newborn baby?
This class offers practical touch and handling skills that help you be more prepared and help your newborn orient to life outside the womb and to their journey of learning to move.
Parents, caregivers, grandparents, nannies, and anyone else curious about learning touch and handling skills for newborns are all welcome! Loving is instinctual; all the rest are learnable skills!
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