You and Your New Baby New mothers with infants up to 12 weeks
A five-week class designed to encourage group interaction and support. Topics include comforting baby, coping with crying, feeding and weaning, choosing and managing childcare, changing family roles, infant development and stimulation, identifying illness in infants, safety, parenting styles and community resources. Pre-registration required. • Wednesdays, Jan. 2-31 • 10 a.m.-Noon • Overlake Medical Clinic, Highmark, 1740 NW Maple Street, Issaquah • $55 • 425-688-5259 or www.overlakehospital.org/classes
Hop to Signaroo® Baby Sign Language 5 months+
Hearing families can use American Sign Language to communicate with hearing babies as young as 5 months old. Signing greatly reduces a baby’s frustration and promotes faster language development. Four sessions. For more information, visit www. hoptosignaroo.com. Enrollment is for one or both parents of the same baby, or one parent and a grandparent. Pre-registration required. • Saturday, Feb. 2-23 • 10:30-11:30 a.m. • Swedish Medical Center, 751 NE Blakely Drive, Issaquah • $128 plus required $19 materials fee • 206-386-2502 or www.swedish.org/classes
Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade Foundation Education/Sammamish Plateau Campus
$100
Security Deposit Discount
Celebrating 15 years of Excellence in Education
Coupon valid for new student registration. Expires 3.31.2012
Snoqualmie Springs School
25237 SE Issaquah-Fall City Rd. • Issaquah 98029 (1 blk. S. of Klahanie QFC) www.snosprings.com • 425.392.1196
page 9 Encompass Parenting Expecting couples and parents of newborns to age 5 This workshop series is based on the Parenting Counts curriculum and presents the latest findings on child development. Learn the pillars of your child’s social and emotional development and why they are critical to your child’s future success in academics and in life. The workshop leader is Kerry Beymer, manager of parenting education for Encompass. A parent educator for 15 years, she is a certified Parenting Counts educator. Attend one, several or all workshops. Discounted childcare available. Register online. • Thursdays, Jan. 3, Feb. 7, March 7, April 4, May 2 and June 6 • 5:30-7:30 p.m. • Virginia Mason Issaquah Clinic, 100 Gilman Blvd., Issaquah • Free • 425-888-2777 or encompassnw.org