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Hi! I’m Pia, the proud new owner of the Toddle About Warwickshire magazine! I also run the Suffolk magazine and have been supporting local businesses and parents in that area. I’ve lived in Warwickshire for 7 years - in fact, that was where I first discovered Toddle About - so I know the area really well and I’m so excited to be returning to my old stomping ground and here I am publishing my first Toddle About Warwickshire summer edition!

With local baby & toddler groups and classes re-opening, make sure you check out our Daily Activity Planner (p. 27) to see what’s going on in your area. I know how much of a support network local classes provide to young parents. Lockdown has been so isolating, particularly for new mums who haven’t been able to socialise and meet with fellow mums.

It’s great to see face-to-face classes returning although with limited capacity so please ensure you book early to avoid disappointment and quote ‘Toddle About’ when booking. Don’t forget to check out our Special Offer Vouchers in the centre pages (p.20) before you book.

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Bite SIZED NEWS My Baby Spa Receives Best New Business in Warwickshire Award

New German & Italian Classes

My Baby Spa only launched in April 2021 due to lockdown. In those past 3 months, they’ve been nominated for 6 awards, one of which they won! Having won Best New Business in Warwickshire so early on in their business is something they are super grateful for. Danielle, a local teacher, business owner and most importantly mother, wants to thank you all for supporting her little Coventry & Warwickshire business. My Baby Spa creates the perfect relaxing atmosphere to have adult-baby bonding time. Get 10% off a session.

BilinguaSing are now offering German & Italian classes alongside their usual French & Spanish sessions. Their classes offer much more than just learning another language. They provide a unique combination of a sensory music class with an extra language (so you’re getting three development classes in one!). They also help the grown ups to learn something new too!

Sessions suitable for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and primary school children in Leamington Spa, Warwick, Balsall Common & Coventry. Get a free trial class.

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mum2mum market Is Back!

The award-winning mum2mum market, a baby and kids nearly new sale, will return to Nuneaton, Griff & Coton Club, Heath End Road, CV10 7JQ on Saturday 24th July at 1.00-3.00pm.

Buyers can grab some amazing bargains (£2 entry, kids are free). Sellers can sell their nearly-new baby/kids goods such as cots, prams, toys, books and clothes, keeping 100% of their takings.

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Dandy WINS Again!

Little Kickers run 4 different age groups for 18 months - 8 year olds across Warwickshire with 10 different venues across the area with both weekend and weekday sessions. At Little Kickers they give your children a positive introduction to sport by teaching high quality football skills in a friendly, pressure-free environment. It’s the perfect way to ignite an enthusiasm for sport that will stay with them for life. Claim a free taster session or free socks when you sign up!

Dandy Development, the baby and toddler class that combines baby sign, music and sensory fun, has just WON Best Small Business in the national Family Network Awards! This is the fourth time that Nikki Sayers, who created Dandy 10 years ago, has won at the awards - making herself a record breaker! Dandy's next term starts in September and runs all over Warwickshire, book early as classes fill up very quickly! Get a free signing dictionary on signing up for a term.

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Bite S I Z ED NEW S Fun, Rhymes and Baby Signs!

Sing and Sign is a unique programme of songs and rhymes teaching baby signing. Developed in conjunction with Speech and Language experts, they help you make those all-important early connections, using music and signing to build a framework for good communication, reduce frustration, build confidence, learn social skills and have fun! Babes (0-6 months) Stage 1 (7-13 months) Stage 2 (14-24+ months).

For classes in Coventry and Kenilworth, contact Jan at singandsigncoventry@sky.com or visit www.singandsign.com

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Have you ever thought you could do with an extra pair of hands to help with your childcare needs? Why not look at the options Tinies can offer from full time nannies to babysitters, emergency childcare to wedding creche nannies for your special day.

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Fabulous Gymnastics Fun

Friendly Toddler Group in Kenilworth

Do you have an active preschooler who’s keen to get back into the world and meet new friends? At Gym Stars they know that your little ones need some fun, an activity that will channel their energy in a healthy and safe environment. They care about you too, that’s why they work hard to make LWGC a place you can feel safe, have a cuppa and rest!

They’d love to welcome you, book a taster session, come and see everything they have to offer at Leamington & Warwick Gymnastics Club.

Little Crackers Nursery, Kenilworth, offers weekly toddler sessions. Stay ‘n’ Play takes place every Wednesday from 9.30am11.30am during term time and is a friendly toddler group aimed at families with children aged 0 - 4 years old. Stay ‘n’ Play offers a regular programme of monthly events, including activities such as Forest Fun, in the nursery’s own wood, and themed Art and Craft sessions, such as Paint and Glaze. The fun starts again on Wednesday 15 September. Everyone is welcome.

Email info@thegymnasticsclub.co.uk or visit www.thegymnasticsclub.co.uk P.9

To find out more, email staynplay@littlecrackers.co.uk or visit www.littlecrackers.co.uk/stay-n-play P.19

Phonics Stars are coming to Leamington Spa Is your preschool aged child ready for school? Phonics stars classes help children to be emotionally, physically and academically ready for Reception.

Fun and active classes are linked to the Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum and enable you to support your child's learning journey through play. Using exercises, dance, craft and games. Early Bird discount of 10% if booked using code HEW558, by end of July.

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Bite SIZE D NEWS New Family-Friendly Cafe in Leamington Spa

You Choose When You Learn Amber's Language, Music & Play builds up young children’s confidence in French with specially crafted songs and activities, and extra resources to use at home between lessons.

This unique approach delivers several courses a year, each based around a different topic, with a full two-year curriculum available. Dance, sing and play your way to a rich and varied French vocabulary. Prerecorded and Zoom classes available. "Thoroughly, thoroughly recommend Amber!!" Amelia, parent.

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Little Cup in Leamington is a new venue for food, activities and fun.

Pre-schoolers can enjoy tactile and engaging playgroups on weekdays, including sing-a-longs and story times. The whole family will find something to enjoy, from the toys, books and activities to keep your "Little Cupsters" amused, to the healthy, contemporary dishes freshly made in-house, and drinks that include Italian coffee, loose leaf tea, milkshakes and smoothies. £2 off when you spend £12 or more on food, drinks or events.

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Bite SIZE D NEWS What is Reflexage?

Tiny Toes Reflexage combines elements of reflexology and baby massage. It is an effective way of communicating, connecting and calming your baby.

Babies first language is touch and through reflexology and massage using safe gentle effective techniques you can enhance your bond and aid many early discomforts. Courses run for 4 weeks and are suitable from 4 weeks of age to crawling. All Tiny Toes Reflexage instructors also offer 1-1 support if classes are not suitable for you.

Get 10% off when booking a 4-week course.

To enquire please contact Alicia on 07772 879203 or visit www.aliciathomsonreflexology.co.uk P.30

Hairspray Themed Summer School The Leamington & Warwick Academy of Dance are proud to be working with the Warwickshire HAF scheme to deliver summer activities to children 5-14 across Warwickshire. Their 4-day Hairspray themed summer school will run 4 hours a day and includes lunch, all for £25.

LWAD are offering all Toddle About readers a free trial for any of their dance classes. Booking is essential.

To book your place email admin@lwad.co.uk or call 01926 887780. P.33

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MINI-BEAST

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• Make sure everyone knows not to touch the mini-beasts.

• Adopt quiet and slow “David Attenborough” tones and encourage the troopers to do the same. This will have no effect on the bugs whatsoever, but will avoid startling other kinds of wildlife.

• Move slowly and carefully, making no sudden movements.

• If you’re anxious, don’t show it. Your children take their cues from you, and if you show you’re nervous around mini-beasts, they will learn to be too.

• If you find a mini-beast that could bite or sting, explain to your troopers that it is the creature’s natural defence mechanism.

• Challenge misconceptions about mini-beasts: Bees aren’t just stinging machines, they’re arch pollinators and without them many plants and crops (including the ones we eat) would die.

Flies can be a pain, but they are busy workers in the garden, pollinating, helping to dispose of decaying waste and serving as a protein-rich meal for birds, frogs, spiders and other insects. Worms aren’t slimy mini-snakes, they’re “nature’s ploughs” turning waste into nutrient-rich soil. Dung beetles mean that the world isn’t covered in poo!

• Once your mini-beast hunt is complete, don’t forget to thoroughly wash your hands.

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• Paper, pencil and clipboard • Spotting sheet (use sheet below or download more at www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/spotting-sheets) • Wipes or hand sanitiser • Optional: Camera; Magnifying Glass

Ins tr uc tio ns : Mini-beasts are more active in spring and summer, but it is possible to find them all year round if you know where to look – and you look carefully. Good places to look for mini-beasts in woodland include: • In or near any kind of flowers or plants • On leaves, in long grass or in a hedge or bush • In or near any kind of shelter, including cracks in tree bark, piles of deadwood or leaves

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• Under large stones and logs • In or near any source of water (be careful!)

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By Alison McClymont

Child Psychologists have championed the emphasis of play and imagination on the healthy development of a child for over 50 years. Erik Erikson (1963) said that “make believe” games at the crucial life stage of ages 3-5 will help a child find their “purpose”, through the promotion of a sense of inner belief in their abilities, and Piaget (1971) claimed that imaginative play is a crucial stage in the cognitive development of children aged 2-7 helping them to develop abstract thought and problem-solving skills. Mooli Lahad (1992) discovered that through imaginative expression, children develop emotional coping skills and those with greater expression of imagination were shown to cope better with later life crises. child, the world of play offers an imaginative lens through which to interact with the world and make sense of relationships and life events. It offers them a sense of mastery and control when in “real life” they cannot achieve this.

In the imaginative world of the 2-3 year old, they can try out being a policeman, a shopkeeper, a princess, a witch, a king… any number of roles that in their real world, they could not be. This offers a child the opportunity to feel powerful, to feel vulnerable, to show anger, to feel magical, to be cruel, and to be friendly. This may not sound like much or, in the cases of more negative emotion, something we don’t want to encourage, but it is an essential learning experience.

Neuroscientists have actually discovered that play increases brain plasticity - play has been shown to fire up synaptic connections between different parts of the brain and activates the brain’s emotional hard drive, the amygdala. When children engage in social play, fMRI data shows increased activity in the pre frontal cortex - the place where we make our decisions, manage impulses, and problem solve. In short, play has been shown to create a faster, more adaptable and better, emotionally regulated brain.

That’s the science bit… So why do we play?

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It is essential that children get to experiment with these different states and get to learn, in a safe and contained way, how they can manage these strange sensations that bubble up inside of us, that adults call emotions. We can try on new roles, and we can take them off. We can experiment with the states of being that we like, and those that we don’t. We can learn how it might feel to be another, and we can think about how characters might interact with each other. No-one in their right mind would try to explain the concepts of “empathy” , “social hierarchy” or “subtext” to a 4 year old, as it would very likely be met with a blank stare, but watch a group of 4 year olds engaging in imaginative play and you will see every sophisticated nuance of these ideas playing out, without a single explanation required.

Play doesn’t even have to involve another to offer these brain-building, and social learning benefits.

In one research paper, “Doll play” was shown to significantly increase prefrontal cortex activity, regardless of whether the child played alone with the doll or with another. This research made the important point that, for children who may struggle with social interactions, doll play or imaginative play involving “pretend characters” can help them practice social situations - it can offer a script and a chance to try out new things. In other words, if you have a child who struggles in big groups or with others, give them figure toys and allow them to interact, engage and practice.

Childhood brings with it many strange and difficult events for a little soul - new siblings, new playgroups, new houses and maybe more difficult, adverse events such as bereavement, divorce or trauma. One of the things I am most passionate about in my work is the healing power of creative expression and the imagination - I have seen in my own therapeutic work and in the research of others, the incredible power of the brain to develop beautiful and creative coping mechanisms for even the most terrible of traumas. The brain is a magical thing, and it never ceases to amaze me what it can overcome.

So, we know now that play helps brain circuitry and it offers emotional projections, as well as confidence building, but what about those children who have vivid imaginations and engage confidently with others? Does play help them? Absolutely it does - because imaginative play helps the assertive child learn the art of compromise. How often do we, as parents, start an imaginative game with an under 5 year old only to be told, “You are doing it wrong,” or, “You are supposed to say this”? Whilst this is frustrating for the parent, and one of the

biggest reasons parents tell me they don’t like to play ‘make believe things’- it’s actually one of imaginative play’s biggest gifts. This is a real life example for the child of ‘power vs control’ - I want the game to go like this, because that’s how it goes in my imagination, but I have to learn that the other person’s imagination is not the same as my own and they want to do something different… so we will have to compromise. That’s a huge amount of social learning for a little person! In that one interaction they have had to consider the emotional state of another, regulate their own, and agree to collaborate for the greater good, and still try to find enjoyment from it.

No one needs to give any modern day parent a lecture on the evils of the tablet screen, or the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, and not every parent has the time or resources to play for hours on end creating elaborate fairy-tale and mythical structures with their children. You don’t have to.

But what you might have to do, is allow them to be “bored”.

Children are hardwired to find play in anything, and whilst of course they may not like it if you turn off the TV and tell them to ‘go play with your toys’, they may discover in that moment of boredom and non-stimulation, a space where the imagination steps in. In this imagination space there is so much joy, learning, and resilience-building to be found… so much. In fact, if we as adults found more time to “go play with our toys,” perhaps the world would be a more empathetic, creative and magical place.

Alison McClymont is a leading child psychotherapist with over a decade’s worth of experience at the forefront of the industry. She is the author of children’s book Wilbur’s Memory Box. Keep up-to-date with Alison on Instagram @alisonmcclymontinsta July-Sept 2021 Toddle About Warwickshire 11

Watermelon Ice Lollies Our friends over at Eco Rascals know how quickly a tasty ice lolly can change a day. Children consider them to be treats so lollies are a great way to give them healthy yet delicious snacks.

As well as just making children happy, they also help them to stay hydrated, reduce waste by using up leftover fruit and veggies and they also help relieve pain from teething.

These lollies are great for children from one year and up and for those starting out on their weaning journey, you can use the little food feeders and freeze some breastmilk mixed with fruit or veggies that they enjoy.

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• 3 cups watermelon • 1 cup coconut milk • 1 cup kiwi (blended)

of coconut milk. Place back in the freezer for one hour. add a thicker layer of blended kiwi.

4. Freeze overnight before serving, they look great served up with cut fresh fruit!

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Recipe courtesy of Eco Rascals who make stylish eco-friendly bamboo dinnerware for babies. ecorascals.co.uk

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Drayton Manor, the home of Thomas Land, is giving away a FREE Stay and Play Pass to one lucky family – the chance for a family of four to stay overnight in its on-site 4-star hotel and visit the theme park.

Stay and Play getaways at Drayton Manor start from just £42pp, which includes an overnight stay, full English breakfast to start the day and access to the theme park’s 100+ rides and attractions, and the zoo’s 500+ animals.

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BY DR. KIKI MORRISS

A Family Practice Starting Young

Nurture Yourself First

You’re never too young to start yoga and by introducing it to your children at an early age you are giving them a gift for life, as it will help them build a strong and flexible body, improve co-ordination and balance, achieve a peaceful and relaxed state of mind, sleep well, build their self-confidence and improve their focus, memory and concentration.

There are many wonderful and simple ways to make yoga a real part of your everyday family life, bringing happiness and harmony to your home. By practising with your children you will strengthen the bond and trust between you all, as you foster health and wellbeing for your whole family.

To nurture your children well, you must start by nurturing yourself well. That’s why the first practice in my book Nurturing Your Family With Yoga is for you, the caregiver.

It’s a gentle, guided meditation, similar to the Becalmed Yoga Nidra album on Spotify, iTunes or Amazon Music. If you have time I would recommend you listen to one of these tracks, which last between 6 and 22 minutes, before sharing yoga with your children. It will help you to feel calm, grounded and patient, so you are at your best for your children.

Tips for a Successful Family Yoga Practice

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★ Keep your family yoga practice simple and light-hearted. ★ Let your children practise when they are ready to. Don’t put pressure on them to practise at a certain time or in a specific way. ★ Encourage your children to use their imaginations, as they croak like frogs, flap their butterfly wings or stand tall like trees. Make it fun!

Photography: Vanessa Berberian

★ Children love to make up their own versions of yoga poses. Encourage them to be creative with their bodies. ★ Children are natural mimics. If you develop your own yoga practice, they will enjoy copying you. ★ Turn off your phone and computer during your family yoga practice. You will teach your children to be attentive and focused by being attentive to them.

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Tree: This is a great one to start

with, as children love balancing poses. If you’re practising with very young children you can support them by holding their hands or they can make the shape of Tree pose whilst lying on their back. This is called Sleeping Tree. Tree pose will strengthen their legs and arms, improve their balance, relieve anxiety and develop focus, concentration and confidence.

1. Stand tall with your TREE feet together 2. Lift your right foot to the inside of your left leg 3. Bring your hands in prayer pose in front of your chest and then above your head 4. Balance for as long as you can and then repeat on the other side Ask your children to imagine what type of tree they are and what season it is. They could be an ancient oak tree, a fir tree on a snowy mountain, a kapok tree in a tropical rainforest or a palm tree swaying in the warm breeze on the beach.

Butterfly: Butterfly is a lovely pose for children of all ages. It will maintain the natural flexibility of their hips and strengthen their back.

1. Sit with the soles of your feet together and hold your ankles or feet.

2. Close your eyes and take a few steady breaths in and out.

3.Imagine the colour and patterns of your wings. After your practice you could try drawing or painting them.

THE Lifecycle of a Butterfly Sequence:

Photography: Vanessa Berberian

This is a wonderful way to be imaginative and playful with your children. Developing a child’s imagination has been shown to help them reduce anxiety and build resilience.

1. Lie on your front and imagine you are a caterpillar. You are very hungry and crawl around, munching on all the delicious leaves.

Imagine you are growing bigger and bigger.

2. Now stand up and lift your arms on either side of your head with your hands together in prayer position. Slowly turn round and round and imagine you are changing into a chrysalis. Close your eyes and stand very still, imagining that you are hanging from the underside of a leaf.

FROG

3. When you are ready, slowly emerge from the chrysalis as a beautiful butterfly by sitting in Butterfly pose. Flap your wings by gently lifting your knees up and down.

Frog: Imagine you are a frog with long, powerful legs and see how far you can jump in this pose. As a frog you can choose to jump on land, swim in the water or make lots of noise ‘ribbit, ribbit!’ Frog pose will strengthen your legs and back, stretch your hips and thighs as well as improving your balance.

1. Squat with your feet slightly wider than hip-width apart 2. Lower your heels down to the floor but don’t worry if you can’t bring them flat on the ground 3. Place your hands on the floor in front of your feet Tell your children that many grown ups have lost the ability to squat comfortably because they spend so much time sitting in chairs. The muscles at the back of their legs, called hamstrings, become tight and their back muscles weaken, which can lead to backache. If your children squat every day in Frog pose, then they will keep their legs and back as healthy as possible.

Yoga and Your Family

Introducing your children to yoga at an early age will lay the foundations for their teen and adult years, as it supports good mental, physical and emotional health throughout life. A family yoga practice, however simple, will give you and your children precious moments together. I hope it is full of joy and happiness.

Dr Kiki Morriss is the author of Nurturing your Family with Yoga which is on sale now (RRP. £16.99).

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Summer Fun SUMMER EVENTS FOR FAMILIES AND THEIR LITTLE ONES

AUG LITTLE RED & THE BIG BAD WOLF 14 by Folksy Theatre, St John's House

Garden. 2pm An outdoor performance at St John's House for all the family to enjoy. Little Red sets off through the forest to visit Grandma but the journey won’t be easy. Filled with live music, colourful characters and puppetry, this wonderful family musical has something for everyone. Bring along your picnics, blankets, folding chairs, friends and family!

St John's House Saint Johns, Warwick, CV34 4NF https://ticketstripe.com/events/1025427

Adults £15, Children £12

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This horse rescue centre is home to more than 50 rescued horses, ponies and donkeys and adoption horses. Children who love ponies will have bucketfuls of fun here during the school holidays.

Open every Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, 10.30am - 4pm. Paddock walks will close at 3pm, but the cafe and gift shop will remain open until 4pm.

Oxhill, CV35 0RP, on the A422 Tel: 0870 0400033 RedwingsHorseSanctuary www.redwings.org.uk Free entry, donations towards the care of rescued residents welcome

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Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm.

10am - 6pm Rain or shine discover the pleasure of walking amongst hundreds of the worlds’ most beautiful tropical butterflies. Immerse yourself in a unique rainforest environment of beautiful blooms and splashing waterfalls!

Swan's Nest Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7LS Tel: 01789 299288 StratfordButterflyFarm www.butterflyfarm.co.uk Adult £7.95, Children £6.95, free for under 3s

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NATURE TRAIL

The British Motor Museum. 10am - 5pm

The British Motor Museum invites you to explore their collections & discover how nature has played its part. This summer young explorers can enjoy the Museum ‘nature trail’ to seek out cars that bloom, squawk and roar! Let off some steam in the outside adventure playground, plus see their new exhibition.

Don't forget your goody bag to take home!

Banbury Rd, Gaydon, Warwick, CV35 0BJ Tel: 01926 649649 BritishMotorMuseum www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/whats-on Family tickets just £40 (2 adults & up to 3 children)

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Hatton Adventure World. 11am - 4pm

Hatton Adventure World is preparing for an invasion of dinosaurs over the school summer holidays! Get up close with Dinosaurs at the meet & greet. Step back in time with a fantastic Dinosaur show. With Falconry displays, Superslide Mania Indoor Play, Tractor Rides, Bouncy Castles & Fun Fair Rides to name a few, you’ll be sure to have a fun filled day.

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It has been well-reported that the COVID pandemic and successive lockdowns have had a negative impact on the mental health of both adults and children. Esther Marshall, a mental health activist, shares some activities here that can help all of us to help our little ones (and ourselves at the same time!)

3 DRINK DRINK DRINK

There are studies to show that not drinking enough water each day contributes to anxiety. Try and get your children to drink enough water by making it fun. Each hour, get them to drink water out of something different like different coloured cups, a bowl, an egg cup etc. Make drinking water fun rather than a chore.

4 FROM BOWL TO SOUL

Cooking is a good way to relax. You could look through recipes online or in cookbooks if you have them and see if there is anything that your child would like to make. Or you can get them to make up their own recipe! It’s a fun activity to do together and will let them be creative and, who knows?

They might really get into cooking, which will help with their overall wellbeing by helping them to understand what ingredients go into the food they are eating. They can then make enough for family or friends to come over and eat as well.

1 THE POWER OF IMAGINATION

A great tip to help boost your child’s wellness is to take them outside in any outdoor space and ask them to pick out 5 objects they can find e.g. a leaf.

Once they have the objects, ask them to make up a story that features the objects they have found.

Not only is being outside and exploring good for them but when they are making up the story, they will be fully immersed in their imagination and anything that was worrying them will feel calmer during that time. It’s a great way to relax both their body and mind all at once.

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DANCE PARTY

Dancing is always good, regardless of whether you’re and adult or a child, regardless of whether you are good at it or not. So why not put on some of your favourite music and dance your heart out?

It will help release endorphins and make you feel better – yes, both adults and children!

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Being kind and making others feel good helps us to feel good. Ask your child to write what they like about a friend and then get them to post it to a friend. If possible, get the parent/s of the other child to do the same. This way they are being kind but also building self-confidence.

Esther Marshall is a Diversity and Inclusion expert, mental health activist and the author of the The Sophie Says children’s books series – which make life’s most important lessons fun to learn. www.sophiesaysofficial.com

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Theo Collier, 1 yea r old

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MONDAY PARENTS & TOTS Noah’s Ark Toddler Group

Dunchurch Baptist Church at Dunchurch Methodist Church, Cawston Lane, Dunchurch , Rugby, CV22 6QE. 07515 472578 . www.dunchurchbaptistchurch.org.uk.

Times: 9:30 - 11:00. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £1.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 12 Jul. Dunchurch Baptist Church, Coventry Road, Dunchurch, Rugby, CV22 6RE. 07515 472578 . www.dunchurchbaptistchurch.org.uk.

Times: 9:30 - 11:00. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs. Cost: £1.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 4 Oct.

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SWIMMING Swim Works

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Ages: 4 - 8 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 1: 15:30 - 16:00, 16:00 - 16:30, 16:30 17:00 & 17:00 - 17:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 4: 17:30 - 18:00. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 2: 18:00 - 18:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Baby Splashers Advanced: 11:30 - 12:00, 13:30 - 14:00 & 14:30 - 15:00.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 9 Aug.

TUESDAY PHYSICAL FUN

Long Lawford Memorial Hall, Railway Street, Long Lawford, Rugby, CV23 9BA. 07890 241301. www.dandydevelopment.co.uk.

Stage 1: 9:55 - 10:25.

Ages: 4 mths - 1 yrs 1 mths. Cost: £6.80 per session (booking essential).

Stage 2: 11:00 - 11:35.

Ages: 1 yrs 1 mths - 2 yrs 6 mths. Cost: £7.20 per session (booking essential).

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Little Kickers Northampton Daventry & Rugby Dunchurch Village Hall, Rugby Road, Dunchurch, Rugby, CV22 6PN. 01327 705915. www. littlekickers.co.uk.

Times: 8:20 - 9:00. Ages: 11/2 yrs - 2 1/2.

Times: 10:15 - 11:00. Ages: 2 1/2 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £7.49 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 4 Oct.

Cawston Community Hall, Scholars Drive, Cawston, Rugby, CV22 7GY. 01327 705915. www. littlekickers.co.uk.

Times: 9:20 - 10:00. Ages: 1 1/2 yrs - 2 1/2 yrs.

Times: 10:15 - 11:00. Ages: 2 1/2 yrs - 3 1/2 yrs.

Times: 11:15 - 12:00. Ages: 3 1/2 yrs - 5 yrs.

Cost: £7.49 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul - 5 Oct.

Swim Works

Swim Works Rugby, High Street, Rugby, CV21 4EE. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Level 1: 17:00 - 17:30, 17:30 - 18:00 & 18:30 19:00. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 2: 16:30 - 17:00. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 3: 16:00 - 16:30 & 18:00 - 18:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Swim Works

Baby Splashers Advanced: 12:30 - 13:00.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths. Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul - 10 Aug.

WEDNESDAY PARENTS & TOTS St George’s Magic Dragon Parent & Toddler Group St Georges Church Hall, St Johns Avenue Hillmorton, Rugby, CV22 5HR. 01788 544630. www.stgeorgesrugby.org.uk.

Times: 13:30 - 15:00. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £1.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 14 Jul & 8 Sep - 6 Oct.

SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT Tots Play in Rugby

Hillmorton Community Centre, 326 Hillmorton Road, Rugby, CV22 5HG. 07908 367264. www.totsplay.co.uk.

Social Tots Times: 9:30 - 10:10 & 10:30 - 11:10.

Ages: 9 mths - 2 1/2 yrs. Dates: 7 Jul. Times: 10:00 - 11:00 & 11:00 - 11:40.

Ages: 9 mths - 2 yrs 6 mths.

Discovery Tots Times: 11:00 - 11:40 & 13:20 - 14:00.

Ages: 2 - 10 mths. Dates: 18 Aug - 22 Sep. Times: 11:30 - 12:05. Ages: 2 - 10 mths.

Dates: 7 Jul. Cost: £6 per session (booking essential).

Baby Development Course Times: 12:10 - 13:00. Ages: 0 - 6 mths.

Dates: 18 Aug - 22 Sep. Times: 12:45 - 13:35. Ages: 0 - 6 mths.

Dates: 7 Jul. Times: 13:10 - 14:00. Ages: 0 - 6 mths.

Dates: 18 Aug - 22 Sep & 18 Aug - 22 Sep. Cost: £9.16 per session (booking essential).

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RUGBY AREA

SWIMMING

Swim Works

Baby Splashers Advanced Times: 9:30 - 10:00, 11:00 - 11:30 & 12:00 - 12:30. Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths. Dates: 8 Jul - 12 Aug. Times: 11:30 - 12:00. Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Dates: 8 Jul - 12 Aug & 8 Jul - 12 Aug. Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Swim Works

Swim Works Rugby, High Street, Rugby, CV21 4EE. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Baby Splashers Beginners: 10:00 10:30 & 10:30 - 11:00.

Ages: 4 - 8 mths. Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 1: 16:00 - 16:30 & 17:00 - 17:30.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 2: 18:00 - 18:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 3: 17:30 - 18:00. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential). Dates: 7 Jul - 11 Aug. Baby Splashers Advanced Times: 11:30 - 12:00 & 12:00 - 12:30.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Dates: 7 Jul - 11 Aug & 7 Jul - 11 Aug. Times: 13:00 - 13:30 & 13:30 - 14:00.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Baby & Pre-school Catch-up: 12:30 13:00. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs.

Cost: Free (booking essential).

Family Swim: 14:00 - 15:00.

Cost: £8 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 11 Aug.

FRIDAY SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT Tots Play in Rugby

Kilsby Village Hall, Rugby Road, Kilsby, Rugby, CV23 8XX. 07908 367264. www.totsplay.co.uk.

Social Tots Times: 9:30 - 10:10.

Ages: 9 mths - 21/2 yrs.

Dates: 9 Jul & 20 Aug - 24 Sep. Times: 10:30 - 11:05.

Ages: 9 mths - 21/2 yrs. Dates: 9 Jul. Times: 10:30 - 11:10.

Ages: 9 mths - 21/2 yrs.

Dates: 20 Aug - 24 Sep. Discovery Tots: 11:30 - 12:10 & 12:30 - 13:10.

Ages: 2 - 10 mths.

Dates: 9 Jul & 20 Aug - 24 Sep. Cost: £6 per session (booking essential).

THURSDAY PARENTS & TOTS Noah’s Ark Toddler Group

Dunchurch Baptist Church at Dunchurch Methodist Church, Cawston Lane, Dunchurch, Rugby, CV22 6QE. 07515 472578 . www.dunchurchbaptistchurch. org.uk.

Times: 9:30 - 11:00. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs. Cost: £1.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 8 Jul. Dunchurch Baptist Church, Coventry Road, Dunchurch, Rugby, CV22 6RE. 07515 472578 . www.dunchurchbaptistchurch.org.uk.

Times: 9:30 - 11:00. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs. Cost: £1.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 7 Oct.

SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT Dandy Development

SWIMMING Townsend Memorial Hall, 1 Lilbourne Road, Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Rugby , CV23 0BD. 07908 367264. www.totsplay.co.uk.

Social Tots: 10:00 - 10:40.

Ages: 9 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Discovery Tots Times: 11:00 - 11:40. Ages: 2 - 10 mths.

Dates: 8 Jul. Times: 12:00 - 12:40.

Ages: 2 - 10 mths. Dates: 8 Jul & 19 Aug. Cost: £6 per session (booking essential).

Baby Development Class: 13:10 - 14:00.

Ages: 0 - 6 mths. Cost: £9.16 per session (booking essential). Dates: 8 Jul & 19 Aug - 23 Sep.

PHYSICAL FUN Little Kickers Northampton Daventry & Rugby

Swim Works

Swim Works Rugby, High Street, Rugby, CV21 4EE. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Baby Splashers Beginners: 11:00 - 11:30 & 11:30 - 12:00.

Ages: 4 - 8 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 1: 16:00 - 16:30, 17:00 - 17:30, 17:30 18:00 & 18:00 - 18:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 4: 16:30 - 17:00. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 13 Aug. Baby Splashers Advanced: 12:00 - 12:30.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths. Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 13 Aug & 9 Jul - 13 Aug. Family Swim: 13:00 - 13:30.

Cost: £8 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 13 Aug.

Cawston Community Hall, Scholars Drive, Cawston, Rugby, CV22 7GU. 07890 241301. www.dandydevelopment.co.uk.

Stage 1: 9:55 - 10:25.

Ages: 4 mths - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Cost: £6.80 per session (booking essential).

Stage 2: 11:00 - 11:35.

Ages: 1 yrs 1 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Cost: £7.20 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 30 Sep - 7 Oct.

Rugby High School, Longrood Road, Rugby, CV22 7RE. 01327 705915. www.littlekickers.co.uk.

Times: 16:30 - 17:15. Ages: 3 1/2 yrs - 5 yrs.

Times: 17:25 - 18:25. Ages: 5 - 7 yrs.

Cost: £7.49 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 8 Jul - 7 Oct.

SATURDAY

SWIMMING

Little Kickers Northampton Daventry & Rugby

Tots Play in Rugby

Swim Works

Hillmorton Community Centre, 326 Hillmorton Road, Rugby, CV22 5HG. 07908 367264. www.totsplay.co.uk.

Social Tots: 10:00 - 10:40.

Ages: 9 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Discovery Tots: 12:00 - 12:40.

Ages: 2 - 10 mths.

Cost: £6 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 19 Aug - 23 Sep.

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Swim Works Rugby, High Street, Rugby, CV21 4EE. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Baby Splashers Beginners: 14:00 - 14:30 & 15:00 - 15:30. Ages: 4 - 8 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 1: 16:00 - 16:30 & 17:30 - 18:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 3: 17:00 - 17:30 & 18:00 - 18:30.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

PHYSICAL FUN Rugby High School, Longrood Road, Rugby, CV22 7RE. 01327 705915. www.littlekickers.co.uk.

Times: 8:30 - 9:15 & 11:15 - 12:00.

Ages: 21/2 yrs - 3 1/2 yrs.

Times: 8:30 - 9:15, 9:25 - 10:10 & 10:25 - 11:10.

Ages: 3 1/2 yrs - 5 yrs.

Times: 9:25 - 10:10, 10:25 - 11:10 & 11:30 - 12:15.

Ages: 5 - 7 yrs.

Cost: £7.49 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Jul - 9 Oct.

The listings are updated but we advise calling before attending - just in case!

RUGBY AREA

SWIMMING Swim Works

Swim Works Rugby, High Street, Rugby, CV21 4EE. 07950 467796. www. swimworks.co.uk.

Level 1: 12:30 - 13:00, 13:30 - 14:00, 14:30 - 15:00, 15:00 - 15:30, 15:30 - 16:00 & 16:00 - 16:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £12 per session (booking essential).

Level 2: 14:00 - 14:30.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Level 3: 12:00 - 12:30 & 13:00 - 13:30.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £12 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Jul - 14 Aug. Baby Splashers Advanced: 10:30 - 11:00.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Jul - 14 Aug & 10 Jul - 14 Aug.

SUNDAY SWIMMING Swim Works

Swim Works Rugby, High Street, Rugby, CV21 4EE. 07950 467796. www. swimworks.co.uk.

Baby Splashers Advanced: 12:00 - 12:30.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 11 Jul - 15 Aug & 11 Jul - 15 Aug.

Northampton / Daventry / Rugby Midweek / Weekend Classes Call Lynne 01327 705915 lnewbould@littlekickers.co.uk

Fun football training 18 months - 7 years - www.littlekickers.co.uk

STRATFORD UPON-AVON AREA

MONDAY PARENTS & TOTS Kineton Baby & Toddler Group

Kineton Village Hall, Mill Lane, Kineton, CV35 0LB. 01926 641483.

Times: 9:30 - 11:00. Ages: 0 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 19 Jul & 6 Sep - 4 Oct.

Shipston Baby & Toddler Group

Scout Hut, New Street, Shipston-on-Stour, CV36 4EW. Times: 9:30 - 11:00. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 19 Jul & 6 Sep - 4 Oct.

Snitterfield Rag Tag Toddler Group

Snitterfield Village Hall, Bearley Road, Snitterfield, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 0JH. 01789 731246.

Times: 9:45 - 11:45. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 26 Jul.

SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT Adventure Babies Warwickshire & Coventry

Ettington Community Centre, Rogers Lane, Ettington, CV37 7SX. www.adventurebabies.co.uk.

Times: 9:15 - 10:00, 10:30 - 11:15 & 11:45 - 12:30.

Bring a brilliant book to life through sensory storytelling.

Ages: 0 - 1 yrs 6 mths.

Cost: £8.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 19 Jul, 2 Aug - 16 Aug & 13 Sep - 4 Oct.

DANCE & DRAMA Atomic Dance

The Hall Cherington, Pinfold Lane, Stourton and Sutton under Brailes, Shipston-On-Stour, CV36 5HG. 07392 348155. www.atomicdance.co.uk.

Little Stars Musical Theatre: 16:00 - 16:30.

Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.

Little Stars Ballet : 16:35 - 17:05.

Ages: 2 yrs - 4 yrs 11 mths.

Cost: £4.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 19 Jul.

Krystle Jayne’s Dance Academy

Claverdon Church Centre, Church Rd, Claverdon, CV35 8PD. 07791 852891. www.krystlejaynedanceacademy.co.uk.

Baby Ballet: 16:30 - 17:00. Ages: 2 - 4 yrs.

Pre-Primary Ballet & Tap: 17:00 - 17:45.

Ages: 4 - 5 yrs. Cost: £4 per session (booking essential).Dates: 5 Jul - 12 Jul & 6 Sep - 4 Oct.

PHYSICAL FUN Go4goals Midlands Ltd

The Home Guard Club, Tiddington, Tiddington Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7AY. 07747 562469. www.go4goals.co.uk.

Elite Development: 17:30 - 18:30.

Open to club players Ages: 5 - 12 yrs. Cost: £4 per session (booking essential). Dates: 5 Jul - 19 Jul.

SWIMMING Aqua Beans

Croft House Pool, Banbury Road, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 7NF. 07984 620246. www.aquabeans.co.uk.

Times: 14:00 - 15:30 “Aqua Adventures” with songs, games and activities.

Ages: 2 mths - 4 yrs.

Cost: £13.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Sep - 4 Oct.

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STRATFORD & SOUTHAM AREA

TUESDAY

SWIMMING Aqua Beans

DANCE & DRAMA

Croft House Pool, Banbury Road, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 7NF. 07984 620246.

Times: 9:30 - 11:30.

Ages: 2 mths - 4 yrs. Cost: £13.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Sep - 7 Oct.

Peacock Gymnastics Academy Ltd.

Unit 4, Tileman’s Lane Estate, Tileman’s Lane, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4QZ. www.peacockgymnastics.com.

Open Play Gymnastics: 9:30 - 11:30.

Come & Explore gymnastics through Open Play! Ages: 1 mths - 5 yrs.

Cost: £3 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul - 24 Aug.

FRIDAY DANCE & DRAMA

SWIMMING

Atomic Dance

The Hall Cherington, Pinfold Lane, Stourton and Sutton under Brailes, Shipston-On-Stour, CV36 5HG. 07392 348155. www.atomicdance.co.uk.

Little Stars Mini Mix : 9:45 - 10:45.

Ages: 1 yrs 7 mths - 4 yrs.

Mini Combo : 16:30 - 17:30.

Ages: 5 yrs - 7 1/2 yrs.

Cost: £6 per session (booking essential).

Little Stars Acro Dance : 16:00 16:30. Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £4 per session (booking essential). Dates: 9 Jul - 16 Jul.

Aqua Beans

Croft House Pool, Banbury Road, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 7NF. 07984 620246. www.aquabeans.co.uk.

Times: 9:30 - 11:30.

Ages: 2 mths - 4 yrs.

Cost: £13.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 7 Sep - 5 Oct.

WEDNESDAY

Krystle Jayne’s Dance Academy

SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT

Studley Village Hall, High Street, Studley, B80 7HJ. 07791 852891. www.krystlejaynedanceacademy.co.uk.

Baby Ballet: 16:00 - 16:30.

Ages: 2 - 3 yrs.

Pre-Primary Ballet & Tap: 16:30 17:15.

Ages: 4 - 5 yrs.

Mini Movers Street Dance: 17:15 - 17:45.

Combines cheer leading with street dance. Ages: 1 - 3 yrs.

Cost: £4 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 16 Jul & 10 Sep - 8 Oct.

Baby Sensory (S. Warwickshire)

Stratford Town Football Club, Knights Lane, Tiddington, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7BZ. 07989 502712. www.babysensory.com Times: 10:15 - 11:00, 11:30 - 12:15 & 13:00 - 13:45. Ages: 0 - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 7 Jul - 21 Jul.

Tiny Toes Reflexage

Rosebird Community Hall, Meon Vale, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 8LU. 07772 879203. www.aliciathomsonreflexology.co.uk.

Tiny Toes Reflexage: 10:30 - 11:30.

Ages: 1 mths - 1 yrs. Cost: £10 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 21 Jul.

Peacock Gymnastics Academy Ltd.

Unit 4, Tileman’s Lane Estate, Tileman’s Lane, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4QZ. www.peacockgymnastics.com.

Open Play Gymnastics: 9:30 - 11:30.

Come & Explore gymnastics through Open Play!

Ages: 1 mths - 5 yrs.

Cost: £3 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 20 Aug.

DANCE & DRAMA Atomic Dance

The Hall Cherington, Pinfold Lane, Stourton and Sutton under Brailes, Shipston-On-Stour, CV36 5HG. 07392 348155. www.atomicdance.co.uk.

Adult Ballet and Jazz: 11:00 - 12:00.

Ages: 18 - 100 yrs. Cost: £7 per session (drop in).

Dates: 7 Jul - 21 Jul.

Peacock Gymnastics Academy Ltd.

Unit 4, Tileman’s Lane Estate, Tileman’s Lane, Shipston on Stour, CV36 4QZ. www.peacockgymnastics.com.

Open Play Gymnastics: 9:30 - 11:30.

Come & Explore gymnastics through Open Play!

Ages: 1 mths - 5 yrs.

Cost: £3 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 25 Aug.

SWIMMING Aqua Beans

Croft House Pool, Banbury Road, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 7NF. 07984 620246.

Times: 11:00 - 12:00.

Ages: 2 mths - 4 yrs. Cost: £13.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 8 Sep - 6 Oct.

SWIMMING Aqua Beans

Croft House Pool, Banbury Road, Stratford Upon Avon, CV37 7NF. 07984 620246.

Times: 13:30 - 15:30. Ages: 2 mths - 4 yrs.

Cost: £13.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Sep - 8 Oct.

THURSDAY PARENTS & TOTS Snitterfield Rag Tag Toddler Group

Snitterfield Village Hall, Bearley Road, Snitterfield, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 0JH. 01789 731246.

Times: 9:45 - 11:45. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs. Cost: £2 per session (booking essential). Dates: 8 Jul.

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STRATFORD & SOUTHAM AREA

SATURDAY

PHYSICAL FUN

DANCE & DRAMA Atomic Dance

The Hall Cherington, Pinfold Lane, Stourton and Sutton under Brailes, Shipston-On-Stour, CV36 5HG. 07392 348155. www.atomicdance.co.uk.

Mini Combo : 9:15 - 10:15.

Ages: 5 yrs - 7 yrs 6 mths.

Cost: £6 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Jul - 17 Jul. Little Stars Acro Dance : 10:30 - 11:00.

Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £4.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Jul - 24 Jul.

Go4goals Midlands Ltd

The Home Guard Club, Tiddington, Tiddington Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 7AY. 07747 562469. www.go4goals.co.uk.

Football Coaching Times: 9:00 - 9:40. Ages: 2 yrs - 4 yrs 6 mths.

Times: 10:00 - 11:00. Ages: 4 - 12 yrs.

Cost: £4 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Jul - 17 Jul & 4 Sep - 9 Oct.

SUNDAY DANCE & DRAMA Krystle Jayne’s Dance Academy

Wootton Wawen Village Hall, Alcester Rd, Henley in Arden, B95 6AY. Krystle: 07791 852891. www.krystlejaynedanceacademy.co.uk.

Baby Ballet: 10:00 - 10:30. Ages: 2 - 3 yrs.

Pre-Primary Ballet & Tap: 10:30 - 11:15.

Ages: 4 - 5 yrs.

Mini Movers Street Dance: 11:15 - 11:45.

Combines cheer leading with street dance.

Ages: 1 - 3 yrs.

Cost: £4 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 11 Jul - 18 Jul & 12 Sep - 3 Oct.

PHYSICAL FUN Rugbytots (Warwickshire and Solihull)

Stratford Cricket Club, Swans Nest, Stratfordupon-Avon, CV37 7LS. 0845 313 6715. www.rugbytots.co.uk.

Times: 9:00 - 9:30, 9:40 - 10:25 & 10:30 - 11:00.

Ages: 2 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £7 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 11 Jul - 25 Jul.

WARWICK, LEAMINGTON & KENILWORTH AREA

MONDAY MUSIC & SIGNING BilinguaSing Warwickshire

Dale Street Church, Dale Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HL. 07815 149877. www.bilinguasing.com.

We Sing Spanish: 10:30 - 11:15.

Mixed aged family Spanish music class.

Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths.

Dates: 5 Jul - 12 Jul & 6 Sep - 4 Oct. We Sing Spanish Mixed aged family Spanish.

Times: 11:30 - 12:15.

Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths. Dates: 6 Sep - 4 Oct. Times: 11:45 - 12:30.

Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths. Dates: 5 Jul - 12 Jul. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Sing and Sign Coventry and Kenilworth

Centre AT7, Bell Green, Coventry, CV6 6EN. 07920 066652. www.singandsign.co.uk.

Sing and Sign Stage 2: 9:30 - 10:10.

Ages: 1 yrs 2 mths - 2 yrs.

Sing and Sign Stage 1: 10:30 - 11:10.

Ages: 6 mths - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Cost: £7.50 per session (booking essential).

Sing and Sign Babes: 11:30 - 12:00.

Ages: 0 - 6 mths. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 13 Sep - 4 Oct.

SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT Baby Sensory (S. Warwickshire)

Hatton Park Village Hall, Barcheston Drive, Hatton Park, Warwick, CV35 7TR. 07989 502712 www.babysensory.com.

Times: 10:00 - 10:45, 11:15 - 12:00 & 12:30 - 13:15.

Ages: 0 - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 19 Jul.

Spa Babies

Sea Rangers HQ, Sutton Park (Boldmere Gate), Sutton Coldfield, B73 6LH. www.spababies.co.uk.

Times: 11:00 - 12:00. Ages: 0 - 9 mths.

Cost: £20 per session (booking essential).

Times: 12:45 - 13:45, 14:30 - 15:30 & 16:15 - 17:15.

Ages: 0 - 9 mths.

Cost: £25 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 19 Jul.

CREATIVE Closer Look at Nature

4 Hill Wootton Road, 4 Hill Wootton Road, Leek Wootton, Warwick, CV35 7QL. www.closerlook.perryman.org.uk.

Stay and Play Forest School Times: 10:00 - 11:30. Ages: 1 - 5 yrs.

Dates: 5 Jul - 26 Jul. Times: 13:00 - 14:30. Ages: 1 - 5 yrs.

Dates: 5 Jul. Cost: £5.50 per session (booking essential).

DANCE & DRAMA Drama Tots Kenilworth, Leamington Spa and Warwick St Johns Church, Kenilworth, 205 Warwick Rd, Kenilworth, CV8 1HY. 07793973541. www.dramatots.co.uk.

Rising Stars: 9:30 - 10:10.

Ages: 1 yrs 6 mths - 3 yrs.

Bright Stars: 10:30 - 11:15.

Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Sep - 4 Oct.

PHYSICAL FUN Little Kickers Warwickshire

Chase Meadow Community Centre, Narrow Hall Meadow, Warwick, CV34 6BT. 07832 818213. www.littlekickers.co.uk.

Mighty Kickers : 15:45 - 16:30.

Ages: 3 - 5 yrs. Cost: £33 per session (booking essential). Dates: 5 Jul.

LWGC

Leamington & Warwick Gymnastics Club, The Fosse, Fosse Way, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN. 01926614489. www.thegymnasticsclub.co.uk.

Little Stars: 9:15 - 10:00 & 10:15 - 11:00.

Perfect for active toddlers who love to climb, jump & play Ages: 0 - 3 yrs.

Cost: £5 per session (booking essential).

Gymstars: 11:15 - 12:00, 13:15 - 14:00 & 14:15 - 15:00.

Gymnastics sessions for pre-schoolers Ages: 3 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £8.75 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 12 Jul & 6 Sep - 4 Oct.

SWIMMING Aqua Beans

Evergreen School, Deansway, Warwick, CV34 5DF. 07984 620246. www.aquabeans.co.uk.

Times: 16:00 - 16:30.

Ages: 2 yrs 6 mths - 4 yrs.

Cost: £13.50 per session (booking essential).

Times: 16:30 - 18:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £10.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Sep - 4 Oct.

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Swim Works Leamington, Queensway, Leamington Spa, CV31 3LU. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Little Swimmers: 9:30 - 10:00 & 10:30 - 11:00.

Ages: 2 1/2 yrs - 4 yrs.

Little Splashers: 10:00 - 10:30, 14:00 - 14:30 & 15:00 - 15:30.

Ages: 1 yrs 4 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Baby Splashers Advanced Times: 11:00 - 11:30, 11:30 - 12:00, 12:00 - 12:30, 13:00 - 13:30 & 14:30 - 15:00.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Times: 12:30 - 13:00. Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Baby Splashers Beginners: 13:30 - 14:00.

Ages: 4 - 8 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 3: 16:00 - 16:30 & 17:00 - 17:30.

Level 1: 15:30 - 16:00, 16:30 - 17:00 & 17:30 18:00.

Level 2: 18:00 - 18:30 & 18:30 - 19:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 9 Aug.

PARENTS & TOTS Little Cup

Little Cup, 38 Warwick Street, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5JS. 07862 256078. www.littlecup.co.uk.

Singalong: 10:00 - 10:25 & 14:00 - 14:25.

Clap, sing and play, 10am & 2pm weekdays.

Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 5 Jul - 16 Aug.

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TUESDAY PARENTS & TOTS Little Cup

Little Cup, 38 Warwick Street, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5JS. 07862 256078. www.littlecup. co.uk.

Singalong: 10:00 - 10:25 & 14:00 - 14:25.

Clap, sing and play, 10am & 2pm weekdays.

Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (booking essential). Dates: 6 Jul - 17 Aug. Make & bake pizza: 11:30 - 12:15.

Make your own pizza, cooked then enjoyed in-house.

Ages: 2 - 16 yrs.

Cost: £5 per session (booking essential). Dates: 6 Jul - 28 Sep.

Radford Rascals Baby and Toddler Group

Radford Semele Baptist Church, Lewis Road, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, CV31 1UQ. 01926 833243. www.rsbc.info.

Times: 13:58 - 15:28. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs. Cost: £1.50 per session (drop in). Dates: 6 Jul - 17 Aug.

Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, Brandon Lane, Coventry, CV3 3GW. www.warwickshirewildlifetrust.org.uk.

Nature Tots Fun outdoor nature sessions for 2 - 4 yr olds.

Times: 10:00 - 11:00. Ages: 2 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £4 per session (booking essential).

Times: 11:15 - 12:15. Ages: 2 - 4 yrs.

Cost: Free (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul - 3 Aug.

MUSIC & SIGNING BilinguaSing Warwickshire

Leek Wooton Village Hall, Warwick Road, Leek Wooton, Warwick, CV35 7RB. 07815 149877. www.bilinguasing.com.

We Sing French: 10:15 - 11:00.

Mixed aged family French music class Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths.

Dates: 6 Jul - 20 Jul & 7 Sep - 5 Oct. Baby Loves French Birth to sitting baby music class Times: 11:15 - 12:00. Dates: 7 Sep - 5 Oct. Times: 11:30 - 12:15. Ages: 1 - 9 mths.

Dates: 6 Jul - 20 Jul. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Sing and Sign Coventry and Kenilworth

Kenilworth Methodist Church, Priory Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1LQ. 07920 066652. www.singandsign.co.uk.

Sing and Sign Babes Times: 3:00 - 3:30. Ages: 0 - 6 mths.

Dates: 6 Jul - 13 Jul. Times: 15:00 - 15:30. Ages: 0 - 6 mths.

Dates: 14 Sep - 5 Oct. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Sing and Sign Stage 2: 13:00 - 13:40.

Baby signing and music classes.

Ages: 1 yrs 2 mths - 2 yrs.

Sing and Sign Stage 1: 14:00 - 14:40.

Ages: 6 mths - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Cost: £7.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul - 13 Jul & 14 Sep - 5 Oct.

The listings are updated but we advise calling before attending - just in case!

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SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT

Swim Works

Swim Works Leamington, Queensway, Leamington Spa, CV31 3LU. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Little Swimmers: 9:30 - 10:00.

Ages: 2 1/2 yrs - 4 yrs.

Little Splashers: 10:00 - 10:30 & 11:30 - 12:00.

Ages: 1 yrs 4 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Baby Splashers Advanced: 10:30 11:00, 11:00 - 11:30 & 13:30 - 14:00.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Baby Splashers Beginners: 14:00 - 14:30.

Ages: 4 - 8 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 3: 16:00 - 16:30 & 16:30 - 17:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs. Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Family Swim: 12:00 - 13:00.

Cost: £8 per session (booking essential).

Baby & Pre-school Catch-up: 13:00 - 14:00.

Ages: 0 - 4 yrs.

Level 1: 17:00 - 17:30, 17:30 - 18:00, 18:00 - 18:30 & 18:30 - 19:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul - 10 Aug.

Adventure Babies Warwickshire & Coventry

St Chad’s Centre, Church Hill, Bishop’s Tachbrook, Leamington Spa, CV33 9RJ. www.adventurebabies.co.uk.

Sensory Storytelling Adventures: 9:15 - 10:00, 10:30 - 11:15 & 11:45 - 12:30.

Bringing books to life through interactive sessions.

Ages: 0 - 1 yrs.

Cost: £8.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 6 Jul - 20 Jul, 3 Aug 17 Aug & 14 Sep - 5 Oct.

Baby Sensory (S. Warwickshire)

Dale Street Methodist Church (Main Hall), Dale Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HL. 07989 502712. www.babysensory.com.

Times: 10:00 - 10:45, 11:15 - 12:00, 12:45 - 13:30 & 14:00 - 14:45.

Ages: 0 - 1 yrs 1 mths. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul - 20 Jul.

Dandy Development

Barford Memorial Hall, Church Street, Barford, CV35 8EN. 07890 241301. www.dandydevelopment.co.uk.

Stage 1: 9:55 - 10:25.

Ages: 4 mths - 1 yrs 1 mths. Cost: £6.80 per session (booking essential).

Stage 2: 11:00 - 11:35.

Ages: 1 yrs 1 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Cost: £7.20 per session (booking essential). Dates: 28 Sep - 5 Oct.

My Baby Spa

Radford Road Church Hall, Radford Road, Leamington Spa, CV31 1NF. www.mybabyspa. co.uk.

Luxury Baby Spa Sessions: 11:00 - 12:00 & 12:45 - 13:45.

An award winning spa for 0-12 month old babies Ages: 0 - 1 yrs. Cost: £20 per session (booking essential). Dates: 6 Jul - 27 Jul.

CREATIVE Closer Look at Nature

4 Hill Wootton Road, 4 Hill Wootton Road, Leek Wootton, Warwick, CV35 7QL. closerlook. perryman.org.uk.

Stay and Play Forest School: 10:00 - 11:30.

Ages: 1 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £5.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul.

Phonics Stars Leamington Spa

St. Margaret’s Church, Chapter House, 2 Church Close, Whitnash, Leamington Spa, CV31 2HJ. www.phonicsstars.co.uk.

Times: 9:30 - 10:30 & 10:45 - 11:45.

Fun & Educational Phonics classes Ages: 2 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £9 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 14 Sep - 5 Oct.

DANCE & DRAMA Atomic Dance

St Chad’s Centre, Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa, CV33 9RJ. 07392 348155. www.atomicdance.co.uk .

Little Stars Acro Dance : 16:45 - 17:30.

Ages: 4 yrs - 6 yrs 11 mths. Cost: £5.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 6 Jul - 13 Jul.

WEDNESDAY PARENTS & TOTS Little Crackers Stay ‘n’ Play

Drama Tots Kenilworth, Leamington Spa and Warwick

Bubbenhall Village Hall, Lower End, Coventry, CV8 3BW. 07793973541. www.dramatots.co.uk.

Rising Stars: 10:00 - 10:40. Ages: 1 1/2 yrs - 3 yrs.

Bright Stars: 11:00 - 11:45. Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul & 7 Sep - 5 Oct.

PHYSICAL FUN LWGC

Leamington & Warwick Gymnastics Club, The Fosse, Fosse Way, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN. 01926614489. www.thegymnasticsclub.co.uk.

Little Stars: 9:15 - 10:00 & 10:15 - 11:00.

Perfect for active toddlers who love to climb, jump & play Ages: 0 - 3 yrs.

Cost: £5 per session (booking essential).

Gymstars: 11:15 - 12:00, 13:15 - 14:00 & 14:15 - 15:00.

Gymnastics sessions for pre-schoolers Ages: 3 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £8.75 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Jul - 13 Jul & 7 Sep - 5 Oct.

SWIMMING

Crackley Hall School, St Joseph’s Park, Kenilworth, CV8 2FT. 01926 514456. www.littlecrackers.co.uk.

Times: 9:30 - 10:45. Ages: 0 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 15 Sep - 6 Oct.

Little Cup

Little Cup, 38 Warwick Street, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5JS. 07862 256078. www.littlecup. co.uk.

Singalong: 10:00 - 10:25 & 14:00 - 14:25.

Clap, sing and play, 10am & 2pm weekdays.

Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (booking essential). Dates: 7 Jul - 18 Aug.

Little Stars Christian Preschool

Leamington Spa Baptist Church, Chandos Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RN. 01926 477597. www.littlestarspreschool.org.

Tiny Stars Toddler Group: 13:30 - 15:00.

Ages: 0 - 5 yrs. Cost: £1.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 7 Jul - 14 Jul & 8 Sep - 6 Oct.

Tiny Tots & Toddlers

St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School, Wathen Road, Warwick, CV34 5BG. 07941 843711. www.stmaryimmaculateschool.co.uk.

Times: 10:00 - 11:30.

Ages: 0 - 4 yrs 11 mths.

Cost: £1 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 14 Jul - 21 Jul, 8 Sep - 29 Sep & 6 Oct.

Aqua Beans

Evergreen School, Deansway, Warwick, CV34 5DF. 07984 620246. www.aquabeans.co.uk.

Times: 16:00 - 18:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs. Cost: £10.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 7 Sep - 5 Oct.

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GO4GOALS is an organisation aimed at developing young children’s football skills throughout Warwickshire and West Midlands.

Coaching will be provided for all levels, the children will develop technically and improve their social skills for later in life.

Sessions are active and include fun innovative activities.

GO4GOALS football sessions cover the following age groups; Age 2-11, Boys & Girls • 9.00am - 9.40am Leamington Spa Nursery & Pre School • 10.00am - 11.00am Leamington Spa Primary School • 8.50am - 9.30am Stratford Upon Avon Nursery & Pre School • 10.00am - 11.00am Stratford Upon Avon Primary School Age 5-11, Boys & Girls (After school clubs, private sessions, birthday parties and school holiday camps)

Designed for children from 2 years of age.

For sessions in and around Leamington Spa contact:

For more information please contact Jason Davies on 07747 562 469 Email: jason@go4goals.co.uk www.go4goals.co.uk

MUSIC & SIGNING BilinguaSing Warwickshire

St Barbara’s Church, 22 Rochester Road, Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 6AG. 07815 149877. www.bilinguasing.com.

We Sing French: 10:00 - 10:45.

Mixed aged family French music class Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths.

Dates: 7 Jul - 21 Jul & 8 Sep - 6 Oct. We Sing German Mixed aged family German music class Times: 11:00 - 11:45. Dates: 8 Sep - 6 Oct. Times: 11:15 - 12:00. Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths. Dates: 7 Jul - 21 Jul. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Berkswell & District Royal British Legion, 316 Station Road, Balsall Common, Coventry, CV7 7EF. 07815 149877. www.bilinguasing.com.

We Sing Spanish: 13:30 - 14:15.

Mixed aged family Spanish music class Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 21 Jul & 8 Sep - 6 Oct.

Sing and Sign Coventry and Kenilworth

Earlsdon Methodist Church Hall, Albany Road, Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 6NF. 07920 066652. www.singandsign.co.uk.

Sing and Sign Stage 1: 10:30 - 11:10.

Baby signing and music classes.

Ages: 1 yrs 2 mths - 2 yrs.

Cost: £7.50 per session (booking essential).

Sing and Sign Babes: 11:30 - 12:00.

Ages: 0 - 6 mths.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 14 Jul & 15 Sep - 6 Oct.

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Sing and Sign Coventry and Kenilworth

Sing and Sign Stage 2 Baby signing and music classes.

Times: 9:30 - 10:10. Ages: 1 yrs 2 mths - 2 yrs.

Dates: 15 Sep - 6 Oct. Times: 21:30 - 22:10. Ages: 1 yrs 2 mths - 2 yrs.

Dates: 7 Jul - 14 Jul. Cost: £7.50 per session (booking essential).

SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT Dandy Development

Radford Road Church, Radford Road, Leamington Spa, CV31 1NF. 07890 241301. www.dandydevelopment.co.uk.

Stage 1: 9:55 - 10:25.

Ages: 4 mths - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Cost: £6.80 per session (booking essential).

Stage 2: 9:55 - 10:30.

Ages: 1 yrs 1 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Cost: £7.20 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 29 Sep - 6 Oct.

Spa Babies

Ashorne Village Hall, Ashorne Village Hall, Ashorne, Leamington Spa, CV35 9DR. www.spababies.co.uk.

Times: 11:00 - 12:00, 12:45 - 13:45, 14:30 - 15:30 & 16:15 - 17:15. Ages: 0 - 9 mths.

Cost: £25 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 14 Jul.

DANCE & DRAMA Drama Tots Kenilworth, Leamington Spa and Warwick Fiery Feet Dance Studio, 2 Windsor Place, Leamington Spa, CV32 5EN. 07793973541. www.dramatots.co.uk.

Times: 10:00 - 10:40. Ages: 1 1/2 yrs - 3 yrs.

Times: 11:00 - 11:45. Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul & 8 Sep - 6 Oct.

PHYSICAL FUN LWGC

Leamington & Warwick Gymnastics Club, The Fosse, Fosse Way, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN. 01926614489. www.thegymnasticsclub.co.uk.

Little Stars: 9:15 - 10:00 & 10:15 - 11:00.

Perfect for active toddlers who love to climb, jump & play Ages: 0 - 3 yrs.

Cost: £5 per session (booking essential).

Gymstars: 11:15 - 12:00, 13:15 - 14:00 & 14:15 - 15:00.

Gymnastics sessions for pre-schoolers Ages: 3 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £8.75 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 14 Jul & 8 Sep - 6 Oct.

The listings are updated but we advise calling before attending - just in case!

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SWIMMING Swim Works

Swim Works Leamington, Queensway, Leamington Spa, CV31 3LU. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Little Swimmers: 14:00 - 14:30.

Ages: 2 1/2 yrs - 4 yrs.

Baby Splashers Advanced: 12:30 - 13:00, 13:00 - 13:30 & 13:30 - 14:00.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Baby Splashers Beginners: 10:00 - 10:30, 11:00 - 11:30, 12:00 - 12:30 & 14:30 - 15:00.

Ages: 4 - 8 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 3: 17:00 - 17:30 & 18:30 - 19:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Newborn Splashers: 9:30 - 10:00 & 10:30 - 11:00.

Ages: 1 - 4 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 4: 17:30 - 18:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 1: 16:30 - 17:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 7 Jul - 11 Aug.

THURSDAY PARENTS & TOTS St John’s Toddlers

St. John’s Church Hall, Warwick Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1HY. 01926 855344. www.stjohn316.co.uk.

Times: 10:00 - 11:30. Ages: 0 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £1 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 8 Jul - 15 Jul & 2 Sep - 7 Oct.

Little Cup

Little Cup, 38 Warwick Street, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5JS. 07862 256078. www.littlecup.co.uk.

Singalong: 10:00 - 10:25 & 14:00 - 14:25.

Clap, sing and play, 10am & 2pm weekdays.

Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs. Cost: £2 per session (booking essential). Dates: 8 Jul - 19 Aug.

SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT Baby Sensory (S. Warwickshire)

Hatton Park Village Hall, Barcheston Drive, Hatton Park, Warwick, CV35 7TR. 07989 502712. www.babysensory.com.

Times: 10:00 - 10:45, 11:15 - 12:00, 12:45 - 13:30 & 14:00 - 14:45.

Ages: 0 - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 8 Jul - 22 Jul.

DANCE & DRAMA Atomic Dance

St Chad’s Centre, Bishops Tachbrook, Leamington Spa, CV33 9RJ. 07392 348155. www. atomicdance.co.uk.

Little Stars Mini Mix : 11:15 - 12:15.

Ages: 2 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £6 per session (booking essential).

Little Stars Ballet : 16:00 - 16:30.

Ages: 2 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £4.50 per session (booking essential).

Little Stars Musical Theatre: 16:35 - 17:05.

Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £4 per session (booking essential).

Atomic Dance

Mini Combo : 17:10 - 18:10.

Ages: 5 yrs - 7 yrs 5 mths.

Cost: £6 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 8 Jul - 15 Jul.

PHYSICAL FUN Go4goals Midlands Ltd

Kingsley School Playing Fields , Sandy Lane, Leamington Spa, CV32 6RD. 07747 562469. www.go4goals.co.uk.

Elite Development: 17:30 - 18:30.

Ages: 5 - 12 yrs. Cost: £4 per session (booking essential). Dates: 8 Jul - 15 Jul.

LWGC

Leamington & Warwick Gymnastics Club, The Fosse, Fosse Way, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN. 01926614489. www.thegymnasticsclub.co.uk.

Little Stars: 9:15 - 10:00 & 10:15 - 11:00.

Perfect for active toddlers who love to climb, jump Ages: 0 - 3 yrs.

Cost: £5 per session (booking essential).

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Gymstars: 11:15 - 12:00, 13:15 - 14:00 & 14:15 - 15:00.

Gymnastics sessions for pre-schoolers Ages: 3 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £8.75 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 8 Jul - 15 Jul & 9 Sep - 7 Oct.

SWIMMING Swim Works

Swim Works Leamington, Queensway, Leamington Spa, CV31 3LU. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Little Swimmers: 9:30 - 10:00.

Ages: 2 yrs 6 mths - 4 yrs.

Little Splashers: 10:00 - 10:30 & 10:30 - 11:00.

Ages: 1 yrs 4 mths - 2 yrs 6 mths.

Baby Splashers Advanced: 11:00 - 11:30, 11:30 - 12:00, 13:30 - 14:00, 14:00 - 14:30 & 14:30 - 15:00.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Baby Splashers Beginners: 12:00 - 12:30.

Ages: 4 - 8 mths.

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Swim Works

Cost: £13 per session Level 3: 16:00 - 16:30 & 17:30 - 18:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs. Cost: £11 per session Baby & Pre-school Catch-up: 15:00 - 16:00.

Ages: 0 - 4 yrs. Level 4: 18:00 - 18:30.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs. Cost: £11 per session Swim Works Leamington, Queensway, Leamington Spa, CV31 3LU. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Adult Beginners: 19:15 - 19:45.

Cost: £12.50 per session (booking essential).

Level 1: 17:00 - 17:30.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 2: 16:30 - 17:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 8 Jul - 12 Aug.

FRIDAY PARENTS & TOTS Hampton Magna Toddler Group

Hampton Magna Community Centre, Field Barn Road, Hampton Magna, Warwick, CV35 8RT. 07506 713277.

Times: 9:52 - 11:22. Ages: 0 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (drop in).

Dates: 10 Sep - 10 Sep.

Little Cup

Little Cup, 38 Warwick Street, Royal Leamington Spa, CV32 5JS. 07862 256078.

Singalong: 10:00 - 10:25 & 14:00 - 14:25.

Clap, sing and play, 10am & 2pm weekdays.

Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs.

Cost: £2 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 20 Aug.

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Little Cup

Make & bake pizza: 11:30 - 12:15.

Make your own pizza, cooked in-house.

Ages: 2 - 16 yrs. Cost: £5 per session (booking essential). Dates: 9 Jul - 24 Sep. Pop-up photography: 9:30 - 16:30.

Pop-up family photographer Cost: Free (drop in). Dates: 6 Aug & 3 Sep.

MUSIC & SIGNING BilinguaSing Warwickshire

Jaguar Sports & Social club, Fenton Road, Off Browns Lane, Coventry, CV5 9PS. 07815 149877.

We Sing Spanish: 10:00 - 10:45.

Mixed aged family Spanish music class Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths.

Dates: 9 Jul - 23 Jul & 10 Sep - 8 Oct. We Sing Italian Mixed aged family Italian music class Times: 11:00 - 11:45. Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths. Dates: 10 Sep - 8 Oct. Times: 11:15 - 12:00. Ages: 1 mths - 4 yrs 11 mths. Dates: 9 Jul - 23 Jul. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Sing and Sign Coventry and Kenilworth

All Souls RC Church, Kingsland Avenue, Earlsdon, Coventry, CV5 8DX. 07920 066652.

Sing and Sign Babes: 9:45 - 10:15.

Baby signing and music classes.

Ages: 0 - 6 mths.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Sing and Sign Stage 1: 10:45 - 11:25.

Ages: 6 mths - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Sing and Sign Stage 2: 11:45 - 12:25.

Ages: 1 yrs 2 mths - 2 yrs.

Cost: £7.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 16 Jul & 17 Sep - 8 Oct.

SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT Adventure Babies Warwickshire & Coventry

Brunswick Healthy Living Centre, Shrubland Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 3BD. www.adventurebabies.co.uk.

Sensory Storytelling Adventures Bringing books to life through interactive sessions.

Times: 9:15 - 10:00 & 11:45 - 12:30. Ages: 0 - 2 yrs.

Dates: 9 Jul - 23 Jul & 17 Sep - 8 Oct. Times: 10:30 - 11:15. Ages: 0 - 2 yrs.

Dates: 9 Jul - 16 Jul & 17 Sep - 8 Oct. Cost: £8.50 per session (booking essential).

Baby Sensory (S. Warwickshire)

Dale Street Methodist Church (Main Hall), Dale Street, Leamington Spa, CV32 5HL. 07989 502712. www.babysensory.com.

Times: 10:00 - 10:45 & 11:15 - 12:00.

Ages: 0 - 1 yrs 1 mths. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 9 Jul - 16 Jul.

Dandy Development

St Mary Immaculate, Warwick, 45 West Street, Warwick, CV34 6AB. 07890 241301. www.dandydevelopment.co.uk.

Stage 1: 9:55 - 10:25.

Ages: 4 mths - 1 yrs 1 mths.

Cost: £6.80 per session (booking essential).

Stage 2: 11:00 - 11:35.

Ages: 1 yrs 1 mths - 2 yrs 6 mths.

Cost: £7.20 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 1 Oct - 8 Oct.

The listings are updated but we advise calling before attending - just in case!

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Little Stars Christian Preschool ………where every child matters

For children aged 18 months - 4 years

 Qualified, caring, experienced staff  Friendly, welcoming atmosphere

 Open to children of all faiths & backgrounds  Morning, lunch & afternoon sessions

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 Free entitlement for 2,3,& 4 year olds

IN KENILWORTH, LEAMINGTON SPA AND WARWICK!

Call us: 01926 477597 E-mail: littlestars.preschool@hotmail.com Oxford St, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RN

Email: sam@dramatots.co.uk Or call Sam today on - 07793 973541

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Spa Babies

Cheswick Green Village Hall, 18 Cheswick Way, Solihull, Birmingham, B90 4JA. www.spababies.co.uk.

Times: 11:00 - 12:00, 12:45 - 13:45, 14:30 - 15:30 & 16:15 - 17:15. Ages: 0 - 9 mths.

Cost: £25 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 16 Jul.

DANCE & DRAMA Drama Tots Kenilworth, Leamington Spa and Warwick

Chase Meadow Community Centre, Narrow Hall Meadow, Warwick, CV34 6BT. 07793973541. www.dramatots.co.uk.

Rising Stars: 10:00 - 10:40.

Ages: 1 1/2 yrs - 3 yrs. Dates: 9 Jul & 10 Sep - 8 Oct. Bright Stars: 11:00 - 11:45.

Ages: 3 - 5 yrs. Dates: 9 Jul & 9 Jul - 10 Sep. Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

PHYSICAL FUN Little Kickers Warwickshire

Chase Meadow Community Centre, Narrow Hall Meadow, Warwick, CV34 6BT. 07832 818213. www.littlekickers.co.uk.

Little Kicks : 9:10 - 9:55.

Ages: 1 yrs 6 mths - 2 yrs 6 mths.

Cost: £33 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 6 Aug & 3 Sep.

LWGC

Leamington & Warwick Gymnastics Club, The Fosse, Fosse Way, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, CV31 1XN. 01926614489. www.thegymnasticsclub.co.uk.

Little Stars: 9:15 -

10:00 & 10:15 - 11:00.

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Perfect for active toddlers who love to climb, jump & play. Ages: 0 - 3 yrs.

Cost: £5 per session (booking essential).

Gymstars: 11:15 12:00, 13:15 - 14:00 & 14:15 - 15:00.

Gymnastics sessions for pre-schoolers Ages: 3 - 4 yrs.

Cost: £8.75 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 16 Jul & 10 Sep - 8 Oct.

SWIMMING

Swim Works

Swim Works Leamington, Queensway, Leamington Spa, CV31 3LU. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Little Swimmers: 9:30 - 10:00 & 10:30 - 11:00.

Ages: 2 1/2 yrs - 4 yrs.

Little Splashers: 10:00 - 10:30 & 14:30 - 15:00.

Ages: 1 yrs 4 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Baby Splashers Advanced Times: 11:00 - 11:30, 11:30 - 12:00, 12:30 - 13:00, 13:00 - 13:30, 15:00 - 15:30 & 18:45 - 19:15.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Times: 13:30 - 14:00. Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Baby Splashers Beginners: 14:00 - 14:30.

Ages: 4 - 8 mths.

Cost: £13 per session (booking essential).

Level 3: 17:00 - 17:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 1: 16:00 - 16:30, 16:30 - 17:00 & 18:00 18:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 2: 17:30 - 18:00. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £11 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 9 Jul - 13 Aug.

DANCE & DRAMA Drama Tots Kenilworth, Leamington Spa and Warwick

St John’s Church, Kenilworth, St John’s Church, 205 Warwick Road, Kenilworth, CV8 1HY. 07793973541. www.dramatots.co.uk.

Rising Stars: 9:30 - 10:10.

Ages: 1 yrs 6 mths - 3 yrs.

Bright Stars: 10:30 - 11:15.

Ages: 3 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £6.50 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 11 Sep - 9 Oct.

PHYSICAL FUN Go4goals Midlands Ltd

Kingsley School Playing Fields, Sandy Lane, Leamington Spa, CV32 6RD. 07747 562469. www.go4goals.co.uk.

Football Coaching Times: 9:00 - 9:40. Ages: 2 yrs - 3 yrs 6 mths.

Times: 9:00 - 10:00. Ages: 4 - 6 yrs.

Times: 10:00 - 11:00. Ages: 6 - 13 yrs.

Cost: £4 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Jul - 17 Jul & 4 Sep - 9 Oct.

Rugbytots (Warwickshire and Solihull)

Aylesford School, Tapping Way, Warwick, CV34 6XR. 0845 313 6715. www.rugbytots.co.uk.

Times: 9:00 - 9:30, 9:40 - 10:25, 10:35 - 11:05 & 11:10 - 11:55.

Ages: 2 - 5 yrs. Cost: £7 per session (booking essential). Dates: 10 Jul - 24 Jul.

SWIMMING Aqua Beans

Evergreen School, Deansway, Warwick, CV34 5DF. 07984 620246. www.aquabeans.co.uk.

Times: 9:00 - 12:30.

Ages: 6 mths - 4 yrs. Cost: £15 per session (booking essential). Dates: 11 Sep - 9 Oct.

SATURDAY CREATIVE Closer Look at Nature

4 Hill Wootton Road, 4 Hill Wootton Road, Leek Wootton, Warwick, CV35 7QL. www.closerlook.perryman.org.uk.

Stay and Play Forest School: 10:56 - 12:56.

Ages: 1 - 5 yrs. Cost: £5.50 per session (booking essential). Dates: 10 Jul.

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WARWICK, LEAMINGTON & KENILWORTH AREA

FREE

TRIAL & SIBLING DISCOUNTS Modern & Ballet, Tap, s for children s e cla se Street Danc

Classes in Studley Claverdon, Wawen & Wootton

2½ years t e ll a B y b a B 5+ years e c n a D t e e Str For more information call 07791 852891 or email: krystlejaynedance@gmail.com www.krystlejaynedanceacademy.co.uk IDTA & RAD Exams. Shows & Competitions Fully qualified & experienced staff.

Swim Works

Swim Works Leamington, Queensway, Leamington Spa, CV31 3LU. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Little Swimmers: 9:00 - 9:30, 9:30 - 10:00, 11:00 - 11:30 & 15:00 - 15:30.

Ages: 2 1/2 yrs - 4 yrs.

Little Splashers: 14:30 - 15:00.

Ages: 1 yrs 4 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Baby Splashers Advanced: 14:00 - 14:30.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £15 per session (booking essential).

Level 3: 13:00 - 13:30. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 1: 12:30 - 13:00. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £12 per session (booking essential).

Times: 13:30 - 14:00. Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Little Swimmers Advanced: 15:30 - 16:00.

Ages: 3 1/2 yrs - 5 yrs.

Cost: £15 per session (booking essential).

Level 2: 11:30 - 12:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £12 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 10 Jul - 14 Aug.

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SUNDAY SENSORY & DEVELOPMENT My Baby Spa

Eastern Green Village Hall, Church Road, Eastern Green, Coventry, CV5 7DX. www.mybabyspa.co.uk.

Times: 11:00 - 12:00 & 12:45 - 13:45.

An award winning spa for 0-12 month old babies Ages: 0 - 1 yrs.

Cost: £20 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 11 Jul - 25 Jul.

PHYSICAL FUN Rugbytots (Warwickshire and Solihull)

Aylesford School, Tapping Way, Warwick, CV34 6XR. 0845 313 6715. www.rugbytots.co.uk.

Times: 9:00 - 9:30, 9:40 - 10:25, 10:35 - 11:05 & 11:10 - 11:55. Ages: 2 - 5 yrs.

Cost: £7 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 11 Jul - 25 Jul.

SWIMMING Swim Works

Swim Works Leamington, Queensway, Leamington Spa, CV31 3LU. 07950 467796. www.swimworks.co.uk.

Little Swimmers: 9:00 - 9:30, 9:30 - 10:00, 10:00 - 10:30 & 11:00 - 11:30.

Ages: 2 1/2 yrs - 4 yrs.

Little Splashers: 10:30 - 11:00 & 11:30 - 12:00.

Ages: 1 yrs 4 mths - 2 1/2 yrs.

Baby Splashers Advanced: 12:00 - 12:30.

Ages: 8 mths - 1 yrs 4 mths.

Cost: £15 per session (booking essential).

Level 3: 13:30 - 14:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 1: 12:30 - 13:00, 13:00 - 13:30, 14:00 14:30 & 14:30 - 15:00.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Level 2: 15:00 - 15:30.

Ages: 4 - 10 yrs.

Cost: £12 per session (booking essential).

Dates: 11 Jul - 15 Aug.

The listings are updated but we advise calling before attending - just in case!

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