Boston's Best Mommy & Me Classes
Mommy & Me classes are offered all around the Boston area and can be anything from yoga to music and dance to art classes. The class content accommodates specific age groups. Bonding time with Mommy is special and memorable time to share. While there are many classes in the city, there are also classes in the surrounding suburbs. Check out the Best Mommy & Me Classes In MetroWest for some ideas, just outside the immediate Boston area.
Mama & Me
284 Armory St.
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 477-3432
www.mymamaandme.com
Mama & Me is located in the Brewery Complex in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. It is a great indoor play space for babies to 3 1/2-year-olds to explore, play and create with Mama or another caregiver; dads, grandparents or other caregivers are welcome. Art classes, movement classes and playtime with others are the key components of Mama & Me classes. When Mama is not at a creative class with her child, there are other prenatal, postpartum and child development classes offered at Mama & Me.
141 Linden St.
Wellesley, MA 02482
(781) 235-8765
www.wellesleytreehouse.com
Wellesley Tree House classes are geared to zero to four-year-olds and their caregivers. There are music and movement activities in the Explorers Family class, including an obstacle course, art activity and a special sensory bin. The Joyful Baby Yoga class supports the baby's physical and emotional development. There is even a Little Learners class for six to nine-month-olds that has plenty of tummy time with musical accompaniment. The Bright Start class helps moms and their one to 12-week-olds get out and about with other new moms and babies and feel comfortable with the social graces of new parenthood.
Loulou's Music Together
Temple Hillel B'nai Torah
120 Corey St.
West Roxbury, MA 02132
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Stratford Street United Church
77 Stratford St.
West Roxbury, MA 02132
(508) 369-1698
www.loulousmusictogether.com
Enthusiasm for music and movement will create a lifetime of happiness. Most Music Together classes are geared towards children from birth to four-years-old. The mixed age group classes have several benefits. The youngest children enjoy watching the older ones and learning from their actions. Parents/caregivers are pleased when siblings of different ages can participate in the same class. Activities in the Music Together classes include everything to do with music, from listening to making music and moving to the beat of the music in their own unique way. There are classes offered at alternate Loulou's Music Together sites in Natick, a suburb about 30 minutes west of the city.
Little Lovage Club
778 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02118
(857) 201-0282
www.littlelovageclub.com
Located in the South End section of the city, Little Lovage Club is a fun and cozy spot to have some fun together. There are many classes from which to choose for children and a caregiver. Messy Munchkins is great for 12-to-30-month-olds to explore their creativity with sand, water, paint and play dough. Mini Munchkins is a sensory class for 6-to-12-month-olds using different textures and activities like pushing, pulling and rolling. There is a unique class for moms and their second or subsequent new baby to spend time alone with each other at class. There is plenty of discussion among the moms (about the new baby and also the newly created sibling issues) and lots of new learning with songs, both old and new.
Mamas Move
55 Accord Park Drive
Norwell, MA
(781) 616-6244
www.mamasmove.com
The Ready, Set, Grow classes work on fine and gross motor skills, language and physical development and social skills through the use of art, music, movement and developmental play. At Mamas Move, babies to six year olds have fun participating in classes with their Mama or other caregiver. Shake it Up Baby, a totally integrated lap music class, is geared to 5-to-13-month-olds. Sensory Seekers is a class for 11-to-17-month-olds to explore their five senses of touch, taste, smell, vision and hearing. There is a full complement of enriching classes at Mamas Move.
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