MI Parenting Center Classes

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NEW DAY Hebrew Immersion Play Group
18-36 months with parent
Wednesdays, September 29-December 15 (12 sessions)
9:45-10:45 a.m.
$120 for SJCC Parenting Center members
Instructor: Einav Peretz
Parents and children learn Hebrew together by playing games, dancing and singing. Hokey-pokey in Hebrew. Wear comfortable shoes and be ready to roll up your sleeves. Instructor Einav Peretz is a native Israeli who teaches the Hebrew Immersion Playgroup, Gan Kavana Preschool and Moadon Yeladim in the Kavana cooperative. She has many years of experience working as a child development occupational therapist and as a preschool teacher, both in Israel and in the U.S.

NEW Stroller Strides 
Stroller age with parent
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
Starts Monday, October 4
9:45-10:45 a.m.
Racquetball Courts
Instructor: Dawn Minter
Stroller Strides is a total fitness program for new moms that they can do with their babies!  It combines power walking or jogging with intervals of body toning and cardiovascular training, using exercise tubing and the stroller. All Stroller Strides classes include times to interact with and tend to the babies as well.  These total body exercise classes are taught by a specially trained instructor who understands the goals of the post partum participant.  Intense challenges are offered for the more experienced exercisers as well as are modifications for newly post partum moms. Please refrain from joining in the fun until you are six weeks post partum and have received your doctor's permission to exercise. To register for Stroller Strides, please email Dawn Minter, dawnminter@strollerstrides.net or by calling 425-466-3737.

NEW Prenatal Yoga
Expectant mothers in any trimester are encouraged to join
Tuesdays, Starts September 7
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Instructor: Rachel Lowe
Pre-registration required for ongoing eight-week session
SJCC members: Free, must pre-register with SJCC Group Fitness Coordinator Dana Azose at DanaA@sjcc.org or 206-388-0836
Non-members $96 per session or $15 per class
Minimum four participants needed to run class
Prenatal Yoga nurtures you and your baby during the physical and mental journey of pregnancy. Prenatal Yoga helps prepare your body for labor, provides relief from pregnancy-related changes, connects you with other mothers-to-be, supports you in focused breathing, and helps build confidence and stamina for your transition to motherhood. Permission from your doctor required before attending. Please wear comfortable clothing and eat lightly one hour before. Water and a yoga mat are encouraged.  

Babies in Motion
4-15 months with parent
Tuesdays, September 28-December 14 (12  sessions)
9:45 -10:45 a.m.
$120 for SJCC Parenting Center members
Instructor: Jamie Stults
The first step in our creative movement series of classes, parents and babies have big fun dancing, wiggling and playing with age appropriate activities built to develop the brain and body. With a variety of sensory props and instruments to explore and fun group games, children build a foundation for healthy movement and joyful interaction with their community. Nannies/caregivers are always welcome.

Tots in Motion 
Walking-36 months with parent
Fridays, October 8-December 17 (10 sessions)
10:30-11:15 a.m.
$100 for SJCC Parenting Center members
Instructor: Jamie Stults
This fun energetic class continues our creative movement series based on brain and child developmental research, integrating body and mind. Parents and their babies will both enjoy the fitness of dance, music of different cultures and times, and appropriately advanced games and activities.  Nannies/caregivers are always welcome. Previous experience in Babies in Motion is not required.

 Mindful Interactions with Your Toddler
15-23 months with parent
Wednesdays, September 29 - June 1,  2011
Parent Only Orientation on Wednesday, September 22, 10:00 a.m. in Parenting Center
9:45-10:45 a.m.
Maximum ten participants
$80 per month Parenting Center Members and SJCC Members
Instructors: Vicki Smolke and Beverly Pressey
This class provides a unique opportunity for parents to focus on encouraging your child’s natural abilities through observation and interaction with respect and a deeper understanding of the toddler’s need to be an initiator, explorer, self-learner and capable of problem solving and mastering skills. Weekly discussions will offer a variety of helpful and reassuring information appropriate for this developmental stage. Additional topics will include positive discipline, play and learning, and sleep. On the last Wednesday of the month, child nutritionist Beverley Pressey will be in class to discuss nutrition for the hour. Snack will be provided on this day.

 

On the last Wednesday of the month, child nutritionist Beverly Pressey will be in the class to discuss nutrition for the hour. Snack will be provided on this day.

 

Vicki will conduct an optional evening class for parents only on the last Tuesday of each month. Time for this class will be from 7 until 8 p.m. (exact dates will be provided at the orientation)

 

Please email Kim Lawson for a registration form. klawson@sjcc.org

 

Mindful Interactions with Your Baby 
7-14 months with parent
Wednesdays, September 29 - June 1, 2011

Parent Only Orientation on Wednesday, September 22, 10:00 a.m. in Parenting Center 

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Maximum 10
$80 per month - Parenting Center Members and SJCC Members
Instructor: Vicki Smolke and Beverly Pressey

This year-long class will provide an opportunity for parents to focus on nurturing and establishing an authentic and trusting relationship with their child through observation and interaction. Additional topics will include developmental stages, positive discipline, play and learning, and sleep. Parents will engage in discussions to better understand their child’s point of view and respond respectfully and sensitively to the cues given by their child. The infant-oriented environment will encourage the infants to focus on exploring and mastering new tasks at their own pace. 

 

On the last Wednesday of the month, child nutritionist Beverly Pressey will be in the class to discuss nutrition for the hour. Snack will be provided on this day.

 

Vicki will conduct an optional evening class for parents only on the last Tuesday of each month. Time for this class will be from 7 until 8 p.m.(exact dates will be provided at the orientation)

 

Please email Kim Lawson for a registration form. klawson@sjcc.org

 

Creative Beginnings

18-30 months with parent
Fridays, October 8 – May 27, 2011
11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Maximum ten participants
$62 per month- SJCC Parenting Center Members and SJCC Members
Instructor: Laura Selby

Families will each bring their lunch 

Creative Beginnings is a time for children, together with a parent or caregiver, to explore the richness of Judaic culture through art, creative play, music, storytelling, and a Shabbat lunch. Parents and children will facilitate exploration and socialization alongside longtime Early Childhood Educator Laura Selby. As your children are developing their social, emotional and cognitive skills in this group setting, the parents and caregivers are also developing a community of new friends and entering the J family.

 

Please email Kim Lawson for a registration form. klawson@sjcc.org

Tot Shabbat No registration necessary  
0-36 months
Fridays
9:45-10:30 a.m. ongoing
Free for Parenting Center Members and SJCC Members
Instructor: Erik Lawson 
Join Erik with your children and celebrate Shabbat with songs and challah every Friday morning.

September 17- Rabbi Rosenbaum, from Herzl, will join Erik for Tot Shabbat

October 8- Cantor Kurland, from Herzl, will join Erik for Tot Shabbat

 

 

Lil' Bubblers Swim Experience
6 months to 3 years; parent and child class
Sundays, 9 a.m. and 9:45 a.m.
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