Parenting Resources

Itsy Bitsy Yoga®
www.ItsyBitsyYoga.com

Itsy Bitsy Yoga International contains the most comprehensive collection of news and information about the Itsy Bitsy Yoga® Program, founder Helen Garabedian, links to articles and reviews, special events, IBY Facilitator trainings, and a list of all Certified IBY facilitators who offer classes across the US and Canada. Visit www.ItsyBitsyYoga.com

Prenatal Yoga
www.AbsoluteYoga.net
Prenatal Yoga is a special class for expecting moms designed to help you to meet the challenges and transformations of pregnancy and birth with strength, confidence and calm. This class incorporates gentle, safe movements and stretches to strengthen and open your body; breathing exercises to increase calm, focus and balance; and relaxation techniques to release deeply held tensions and to promote the well-being of yourself and your baby. Connect to your innate wisdom of the process of birth, and bring your awareness to the spirit of your baby as you learn safe, effective yoga poses for each trimester and breathing techniques that will prepare and relax you for a smooth labor. Classes are suitable for all 3 phases of pregnancy and no previous experience in yoga is required.

Oh, Baby! Better Baby Basics
www.ohbabyworks.com
At Oh Baby! Better Baby Basics, Sarah Kipp-McGowan helps empower parents by helping them get off to a great start. Experience the delight that comes from parenting with confidence. Parents feel good, babies thrive, and the journey of positive parenting begins.

Through workshops, individual client meetings, and New Mothers' Teas, Oh, Baby! focuses on both the needs of babies and parents, helping new parents create a calm and peaceful presence in their home and life with their new baby.

Children's Yoga
www.childrensyoga.com

This site, www.childrensyoga.com, offers a wealth of children's yoga, including a sample of children's yoga exercises, information about the Radiant Child Yoga Program (a certificate training course for children's yoga), and an international listing of trained teachers.

Montessori Children's House
Southborough, MA
The Montessori Children’s House (founded in 1982) provides an enriching and loving environment for parents seeking a high quality traditional Montessori experience for their children. MCH is unique in its commitment to a small school setting where parents and teachers connect on a daily basis .MCH enrolls children ages 2.9 years through their kindergarten year and each class has approximately twenty children. Both staff members have been teaching in the classroom together since the school’s beginning. The reliability and stability of experienced staff help to insure consistency in the classroom and good communication with parents.

MCH honors the Montessori tradition of a single class of mixed ages and abilities where children learn from each other. The goal of the program is to assist in the development of the whole child, foster a love of learning, foster a positive self esteem, and lead the child toward independence. The classroom reflects more than 25 years of specifically researched and developed materials to complement the regular Montessori materials in the areas of Everyday Living, Sensorial, Math, Language, Geography, Science, Music, Movement, Art, and Art and Music Appreciation. In addition, the school seeks to help children develop a global awareness. Cultural studies are carefully woven through the Montessori curriculum.

Located in a charming village colonial in Southboro, The Montessori Children’s House serves children from all the surrounding Metro West communities and beyond. Learn more at http://montessorichildrenshousesouthboro.com/ or call 508-786-5924

"The Happiest Baby on the Block"
Dr. Harvey Karp

Dr. Harvey Karp, respected pediatrician and child development expert, combines his twenty-five years of personal experience with his research into infant-care techniques used around the world. "The Happiest Baby on the Block" shares his highly successful method is based on four concepts: The Fourth Trimester, The Calming Reflex, The 5 S's, and the Cuddle cure. This book offers superb techniques for parents with "colicky" or high-intensity babies. Visit Dr. Karp's website at www.HappiestBaby.com