Parenting
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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
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