Services, Courses & Sessions
Stay & Play
Looking for a fun and engaging activity for your little ones? Our Stay & Play sessions offer a safe and welcoming environment for children to explore, play, and socialise. Enjoy sensory play, arts and crafts, story time, and much more! Not booking, just show up. Families will be allowed entry on a first-come-fist-basis.
Available at: Cradley Heath Community Centre (Soft play), B64 5JG
and 11 more locations
New parents Families with toddlers
Nature Explorers
This session is suitable for children walking to preschool. Bring your little one and join us for a fun outdoor session designed especially for children and their grown-ups! In our Nature Explorers session we will venture into the great outdoors to discover and explore different textures, sights, and sounds in nature. Each session will encourage babies to engage with their surroundings, promoting sensory development, fine motor skills, and an early love for nature. Grown-ups will have the opportunity to bond with their little explorers while learning simple ways to support their child’s natural curiosity and connection to the environment. This session is all about enjoying the fresh air, making new discoveries, and experiencing the magic of nature together. Dress for the weather (we do have an inside wet weather plan) and get ready for a gentle adventure as we explore, play, and share in the joy of the outdoor world!
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Families with toddlers
Forest Friends
These sessions are suitable for children aged 2-5years. Wild Lives invites you and your young explorers for forest school adventures in Warley Woods, an award winning green space and richly diverse woodland full of inspiration and natural wonders! Each session is full of play and exploration with seasonal, nature-based experiences on offer, such as den building, mud kitchen, natural crafts, bug hunting, campfire cooking, treasure hunts and games, among many other things. Forest friends takes place in all weathers and seasons, working with the nature's rhythms, connecting learners to the seasons and the woodland. This helps to build resilience and encourages us to find the joy in everyday, instead of waiting for a sunny day! We provide a positive, supportive, child-centred environment with qualified and experienced practitioners on hand to inspire and nurture young minds. We support children to take age appropriate risks and face achievable challenges that help them to grow and develop
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Families with toddlers
Term-time Breast Feeding Network drop-in
A warm and friendly morning sharing refreshments, caring tips and information. No booking required!
Available at: Ferndale School, Eastwood Road, Great Barr, B43 5QF
New parents
Mini Music Makers - Sitting to Walking
These sessions are suitable for children who are sitting to walking. Come and join us for this FREE music making session. Mini Music Makers is a fun session for you and your children to explore music making as well as to develop their coordination.
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New parents
Ready, Steady, WEAN
This session is aimed at parents/carers looking to introduce first solids to their baby, booking is recommended for those with children 0-12 months. Come and join our friendly and knowledgeable nutritionist to find out more about weaning your baby. NHS advice is that babies are introduced to solid food from six months' old; come to this two-hour session to find out all the most up-to-date guidance on how to wean your baby safely.
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Parent support
Rowley Regis Family Hub
Available at: Rowley Family Hub, B65 8JY
Expectant parents New parents Families with toddlers Families with primary school children Families with teenagers Families with children with SEND Parent support
Breakfast Group
The Breakfast Group is a friendly and supportive group for parents and carers and their children in Sandwell. It meets every Friday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Cradley Heath Community link . There's no need to sign up, just come along. The group is a great place for you to connect with others, learn new skills, and get support.
Available at: Cradley Heath Community link, 140 High Street, Cradley Heath, B64 5HJ
Expectant parents New parents Families with toddlers Families with primary school children Families with teenagers Families with children with SEND Parent support
Baby Boppers
Please note this class is for babies, sitting and crawling only. We have Twinkle Tots sessions for those walking to preschool. Join us for this fun engaging movement, music, sensory class with your babies, sitting and crawling. In this session we will encourage age-appropriate movement to some of your child's favourite songs. This session will demonstrate how early development can be aided by singing, music making and movement through these fun songs and activities that families can continue at home.
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New parents
Changes Primary Years Programme for Parents/Carers
These informal discussion groups will be held at SpaceHoppas Fun Zone in West Bromwich. Our Changes sessions gives local parents and carers the opportunity to meet others in similar parenting stages in a judgement-free and friendly environment. Children will be allowed FREE access to the facilities as SpaceHoppas whilst you have a chance to chat to other parents/carers and share parenting ideas and challenges. Please note attendees must attend at least four out of the five sessions. Along with the FREE play session you will also receive a FREE hot drink and biscuits, your child(ren) will receive a meal (choose from Chicken nuggets, chips and beans; Fish fingers, chips and beans; Sausage, chips and beans; Pasta with tomato sauce)
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Families with primary school children