Tatty Bumpkin North Cumbria - Workington, Cumbria
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  • Tatty Bumpkin North Cumbria - Workington, Cumbria
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  • Amazing Tatty Bumpkin classes are coming to North CumbriaTatty Bumpkin Movement and Music adventures for children aged 18 months to 5 years are coming to the Oval Centre in Workington! Taster sessionsSat 6th of Dec @ 10AM and Thur 11 Dec @ 10AM. Please email/phone classes@northcumbria.tattybumpkin.com/0845 6802082 to book a place as sessions are kept small. Taster sessions are FOC.Classes start 6th January 2009 Classes Start on Friday 9th of January Please contact me if you would like to book onto this 6 week course block booking only £27. (Excellent Christmas present!)Tatty Bumpkin™ and the classes were born out of yoga and fun. Based loosely on yoga postures, the world of Tatty Bumpkin is suitable for any child from about 18 months to 5 years. The classes encourage your child to explore their physicality, expand their confidence and excite their minds. The sessions are designed for you to join in so you get a good stretch too. The sessions are great for children on many levels (the physical side of the sessions, music, storytelling etc) as well as great fun. They start with a warm up song, 'Bendy, Giggly, Clever and Strong' (music developed by educational musicians), then a specially adapted 'Salutation to the Sun' which uses rhyme to aid memory then we go on a magical adventure through the Giggle Tree, meeting animals, helicopters, sausage rolls and more! The sessions use yoga poses, props, puppets and games throughout the adventure, a relaxation to music at the end helps the children assimilate the session and then it finishes with specially designed animal stickers. The stories have a strong theme which often deal (subtly!) with issues pertinent to children in a fun way. The Tatty Bumpkin bendy doll (voted no. 1 eco-toy by The Independent) is used to help children with the poses and the classes are carefully structured to give alternative postures for you and younger children - so everyone can have a go! It makes for a great class and parents say they often find their child in the snake pose in the bath or roaring like a lion in their bedroom!Physical Benefitsprovide you and your child with stimulation and physical exercise, engaging your child and aiding energy levels, contentment and sleep exercises within the sessions help maintain natural flexibility, works on core stability & muscle tone & help reduce obesity. Also helps balance and co-ordination as well as brain development?? calms the nervous system and raises endorphin levels helping children to deal with stress breathing exercises aid concentration and the relaxation helps to clear the mind The classes will provide you with skills and techniques to use outside the class All your child's bodily systems are stimulated Psychological & Emotional BenefitsHelps you and your child communicate as you do the session together Helps your child to interact with others and play actively Songs and animals stimulate your child's vocabulary and speech Closing relaxation encourages an inner calm Helps to develop creativity, confidence and imagination in a non-competitive environment. Helps children deal with difficulties Why Tatty Bumpkin is different:the company has a very strong ethical stance: winning a Social enterprise award for its impact on parents, children, the community and the fair-trade co-operative in Sri Lanka from which the dolls and yoga mats are sourced. There are training bursaries available to encourage those on low incomes to train to teach and the Tatty Bumpkin clothing range is certified organic. parents encouraged to join in which helps the child to get the most from the sessions and something great they can share and younger siblings are also welcomed (who love it!). games & props help them to learn including breathing, using props like feathers, physiotherapy balls, bubbles, soft balls to practise catching etc. as the sessions are based on yoga rather than actually a yoga session they can include singing, game
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