Baby Sensory

Isabella has an absolute blast at Baby Sensory each week. Yesterday was the last class of the term (although the next term starts next week so not much difference) and so we had a baby party. Each week's class has a different theme. We've had pirates, sea, spring and Easter to name just a few. For the baby party this week there was dancing, singing, balloons, bubbles, musical statues (if you can imagine babies playing that!), coloured ribbons, glitter pom-poms, instruments and more. I wish I could have video'ed Isabella while she was dancing. She really got into it, shaking her head, wiggling her bottom, singing and even tapping her foot to "Cotton eye Joe"!! It was brilliant! She got so excited and was so happy. She really really seems to love music.

These pictures are unfortunately some of the worst I've taken. I had to use my phone and take them while sitting behind her and so using the front camera on my phone which is even worse quality. Also while making sure I didn't get anybody else in the picture because you just don't photograph other people's children here and especially then don't post them online! And these photos hardly show how much fun she was having. Shoving a phone in front of her face while she's laughing kind of spoils that moment of fun. I'm hoping when my sister comes to visit one of us will then be able to take better photos while the other does the activities with her.

But here are a few photos and a short video anyway to give you an idea of what we do at Baby Sensory.

Doing my warming up exercises right before
the class starts. (not really- she was just getting
ready to go explore before class)

We start off with a hello song. Isabella paying
close attention to the teacher singing and signing.

Make some noise!

Free play time- we tried out a walker for the first
time. Isabella ended up going backwards as she
pulled it towards her instead of pushing!

In the ball pond (inflatable baby pool filled
with lots of balls).

Here Isabella was playing on an inflatable
matras which is usually covered with a different
fabric each week and different toys on to play
with. Bouncing and rolling fun!

Every party needs balloons! We're holding on to a stretchy fabric,
sitting in a circle. The balloons are then bounced on top.

This photo doesn't show much but there were loads of bubbles
everywhere and Isabella was just staring at them in awe.

Baby Sensory from Anneliese Mostert on Vimeo.