Baby Sensory, Baby Development
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Nomination
Baby Sensory is pleased to announce that it has been nominated for
* Best National Baby & Toddler Development Activity (newborn to 2 years) * in the
What's On 4 2010 Awards!
To vote for us please click on the link below. Voting closes on 30th
April 2010 and winners will be announced in June. Thank you for all of
your support.
The Baby Sensory Experience
Baby Sensory provides hundreds of sensory development activities
that are great fun for parents and babies to share in the vital first
year. The classes include fibre optic light shows, bubbles, bells,
musical fun, baby signing, puppet shows, amazing light balls and so
much more. Once you have experienced our parent and baby activities you
will want to come back next week for more captivating experiences.
Don't just take our word for it, take a look at our testimonials page
and read what other mums and dads have had to say about the Baby
Sensory experience.
The Baby Sensory programme consists of over 40 themed lesson plans, so
every week you will share new sensory experiences with your baby. You
can see pictures of a sample of the activities on our What We Do page
or better still come along to one of our sessions and experience the
classes for yourself. Many of the baby development activities are set
to our own Baby Sensory music, which is available on CD.
Each class includes a variety of different baby development activities
plus a discovery playtime, during which your baby can enjoy our
exploratory play area whilst you have the opportunity to meet other
parents.
Childcare Careers with Baby Sensory
If you are looking for a childcare career working with babies, this
may just be the opportunity you have been seeking. Baby Sensory was set
up in September 2004 in response to the demand for out of home
activities for babies. It draws on current research, the work of
theorists, Early Years experts and over 30 years of personal
experience, training and networking in the childcare and education
sector.
We started offering our childcare franchise opportunities in October
2006 and in our first 2 years we trained 20 new franchisees who are now
running their baby development classes throughout the UK and Ireland.
If you are interested in baby development and would like to run classes
at a centre near you, please take a look at our Run a Class page.
Baby Sensory International
Baby Sensory has signed Master Franchise agreements in Canada,
Italy, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Spain and Denmark. These agreements are our first
international expansion and we are planning further overseas growth
during 2010. Our international agreements are structured to enable our
Master Franchisees to grow the Baby Sensory business within their
appointed territory, with support from the UK team and to reap the
benefits of growth from within their territory.
During 2008 our Canadian operation, run by Kanan Bhatt, established
classes in Toronto and Ottawa and we are enjoying significant growth
during 2009. We signed contracts with our Italian Master Franchisee in
May 2008 and the focus in 2008 was the translation of our programme
including re-recording the Baby Sensory music in Italian. Our Italian
launch, on 22 November 2008, attracted the attention of Italian Health
Professionals and Child Development Experts and we are expecting to
open classes in Calabria and Rome by the end of 2009.
Classes will be starting in Barcelona, Spain, Miami-Florida and Mexico
before the end of 2009 and we expect to announce opening dates in
Denmark and Australia in the near future.
Our Founder - Baby Development Expert - Dr. Lin Day
Baby Sensory founder, Dr. Lin Day (PhD Dip. Ed. BSc. PGCE. M. Phil)
has worked with babies and young children throughout her career. Prior
to creating Baby Sensory, Lin created a musical adventure play concept,
"WakeUp!". The primary aim of WakeUp! was to encourage toddlers and
children to become more active through practical and exciting play. Lin
recognised that babies attending classes with their older brothers and
sisters were spellbound by what was happening around them and thus
founded Baby Sensory classes for babies.
Lin is a feature writer in the topic of Baby Development for the
Early Years Educator (EYE) magazine and provides motivational workshops
on baby development at Baby Shows and Early Years events throughout the
UK. To see examples of Dr. Day's articles, please visit our Baby Development page which has copies of her Babies are so Clever! article and other published articles.
