Just the once, starting a new year rhymes with starting new activities. Are you still hesitating between gym and yoga, are you still looking for an activity with your 3 months old?

Whether you live in Lausanne, near Geneva or on the Fribourg side, don’t panic, our Cap Canaille and Babilou nurseries take care of everything in order for you to experience beautiful surprises in 2018. And the icing on the cake is that what we are proposing here is a range of workshops for the parent-child duo. We guarantee a joyful moment with your little one and a great bonding experience! Whether your child is enrolled in one of our daycare or not; our activities are open to all families.

Let’s take a look of what our partners have in store for you in 2018!

Play and explore music with Espace Musical

Whether your child is 3 months or 3 years old, Espace Musical offers you the opportunity to discover sounds, explore music and help your child to express his or her emotions. Musical games, laughter and rhymes will help your baby thrive and communicate with the rest of the group. Together, play with sounds and music and let your imagination do the rest.

Lenght: 30 – 45 minutes (depending on the age group)

Age: parent with child from 3 months to 4 years old

Dates and locations offered:

Saturday, March 10th between 9am and 12pm – Cap Canaille daycare in Mont-sur-Lausanne – Registration by email to helena@capcanaille.ch

Saturday, September 29th between 9am and 12pm – Cap Canaille daycare in Morges – Registration by email to morges@capcanaille.ch

For more information: http://www.espace-musical.com/

Strengthen the parent-child relationship through games with Gymcâline

For 17 years now, Gymcâline has been offering early learning activities through movements and body awareness. These workshops aim to strengthen the relationship between parent and child. With Gymcâline you will experiment different activities. Playing, singing, massaging, jumping, dancing, everything to awaken the senses. The games offered help to explore different perceptions, to participate in your child’s motor development. Activities are organized according to children’s developmental stages and  individual rhythm.

Lenght: 30 – 45 minutes (depending on the age group)

Age: parent with child from 3 months to 4 years old

Dates and locations offered:

Saturday September 1st between 9am and 12pm – Cap Canaille daycare in Rolle – Registration by email at fabrizia@capcanaille.ch

Saturday October 6th between 9am and 12pm – Cap Canaille daycare in Mont-sur-Lausanne – Registration by email to helena@capcanaille.ch

For more information: https://www.gymcaline.ch/

Learn how to massage and communicate closely with your baby using sign language

Julianne, a baby massage and sign language professional, will teach you how to massage your baby. One of the benefits of baby massage is the ability to communicate with your child who has not yet acquired language. This activity aim to support their physical, psychological and emotional development.

Lenght:  45 minutes

Age: parent with child from 0 to 4 years old

9am – 9:45am : Baby massage (0 year old  to 1 year old)

10am – 10:45am : Learn massage techniques with your family (2 years old to 4 years old)

11am – 11:45am : Explore sign language to better communicate with your child (7 months old to 24 months old)

Dates and locations offered:

Saturday March 24th between 9am and 11:45am – Cap Canaille daycare in Villars-sur-Glâne – Registration by email at myriam.saadaoui@capcanaille.ch

For more information: http://www.alarencontredesonenfant.ch/massageparentsenfants.html

http://www.signons-ensemble.ch/index.html

Discover rugby for toddlers and share the values of this sport with the Rugbytots coaches

Are you passionate about rugby and do you want to transmit the values of this sport to your child ? If yes, you can’t miss this workshop ! Rugbytots invites you to share a fun time with your family with a fantastic introduction to the rugby through games and equipment adapted to toddlers from 24 months of age. While having fun, your child will build coordination and experience the world of sports in a new and exciting way !

Lenght: 30 – 45 minutes (depending on the age group)

Age: parent with child between 24 months and 4 years old

Date and location offered:

Saturday, March 24th between 9am and 12pm – Babilou daycare in Mies – Registration by email at mies@babilou.ch

Depending on the demand and success of this first worshop, further sessions will be scheduled in Mies between April, 14 and June,23.

For more information: http://rugbytots.ch/

Better understand your child’s needs thanks to sign language

Want to understand why your baby is crying? Learn to communicate with your baby who doesn’t yet communicate with words. Strengthen the relationship through sign language and help your child express his /her needs and emotions. With sign language you can help your baby to build self-esteem and self-confidence and support his / her communication development.

Lenght: 50 minutes

Age: parent with child from 2 months to 2 years old

Date and location offered :

Saturday April 28th at 9am  – Cap Canaille daycare in Bulle – Registration by email at myriam.saadaoui@capcanaille.ch

Learning and having fun through babygym

As a storyteller and trained in parent-child gymnastics, Isabelle will make you discover the benefits of this activity through one of her stories. During this workshop you will also be able to learn some basic gestures from sign language in order to better communicate with your child. Come share a fun and lovely moment with your child while learning  the gestures and movements that will allow him /her  to build his / her self-confidence and strengthen the bond between the two of you.

Lenght: 50 minutes

Age: parent with child from  2,5 years old to 5 years old

Date and location offered :

Saturday April 28th at 10am – Cap Canaille daycare in Bulle – Registration by email at myriam.saadaoui@capcanaille.ch

For more information: http://www.danseavectesmains.ch/

So convinced? Each workshop has a limited number of places for a maximum of fun! Don’t delay, register quickly for the workshop of your choice. Send an e-mail to the daycare of your choice with being sure to include the following details: your name and the name & the age of your child. We will let you know the exact time of your session once you register. The session will depend on your child’s age.

Happy parent-child workshops!

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