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The Mini Movement offers a range of fun parent and baby groups in Cardiff, Newport, Dinas Powys and Caerphilly.
Expertly developed by a senior children’s physiotherapist and dance teacher, The Mini Movement is a unique baby development and sensory class which combines sensory play, dance and music to stimulate your little one in every class!
Our baby development and sensory classes centre around promoting gross motor skills, which are key for helping your baby or toddler to gain strength and confidence in their own body. Movement is essential for human development, learning and growth and encouraging this at a young age builds a great foundation for babies to continue to develop and be able to successfully achieve more complex skills later in life. Movement and learning are interconnected; ‘We learn to move and we move to learn’.
Whole body movements which involve the large (core stabilising) muscles
Movements which require the smaller muscle of the hands and fingers
How the brain processes information we receive from our five senses, organises it, and responds
The sense that lets us perceive the location, movement, and action of different parts of the body. We are not born with this and need to learn it
Understanding of tempo, rhythm, mood and phrasing- important for learning instruments, singing and dancing
Key for learning as it allows us to plan, monitor and regulate our thoughts and actions
Allows us to be stable, functional and protects our spine
Early social interaction is beneficial for child development and can help develop strong language skills, creativity, empathy, communication and confidence
Research has shown that attending baby music and movement classes increase parent-baby attachment and improve the quality of interaction and bonding
Each exercise and activity in our Mini Movement classes have been meticulously designed to work on gross motor skills for toddlers and babies, as well as fine motor skills, sensory integration, body awareness, rhythm, musicality, attention and core stability.
At the same time, promoting confidence, social skills and bonding between parent and child in a fun, sensory baby group that parents and children alike will enjoy!
Learn how to facilitate your child’s development in all areas safely and gradually with expert advice whilst also dancing, having fun with your baby and other parents and creating special memories together.
Our baby development and sensory classes are currently located in Dinas Powys, Newport and Caerphilly and our classes are suitable for newborns, babies, toddlers and children aged up to 4 years.
Help your baby or toddler learn about the world around them through sensory stimulation, light shows, music, dance, baby massage, props and more. Our Intermediate and Graduate classes also help toddlers build friendships, develop social skills and confidence through imaginative play, music and dance.
Our class themes change regularly to stimulate your baby and let your child explore new skills. Fun and popular themes include Under the Sea, Superheroes, Jungle, Around the World and more!
We think it is essential for our parent and baby classes to be developmentally appropriate for your little one as we focus on specific skills and milestones in each class therefore, our baby and toddler classes are based around developmental ability rather than age to suit every child’s needs.
Come and join our beautiful MINI MOVERS class for babies 8 WEEKS to CRAWLING.
This gentle and playful interactive class focuses on nurturing those precious early months and bonding between parent and baby. It leads to developing physical skills, body awareness, confidence and language acquisition
We safely introduce you to sensory play and facilitation of your baby’s development in all areas with expert advice and support.
Come and join our bouncy MEGA MOVERS class for walking toddlers up to age THREE!
This adventure-filled, highly interactive class focuses on refining physical skills, agility and confidence through imaginative story-telling, assault courses, music, dance and much more!
£42 for a six-week block of The Mini Movement or Mama Fitness classes.
10% discount if you book The Mini Movement and Mama Fitness classes together.
15% sibling discount.
Do you have any questions about our classes, features, locations, or pricing, or do you just want a chat?
We’d love to hear from you.
The Mini Movement is a unique baby, toddler and parent dance and development class developed by a paediatric physiotherapist and dance teacher. Our fun, interactive, themed classes focus on the development of infant gross motor skills through the wonderful world of dance and music whilst also introducing sensory play, baby massage and socialisation.
