Wooden Spoons and / or Shakers (for the older babies make sure you have enough for you too – if you don’t have any maracas a small plastic container with rice or lentils with a tight lid would work. 

Ducks – if you have some small blue fabric you could make a little lake for them to swim in – visual storytelling.

 

Picture of a Horse or a cuddly toy

 

Birds  - if you have one – not essential

 

Bubbles – we will use most weeks, if you don’t have any you can make your own there are lots of different recipes online.  This one is particularly easy. https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/how-make-bubble-mixture

 

Peekaboo Scarves – anything you can do good peekaboo with OR swishing side to side so we can explore speeds and eye tracking.  Muslin cloth or tea towel is fine too.

 

Try to have as many of the props as possible but I don’t expect you to have all.  Things like shakers please have multiple so you have some too.  Just improvise as much as you can.  It’s such fun to see some of the wonderful ideas you guys come up with.

As we’ve seen many times when we use wooden spoons some of the babies just adore them and that keeps them happy whilst you show them all sorts.

 

Some Class Guidelines

1. Try to use the biggest screen you have

2. Very importantly, the more you join in the more Baby gets out of it.  The Baby Class is really all about you doing the class and watching the screen and the babies following you not me.  Having said that some of the older babies will follow the screen but that’s not common.   It’s much more so in the toddler classes

Lastly, if you have any feedback during the term please share with me.  Doing the class at home is quite different than in person so letting me know what works and doesn’t work for you means I can give you a better class.