Playgroups and Pre-School classes
Wharfedale & Craven and the surrounding areas are a fantastic place for bringing up children and there is plenty going on children.
Below is a list of all the local playgroups and drop in clinics throughout the week and also details of all the children’s activities classes available across our area. Please contact the organisers directly if you would like to find out further information or to confirm class times or costs.
If you know of any other classes or groups which are not already listed, then please contact us here. Basic listings are free. ’Featured’ listings are £10 per month. For our full advertising rates then please click here.
Award-winning, fun and informal dance classes for boys and girls aged 18 months to 6 years.
With a real focus on learning through play, the babyballet® syllabus fits within the UK Government’s Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework. Our imaginative classes provide the opportunity for young children to learn and develop a number of key skills such as coordination, balance, counting and colour recognition as well as social skills such as sharing and turn-taking, all within a fun and positive environment! Using a range of props as well as our famous Teddy and Twinkle bears, our experienced teachers aim to instil confidence and a joy for dancing in all of our children!
Tinies (18 months – 3 years)
Movers (3-4 years)
Tappers (age 3+)
Groovers (4.5 – 6 years)
Mondays @ Peace Dance Academy, Yeadon
Tuesdays @ Alwoodley Community Association
Wednesdays@ Alwoodley Community Association
Fridays @Peace Dance Academy, Yeadon and St Barnabas, Alwoodley
Saturdays @Alwoodley Community Association and the Mercure Parkway Hotel (Bramhope) and at Trinity Church Rawdon
To view our detailed timetable or book a three week trial please visit our website: https://babyballet.co.uk/babyballet-school/leeds-north/ or email Miss Laura on: leedsnorth@babyballet.co.uk
We would love for you to come and join the fun!
Get ready for a new level of fun and learning at Kidzplay! We’re excited to host a lineup of fantastic groups and classes for your little one!
🧠 Mind-Engaging Classes: Try out our mind-engaging classes! From interactive storytelling to creative arts and crafts, our experienced instructors make learning a blast.
🎨 Creative Workshops: Nurture your child’s imagination with our creative workshops! Dive into the world of colors, textures, and self-expression, creating their own little masterpieces!
🤸♀️ Active Play Groups: Join our active play groups! Designed for little movers and shakers, these sessions keep your kids active while enjoying the fun!
Moo Music Leeds run interactive, multisensory, music sessions for babies and children under 5 with their parents, grandparents or carers too. The children sing, dance, play, learn and have fun. Music is an essential part of every child’s development and each week we explore the music with sensory activities, signing, props and instruments to a new and exciting theme.
With 125+ original, upbeat, fun and educational Moo Music songs, written by a professional songwriter, we guarantee you’ll be singing along all week! The interactive sessions will help your child gain confidence and develop memory, language and coordination skills in an exciting, enjoyable and multi-sensory way. It’s a great way to make new friends – both for the children and the adults too!
Classes in: Menston, Otley, Ilkley, Yeadon, Adel, Alwoodley, Scarcroft and Oulton with more areas planned in the near future!
Age Range and classes:
Baby Moo – From Birth to Crawling (approx.)
Mixed Moo – All age group (0-5) and perfect for active toddlers to explore – even better if you have two or more, this is the ideal group for siblings.
Baby Massage – The newest addition to our line-up, Baby Massage is all about nurturing a wonderful bond with your newborn. Designed for babies not yet crawling, our qualified Farmers will show you how to massage your baby confidently so that you can continue with it at home.
Baby massage brings multiple benefits from calming a fussy baby and aiding digestion to help baby to sleep and ultimately developing a beautiful bond with your baby.
Join our baby massage class to meet other Mums and Dads and learn some extra skills that will help soothe your baby…hopefully giving you some much-needed sleep!
We effortlessly intertwin our calm Moo Music songs to create routines for you to learn and repeat in your own time. This is a unique experience for you to enjoy with your baby. Massage oil is provided.
For more information, please get in touch with ‘Farmer Caroline’ caroline@moo-music.co.uk or 07932501904
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Climb aboard the Number Train as it takes your preschool child on a different journey of discovery each week. Help your child to prepare for school and enjoy watching them as they roar like a dinosaur, travel into Space, meet some pirates, go shopping in the silly supermarket, visit the zoo … and SO much more!
These fast paced, action packed sessions have a different theme each week and are designed to be FUN and educational. Watch your child grow in confidence as they take part in fun activities, games, action songs, turn-taking and art & craft – all of which have an underlying focus on maths!
Number Train is growing to meet the demand for these 5 stars classes which are perfect for preschoolers aged 2.5+ . Our recent market research shows that it is the educational focus, the teacher delivery and the wide variety which makes it different to lots of other classes out there and keeps customers coming back again and again!
Your child + Number Train = Confidence in maths
Classes will be held during term time only.
WHARFEDALE CLASSES:
Burley in Wharfedale – Tuesday, 1.15pm Queens Hall, Main Street, LS29 7BT with Cathryn
Yeadon – Friday, 9.45am, 11:15am and 1pm – Kids About Tarn, Unit 4 Cliffe Court, High St, Leeds, LS19 7YU with Cathryn
Taster sessions are available to book.
******Places are limited to 15 children per session (plus younger siblings) so get in touch to book your place now!**************
For more information visit www.numbertrain.co.uk and like the Number Train Facebook page for regular updates/ ideas.
Number Train is rated 5 stars and 100% of parents surveyed would recommend the class to others
FUN, EDUCATIONAL & AWARD-WINNING music classes.
Your little one’s confidence, creativity and coordination will flourish with our fun, quality
music sessions.
Rhythm Time Yorkshire North West was recently voted Wharfedale & Craven Mumbler’s favourite class or activity for the under 5s! Our classes will help to nurture and enhance
EVERY child’s development and innate musical ability.
At a critical time in your child’s formative years, Rhythm Time offers a wide variety of activities. These activities help brain development, balance, concentration, listening skills and language which in turn help with reading, writing, maths, coordination and socialising.
Rhythm Time also helps stimulate your child’s imagination and also develops specific musical concepts such as rhythm, pitch and listening. It’s the perfect foundation for school and future music making!
Rhythm Time’s baby classes and Young Baby Courses will help the development of your baby from birth. Our Young Baby Courses have been created specifically for very young babies from birth to 6 months. These focus on developmental and multi-sensory activities specifically designed for very young babies and their early development.
Did you know you get UNLIMITED classes as part of your booking? (Ts & Cs apply) As well as your primary class booking, you are welcome to come to as many classes as you like at any of our venues. You can join us five days a week for the ultimate Rhythm Time fix and MEGA value!
Plus, you get FREE access to our Facebook Members’ Hub to support your face-to-face classes with more weekly online classes from home!
We are founding members of the Children’s Activities Association which means that you can be confident that our classes are some of the best available for parents and carers.
Book your class at www.rhythmtime.net/find-a-class or call Laura on 07577 531359
Phone: 07577 531359 Email: laura.j@rhythmtime.org Website: www.rhythmtime.net
Tiny Tots – 1 – 2 pm at Guiseley Primary School
All of the groups above will be term time only, and may be subject to change
Award-winning, sensory-rich development classes designed to support you and your baby from birth.
Monday: Menston
Tuesday: Yeadon
Wednesday: Ilkley
Saturday: Menston (0 – 13m)
Sunday: Ilkley (0 – 13m)
Call 07800 930640
WEEKLY CLASSES
(If you have siblings in different age groups please call to discuss.)
Tuesday
Kids Play, Shipley
Wednesday
Buttercups, Otley
Burley babies runs on a Monday 1 pm til 2:30 pm.
£1 per family in burley and is a friendly stay and play for mums and children aged birth to preschool, its £1 and includes tea/coffee and there is some singing at the end.
St Mary’s Parish Centre, Station Road, Burley in Wharfedale.
Class for 2-8year olds. Supporting children’s physical and emotional wellbeing through yoga, story, movement and relaxation.
Bridge Street Church on Mondays @ 9.30 am
Kids about Tarn on Wednesday @ 2.30 pm and 3.45 pm – perfect for after school while you grab a coffee.
See Facebook and Instagram for bookings.
At Little Sparks, our sessions are designed to keep your busy one on the move – after all movement is a direct link to brain development and essential for your little one!
Every single week is different and incorporates things such as dancing, singing and music, instruments, bubbles, lights, textures, messy play, stories, parachutes, balloons, puppets and so much more!
Classes are available from birth right up to school age, please check the timetable to see the most appropriate class for you.
Exclusively for little ones aged 0 – 3 years and costs just £8.95 for one toddler and one adult.
Includes:
Weekday mornings from 9am – 12pm (term times)
Ramshead Approach, Seacroft, Leeds LS14 1NH
Phonics with Robot Reg are educational, high energy classes that teach early phonics skills to children aged 1-4 years. A fantastic way to introduce children, and their adults, to the wonderful world of early literacy through the use of games, dance, music and bubbles!
Mondays: St Mary’s Parish Centre, Burley in Wharfedale (the garden room)
Pre-school (ages 2.5-4): 1.15-2.00
Tuesdays: Kids About Tarn, Yeadon
Pre-school (age 2.5-4): 9.45-10.30
Minis (age 1-2.5): 10.45-11.30
Fridays: Baildon Community Link
Minis (age 1-2.5): 9.45-10.30
Pre-school (age 2.5-4): 10.45-11.30
Contact Amanda 07527726946
Addingham Methodist Hall
9.30-11.30
£2 per family
There will be a one-way system in place, adults are to wear face masks and no drinks or snacks are provided (so bring your own), the windows will need to be open so you might want your big coat. I need to know numbers as I’m afraid I am having to limit them so please message if you’d like to come!
We are restricted to numbers so please message if you’re wanting to come along.
Rainbow tots playgroup runs:
Monday 9.30 -11.30 am at Addingham Methodist Church.
£2 entry
Sporty & Crafty tots morning is back!
Monday 10 – 11.30 am at Bramhope Robert Craven.
£3 per family.
Refreshments included. Children will need their own water bottle.
Monday 10.30 am – 12 noon. Aimed at 0 to 5-year-olds to support their development. This structured session will have a free play of all areas for parents to follow their child’s lead, snack and a social time to sit together and finish with singing. Includes baby area.
Otley Children’s Centre, Crossgreen, Otley
£2 per family.
Term Time only. No need to book.
Grange Park, Burley-in-Wharfedale
Outdoor Adventures: Mondays & Thursdays 10am
Library story & rhyme times: Tuesdays 9.30am
Expect the usual Story Bees formula of quality stories paired with a range of creative activity ideas!
Call Maddie on 07920013954 to book.
Story time for the under 5’s!
Story & Rhyme Time-Thursday, 10:30-11:30 Join us for a fun session of sharing stories and rhymes in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
Yeadon Library.
9.30-11.00 Term time
75p per adult & child
Yeadon Methodist Church. Contact Jacqui Askham 07823490135
A friendly group based at Yeadon Methodist Church. Go along and enjoy a chat and a cuppa.
Story sessions with themed arts and crafts. A group for pre-school children aged 2.5 to 5 years!
Booking is essential, thank you, Nerys. 07812780417.
Running at Queens Hall, Burley in Wharfedale.
Monday 9.30 – 11.00am ‘Tiny Tadpoles’ pre school and carers play group.
Please come and enjoy the friendship and companionship.
St Mary’s Burley in Wharfedale, 43 Station Rd, Burley in Wharfedale, Ilkley LS29 7JL
01943 864405
Toddle up & sign are interactive baby sign classes based on songs & stories. For 6months+
FREE ONLINE LIVE SESSIONS EVERY WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AT 10AM ON FACEBOOK
Please contact Liz to book a place on 07533887649.