BEST BABY CLASSES FOR YOUR 6 MONTH OLD

An early-literacy session built around the stories and songs of the Jewish New Year. This class supports vocabulary, listening, and story comprehension all while having fun! Celebrate Jewish culture and ignite early literacy skills in this unique, culturally enriched class for toddlers and preschoolers. In partnership with PJ Library and the JCC of Staten Island, Mazel Tots is exclusive to the JCC. This class combines storytelling, songs, and engaging activities to introduce children to Jewish traditions while fostering a love of reading and learning.

A barnyard band exploring farm animals, their sounds, and a steady marching beat. This class supports vocabulary, sound imitation, and instrument play.

Step onto the farm as babies learn animal names and sounds through music and sign language. This class supports early vocabulary and communication through familiar animals and repetitive songs.

Farm animals come to life through prints, textures, and barnyard sensory art. This class supports animal vocabulary, texture discrimination, and fine motor practice.

A not-too-spooky seasonal class exploring loud and soft, fast and slow, and lots of silly sounds. This class supports dynamic-range listening, body awareness, and imaginative play.

A friendly, not-too-spooky class as babies learn seasonal words through music and sign language. This class supports vocabulary and playful imitation.

A classic nursery-rhyme class that builds early-literacy skills through rhyme, rhythm, and repetition. This class supports phonological awareness, memory, and act-it-out play.

Fall in love with books as babies learn early-literacy words through music and sign language, tied to the Mother Goose and storybook week. This class supports print awareness and communication.

Art built around favorite nursery rhymes and picture books, where children make the characters they have been reading about. This class supports story comprehension, print awareness, and creative decision-making.

Nursery-rhyme-inspired play that brings classic Mother Goose characters into the gym, highlighting early literacy, rhyme and rhythm, and act-it-out movement. One price per family, no commitments, big helper older siblings welcome. Join us at the JCC on Staten Island!