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Infant Developmental Movement Education

Infant Developmental Movement Educators (IDMEs) take a family-centered approach to facilitate a baby’s movement development from birth through toddlerhood. IDMEs observe, educate, facilitate, and play with all family participants to create understanding around baby’s current strengths and what might happen next in their developmental trajectory. Caregivers feel supported as the experts in their baby.

IDME Playgroup

IDME playgroups provide a space for caregivers to connect with other caregivers and explore any questions they may have around developmental movement. Caregivers can enter with their babies at any point in the first half hour and leave as needed. IDMEs provide support through education, observation, and reflection and believe that more resources lead to the capacity for more exploration. Additional support may come in the form of hands-on touch, facilitation of movement patterns, and exposure to new methods of play.

IDME Playgroups are offered as ongoing drop-in classes

Mondays 9:30 – 10:30 am @ NYC Gymnastics Movement

Tuesdays 1:30 – 3:00 pm @ Suryaside Yoga

Twinkling Tots Baby & Me Dance Classes

Twinkling Tots (Baby & Me) class brings together caregivers and their infants for 45 minites of joyful movement, self-expression, and community building. Classes draw on principles from functional movement and anatomy, somatic movement such as body patterning and body awareness, and creative expression. Caregivers bond with their babies through movement and song while gaining functional strength needed for caregiving. Grown-ups and babies explore their creative curiosities together, experiencing dance as joy in motion. The last 15 minutes of class are open for community building amongst families taking class together.

Tuesdays at 11:00 am @ Dance Matters

Baby & Me Yoga

Baby & Me Yoga classes focus on gentle movement for caregivers that alleviate the physical burdens of caregiving while providing suggestions for touch and handling of babies that are functional and supportive for the babies and their caregivers. Classes encourage bonding for infants and caregivers and create an intentional community for new parents.

Join us for 6 – week seasonal series Thursdays at 10:30 am

Suryaside Yoga.

Spring Session: Mar 6 – Apr 10

GROW

Sessions with an IDME start with observation to become witness to the baby’s movement patterns and meet the baby where they are. Observation helps baby develop a sense of safety with both caregiver and IDME present. As baby grows, IDME and caregiver notice new skill-building for further support.

PLAY

Using toys, hands-on touch, and positioning an IDME follows the curiosity of baby to join or support them in play. Play may arise out of a question from the caregiver and act as a place for further observing baby behavior and movement patterns. Hands-on facilitation helps baby sort out their own pathways into movement patterns.

CONNECT

IDME playgroups provide a space for caregivers to connect with other caregivers and explore the answers to any questions around developmental movement. IDMEs provide support through education, observation, and reflection and believe that more resources lead to the capacity for more exploration.