The Natural Sensory Nook

A few more followers to The Nook family.
It's time to reintroduce myself. ☺️

Josie here!
I am a mother of four hoomans, early years qualified and play development.
I love food, the woods and the sea. I love being home and reading or watching a random series I don't ever finish. (Still have finished Greys Anatomy)
I believe in nature,magick and following what she has to offer.
I love to see play happen organically, but equally love offering opportunities for families to enjoy together.

The Natural Sensory Nook 🌿 is centred around the natural world and play. How connection, development and learning can happen and how we don't need to spend money to offer the real ways of learning.

The Nook is a place I needed when I was a new mother, it's always an honour to offer these opportunities for children but even more so for parents. I work with you as a whole, not just your baby. Those first 1001 days and beyond, can be the foundations to understanding how your child learns but also who you are as a parent.
I'm here to support, guide and play. 🤍🌿

www.thenaturalsensorynook.co.uk

Summer workshops 🌞

Three workshops for babies aged 6weeks- 7 months
Something for the littlest of explorers this summer.
Still in a home from home, calm environment, enjoy sessions with focus, connection and play.

Session 1: Connection, Settle & Sooth
This session will focus on massage and yoga stretches for baby to help calm, and settle when feeling overwhelmed, promote a deeper sleep and offer ways to promote connections and bonding.

Session 2: Digestion, Development & Play
This session focuses on supporting your babys physical development with beneficial yoga stretches, build muscle strength & flexibility. We will also explore massage to aid digestion and help with colic and constipation, with elements of gentle sensory play.

Session 3: Play, Balance & Tummy Time
With this session we visit ways to play and promote tummy time through movement, stretches and swings. Promoting the vagus nerve through massage and gentle sensory experiences.

You will be welcome to book one session, two or all three. Numbers are limited to keep a calm and nurturing space.
Booking is highly recommended. 🤍🌿

https://the-natural-sensory-nook.classforkids.io

I just love it when a Messy Nook comes together.

Babies are curious about the world from the very moment they are born.

Everything is brand new, and while they are eager to explore, they also need to feel safe, secure and connected to you as they do. There is no rush. No pressure. No need to overstimulate.

In those early weeks and months, play is beautifully simple. It's about quiet observation, gentle moments and building connections together.

We often think we need endless toys, flashing lights and noisy gadgets, but the truth is your baby doesn't need lots. The most important part of their play is you. Your face, your voice, your touch and your presence are the greatest resources they will ever have.

This is why our Mono Nook is such a loved part of our Sprouts classes. Using gentle monotone resources allows babies to focus without becoming overwhelmed. High contrast images and simple materials support developing eyesight, strengthen visual tracking, encourage early brain connections and help babies begin to make sense of the world around them.

Whether it's a soft toy, a simple cloth book or a few black and white flash cards, these gentle resources offer so much without needing to do too much.

Always remember... less is more. 🌿🤍

Sometimes the quietest moments of play are the ones doing the biggest work.

When toddlers start to have the confidence to walk and want to explore their environment, bare feet are best (if safe)
At The Nook I encourage bare feet at all ages, including our toddlers. *Sticky feet as we have come to know them
This is because the information received through the soles of our feet is invaluable, this is still true for you as an adult.
So when we are allowing for babies and toddlers to explore, climb, walk and discover their surroundings, bare feet will not only offer new information but it also helps build balance, muscle & tendon strength.
This will continue to support their development as they grow and this isn't just in class, there are opportunities to allow exploration and promote this area in the natural world.

So remember, if you can and it's safe, allow for bare feet. Why not join your toddler and experience the world with them?
🤍🌿

The Natural Sensory Nook is here to support the world of connection and play.
I hold you while you hold your baby.
Sensory classes at The Nook are not overwhelming and don't expect you to follow some play routine with no time to breathe in-between. We gently start each session and offer opportunities to discover.
The best part?
You do this together.
No worries about the outside world, no responsibility just you and your child exploring together and allowing for imagination to be the only thing that controls the outcome.

I'm here to offer these moments and support you in your babys development and show you how you can continue supporting them to be strong, wild and independent but still need your presence to offer play, love and connection and most importantly growth.

The Natural Sensory Nook is no ordinary sensory class 🌿

It's a rice play kind of sensory play day 🌿

Once you reach Seedlings the Messy Nook opens up into a world of natural discovery. There are no limits. I provide the opportunities, you provide the discovery.

Real, authentic materials & tools.
Best part?
You don't have to worry about cleaning up! 😆

Come and join us
https://the-natural-sensory-nook.classforkids.io

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What we learn in baby massage 🌿

Connection & bonding time
Community building (got to love that village)
That you are not alone
How touch can be a powerful way to help your baby
That these little moments don't have to look insta perfect
That you can have a quiet moment
That toast is still amazing when someone else makes it 😊
That little & often is just right

At The Nook these sessions might feel like you are here to just massage your baby, but let me tell you.
We don't rush. There is no one size fits all and however looks for you, it is perfect! 🤍
I am here to guide you, not teach you, I'm here to offer alternative ways to connect and promote wellness and health.

As always any session at The Natural Sensory Nook is no ordinary session. 🌿
https://the-natural-sensory-nook.classforkids.io

Baby massage isn't about Instagram pretty.🌿
At The Nook it's about real conversations, connections and daily life.
This isn't meant to be perfect
And that's ok.
Nature can be wild, unapologetic and still beautiful

In The Nooks Baby Massage 5 weeks we get to know each other and connect. We learn that every journey is different and we learn how to hold each other.

There is no pressure
Just come as you are. ✨

https://the-natural-sensory-nook.classforkids.io