First Steps is a community group that meets at Calvert Hall behind Rosebery Road methodist church, Rosebery Road, NR3 3AB. We put on stay and play groups for parents / carers and their 0-4 year olds. We welcome mums, dads, grandparents, childminders, and other carers. We are an inclusive and welcoming group, offering age appropriate play opportunities, messy play and healthy snacks. We finish with a songtime with props, puppets and sometimes bubbles or parachute play. We keep the cost as low as possible so all are groups are either £2 per family (1 adult and up to 3 children, extra adults £1) or FREE (Story Cafe and Help! are free). There are a few parking spaces adjacent to the church (please park at an angle to the church wall), and a few 2 hour spots on Rosebery Road.
We believe that children learn through playing, chatting and exploring their environment and resources. We believe in instilling a sense of awe and wonder in the children. We have a trained Communication Champion in our setting who can advise on speech, language and communication concerns. We promote wellbeing for babies, toddlers and their carers. Our group's run by a former teacher, an outstanding childminder and a retired childminder, all with years of knowledge and experience in early childhood. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you to our warm and friendly group.
TUESDAYS - Stay and Play - our big popular session in the big hall with areas for babies to clay or crawl, as well as for bigger children to push buggies and ride the little scuttlebugs, as well as messy play, construction, kitchen and shop role play and more. Healthy snack includes a selection from various chopped fruits and vegetable sticks, pitta bread, rice cakes, bread sticks, hummus, with water or milk for the cbhildren and a hot drink and a biscuit for adults. Open 915am - 1100am, Tuesdays in term time. £2 per family (1 adult and up to 3 children, extra adult £1)
