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| FEBRUARY / MARCH / APRIL 2012 |
All workshops are conducted in the Sydney inner-city regions of Darlinghurst, East Sydney and Surry Hills. All venues are close to public transport and parking. Locations are listed with maps on every booking link just click on the date that works for you or for 'quickie link' click here... |
| For Children & Teens |
CLAY PLAY: This workshop is for children 3 to 5 years of age and is a structured program to help your child build interesting objects with clay. During the course children will learn different ways to mould and shape clay by building fun objects such as vases, necklaces, bow ties, cartoon figures and more. The fee includes all materials used throughout the course. 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 11:15 am to 12:15 pm
MANDARIN FOUNDATIONS FOR KIDS: This workshop of for children 3 to 5 and is playful way to learn the foundations of Mandarin. Through the use of music, games and video your child will gain a strong foundation for future Mandarin instruction. This program is conducted under licence from the Nexus Langauge Centre and is very experiential and involves lots of fun! 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm MANDARIN BASICS: Chinese is predicted to be the language of the 21st centaury much the same way that English become the common language of the 20th centaury. This weekly class will build on Mandarin Foundations for Kids and teach your child the basics of Mandarin (the most commonly spoken dialect in China) conversation. 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm MIND & MUSCLES FOR BABIES: A team of psychotherapists whose speciality is play therapy develops this program and the course uses a series of games, activities and fun to help stimulate your child’s mental development and enhance motor skills co-ordination. The program is broken into five age groups – babies, crawlers, toddlers, youngies and preschoolers! 8 classes @ 45 minutes each commencing... MONDAY FEBRUARY 6 9:30 am to 10:15 am MIND & MUSCLES FOR CRAWLERS: A team of psychotherapists whose speciality is play therapy develops this program and the course uses a series of games, activities and fun to help stimulate your child’s mental development and enhance motor skills co-ordination. The program is broken into five age groups – babies, crawlers, toddlers, youngies and preschoolers! 8 classes @ 45 minutes each commencing... MONDAY FEBRUARY 6 10:30 am to 11:15 am MIND & MUSCLES FOR TODDLERS: A team of psychotherapists whose speciality is play therapy develops this program and the course uses a series of games, activities and fun to help stimulate your child’s mental development and enhance motor skills co-ordination. The program is broken into five age groups – babies, crawlers, toddlers, youngies and preschoolers! 8 classes @ 45 minutes each commencing... TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7 9:30 am to 10:15 am MIND & MUSCLES FOR YOUNGIES: A team of psychotherapists whose speciality is play therapy develops this program and the course uses a series of games, activities and fun to help stimulate your child’s mental development and enhance motor skills co-ordination. The program is broken into five age groups – babies, crawlers, toddlers, youngies and preschoolers! 8 classes @ 45 minutes each commencing... TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7 10:30 am to 11:15 am MIND & MUSCLES FOR PRE-SCHOOLERS: A team of psychotherapists whose speciality is play therapy develops this program and the course uses a series of games, activities and fun to help stimulate your child’s mental development and enhance motor skills co-ordination. The program is broken into five age groups – babies, crawlers, toddlers, youngies and preschoolers! 8 classes @ 45 minutes each commencing... MONDAY FEBRUARY 6 3:15 to 4:00 pm MUSIC MAESTROS: This workshop is for children 3 to 5 and is a music appreciation session. The use of games and learning activities with the introduction to different musical styles will help your child to develop an ear for music and an understanding of rhythm, timing and beats. 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9 9:15 am to 10:15 am PAINTING PRE-SCHOOLERS: This workshop is for children 3 to 5 and is a fun way of allowing kids to explore their creative side using paint and objects found around the house. A range of different medium will stimulate children's minds and allow them to experiment with form and colour in a bright environment. 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 8 10:30 am to 11:30 am POSTER PLAY: This workshop is for children 3 to 5 years of age and is 60 minutes of creative self-expression. During the course children will learn how to use various artistic mediums and each class is structured around a children’s storybook. The fee includes all materials used throughout the course. 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 10:00 am to 11:00 am (EMOTIONAL) RESILIENT FUNDAMENTALS FOR YOUNG ADULTS: This workshop is for young people 16 to 18 and will help young person build the strengths to overcome life’s obstacles and to triumph when threats materialise! The program is conducted under licence from the International Resilience Institute Sydney and is a unique program of self-development. 2-day program... SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11 & SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12 9:30 am to 3:30 pm (EMOTIONAL) RESILIENT KIDS: This workshop is for children 6 to 10 and will help your child build the mental fortitude to bounce back from life challenges! The program is conducted under licence from the International Resilience Institute Sydney and is a unique program of self-development. 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm (EMOTIONAL) RESILIENT TEENS: This workshop is for children 11 to 15 and will help your teenager build the mental fortitude to bounce back from life challenges! The program is conducted under licence from the International Resilience Institute Sydney and is a unique program of self-development. 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... MONDAY FEBRUARY 6 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm SCHOOL FOUNDATIONS: This workshop is for 4 and 5 year olds and focuses on basics that help your child have a good start to schooling. Topics covered include numbers, letters, reading and writing. 8 classes @ 60 minutes each commencing... THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm STUDY ESSENTIALS: This workshop is for young people 13 to 17 and will teach your child all the skills they need to learn! The program has been developed by educational psychologist and looks at all the ‘tea and tidy’ basics to help with study as well as some of the mental blocks that motivate us to procrastinate and avoid our homework. 3-day program... SYDNEY: SATURDAY MARCH 17 & SUNDAY MARCH 18 & 10 10:30 am to 3:30 pm STRAIGHT TALK SELF-ESTEEM & LIFE SKILLS: This workshop is for 9 to 14 year olds that addresses important issues that are relevant to pre-teens in today’s world. The program has been developed by a team of social workers and psychotherapist and is full of useful information, exercises and lots of activities designed to encourage the use to explore their experiences, feelings and relationships. 3-half day program... SUNDAY APRIL 14 / 21 / 28 10:30 am to 1:30 pm |
For Parents |
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BEING AN EMOTIONALLY RESILIENT PARENT: This workshop is conducted under licence of the International Resilience Institute Sydney and will teach you how to apply practically the 8-IRIS strengths of emotional resilience. 2-day workshop... SATURDAY MARCH 10 & SUNDAY MARCH 11 10:00 am to 4:00 pm SATURDAY APRIL 18 & SUNDAY APRIL 19 10:00 am to 4:00 pm GET HAPPY: Parenting is a challenge and can often affect our true sense of wellbeing. This workshop series explores what is happiness and why we should bother to invest more time and energy into being that way. A psychotherapist whose special field of study is positive psychology and emotional resilience developed this program. 6-evenings group discussion format with facilitation... PLAY-POWER FOR BIRTH TO 1 YEAR OLDS: EventPlay-Power workshops will teach you the parent the power of play and how it can help you child in various levels of development. The program is conducted under licence from The Benevolent Society and is broken into two programs – birth to 1 and 1 to 3 years. 3-hour workshop... TUESDAY MARCH 13 10:00 am to 1:00 pm PLAY-POWER FOR 1 TO 3 YEAR OLDS: EventPlay-Power workshops will teach you the parent the power of play and how it can help you child in various levels of development. The program is conducted under licence from The Benevolent Society and is broken into two programs – birth to 1 and 1 to 3 years. 3-hour workshop... WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14 10:00 am to 1:00 pm RESILIENT PARENTING - RAISING EMOTIONALLY RESILIENT CHILDREN: This workshop is conducted under licence of the International Resilience Institute Sydney and will give you great insight into how you as a parent can help your children grow with an emotionally resilient mindset. 3-hour workshop... MONDAY FEBRUARY 13 10:00 am to 1:00 pm THURSDAY MARCH 15 10:00 am to 1:00 pm SPEAKING WITH INTER-PERSONAL CONFIDENCE: This workshop is an intensive experiential learning program that will help you identify and eliminate communication blocks afecting your enjoyment of interpersonal resilationships. 3-day workshop... APRIL 27 to 29 10:00 am to 1:00 pm SUCCESS BY CHOICE: This is a short but intense day of self-discovery. The workshop focuses on the power of authentic and creative expression of oneself to help the participant to be more productive and better able to see and speak ones own truth in all facets of their life. 1-day workshop... SATURDAY MARCH 3 10:30 am to 4:30 pm NINE SECRETS TO GET WHAT YOU WANT: So often as adults we forget what it is that we want; we just wake up one day a little down and somewhat resentful! Don’t let this happen to you! You can find that all important work-life-balance if you just adopt nine little secrets… 3-hour workshop... WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 22 10:30 am to 1:30 pm NURTURING THE WINNER IN YOUR LITTLE GENIUS: Learn how to empower your children to think responsibly and to build within themselves the motivation and drive to success in school and life… 9-weeks of workshops... WEDNESDAY MARCH 7 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm |
| HOLIDY PROGRAMS ARE COMING! WE ALSO HOPE TO ANNOUNCE VERY SOON YOGA AND MEDITATION CLASSES FOR CHLDREN AND PARENTS TOGETHER! |
Watch this space! We are currently working with various providers to explore a way to develop a local holiday program for children of all ages... |