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Playgroups: ALWAYS call to confirm
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Name of group
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Time
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City-location
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Description
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Contact
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| Every Monday |
Parents and Toddlers Support |
10:30 am -12:30 pm |
Live Oak Family Resource Center,1438 Capitola RD, SC |
Ages 9 - 18 months, combines playgroup, support group and a course in child development |
831-476-7284
ext 110 |
| Every Monday |
Preschool Playgroup |
10 am for a couple of hours |
Redwood Elementary School, BC |
in the Redwood Buddies cooperative classroom |
831-338-4144 |
| Every Tuesday |
Together in the Park |
9:00 am -12:30 pm |
Callaghan Park, 225 Sudden St, Watsonville |
Drop-in playgroup for parents and young children |
831-786-2160 |
| Every Tuesday |
Together in the Park |
10:00 am til noon |
Jose Avenue Park on Jose Ave in Live Oak |
Drop-in playgroup for parents and young children |
831-476-7284
ext 110 |
| First and Third Tuesdays of the month |
Cafe Mom |
call for info |
First Tuesday is at 101 Madison St, Watsonville |
Third Tuesday is at various parks, call for info throughout mid-to south county parks |
831-724-1311 |
| Every Wednesday |
Together in the Park |
9:00 am til 12:30 pm |
Marinovich Park, 120 Second St, Watsonville |
drop-in playgroup for parents and young children |
831-786-2160 |
| Every Wednesday |
Together in the Park |
10:30 am til noon |
Felton Covered Bridge on Graham Hill Road near Hwy 9 |
crafts, songs, snacks and parenting tips, hosted by the Mountain Community Resource Center |
Cori at
831-335-6605 |
| Every Wednesday |
New Moms Support Group |
9:30 am til 12:30 pm |
Dominican Ed Center, Room C, 1555 Soquel Drive, SC |
babies up to six months, discuss common concerns with other new moms or dads |
831-462-7709 |
| Every Wednesday |
Breastfeeding Support Group |
10:30 am til 12:30 pm |
Dominican Ed Center, Room D, 1555 Soquel Drive, SC |
discuss joys and challenges of breastfeeding |
831-462-7709 |
| Every Wednesday |
Tiny Tots |
11:15-12:30 pm |
Santa Cruz Roller Palladium, 1606 Seabright Ave in SC |
for kids 8 and under, $3 per person for rollerskates, includes warm-up, instructiona and games |
831-423-0844 |
| Every Wednesday and Thursday |
Mothersong |
9:15 and 10:30, one-hour classes |
407 Broadway, Unity Temple, SC |
Multicultural singalong with parents and babies up to three years old, $5-10 for parent, babies FREE |
Joya Winwood.
831-621-3942 |
| Every Thursday |
Together in the Park |
10:00 am til 12 noon |
Frederick Street Park, end of Frederick St in SC |
drop-in playgroup for parents and young children |
831-476-7284
ext 110 |
| Every Friday |
Together in the Park |
9:00 am til 12:30 noon |
Aldridge Park, Aldridge Lane in Corralitos |
drop-in playgroup for parents and young children |
831-786-2160 |
| Every Friday |
Parent and Toddler Support Group
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10:00 am til noon
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Live Oak Family Resource Center, 1438 Capitola Rd, SC |
18 to 30 months, combines playgroup, support group and a course in child development
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831-476-7284
ext 110
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| Every Friday |
Attachment Parenting Playgroup |
12:30 to 2:30 pm
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call for location in Santa Cruz |
free drop-in playgroup for all ages of children and their caregivers who would like to learn more about this intuitive yet research-supported parenting approach
www.attachmentparenting.org |
Tina McRorie amsel@mac.com
831-332-0864 |
| Every Saturday |
Mothersong |
10:30 til 11:30 |
407 Broadway, Unity Temple SC |
Multicultural singalong with parents and babies up to three years old, $5-10 for parent, kids 12 and under FREE |
Joya Winwood.
831-621-3942 |
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Parenting Classes (always call to confirm)
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Positive Discipline Community Resources, an organization dedicated to building stong families. They aim to support parents and educators in teaching children to grow into responsible, capable, resilient and caring adults. 423-2293
http://pdcrsantacruz.org/ |
| Bipolar Moms Support Group meets from 6:00- 8:00 pm on the first Thursday of each month, FREE, 1051 Cayuga Street, Rm 212, Santa Cruz, 831-345-7190 |
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fingerbabble Communicate with your child sooner and have fun at our sign language play classes for infants and toddlers between the ages of 6 months to 2 years old. Sign language can help reduce frustration, develop early cognitive and linguistic skills, and allows you to peek into their little minds before they can speak. Learn more or sign up for our next play session at fingerbabble@gmail.com or www.fingerbabble.com
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Santa Cruz: Parenting by Connection Group in Spanish
Led by Adriana Castillo and Alma Mendosa, Location: Santa Cruz, call for location, Cost: Sliding Scale, $10 to $15 suggested
Registration: Call PLI at (650) 322-5323 or register online |
| Hand in Hand, Patty Wipfler, Director, gives classes and workshops for schools, agencies, parents and those who lead parents and teachers. These classes are announced on their web site or call 650-322-5323 |
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| Skillful Parenting Classes, Santa Cruz Adult School, 350 Taylor Street or 2931 Mission Street in Santa Cruz, 429-3966, various times and places. CPR and first aid also offered, email scas@sccs.santacruz.k12.ca.us |
| Child Development Resource Center 479-5282 |
| Divorced Fathers Network is a non-profit organization that provides support for divorced parents to share parenting. They are dedicated to assisting fathers in parenting issues and helping them through a supportive group network. The group meets every Monday night from 7:30 to 9:00pm in the Dominican Hospital Education Building. They also host a free family event every month, usually on the third Saturday.Call Steve Ashley for more information at 335-0373 or 335-5855. Visit them online at www.divorcedfathers.com |
| Cabrillo College, Early Childhood Development Classes, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003 831-479-6100 |
| Family ROI is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people of all backgrounds apply proven business principles to revitalize, focus, and strengthen the most important organization in the world-their own family. Unaffiliated with any religious or political agenda, we help families identify tools and strategies to grow stronger and achieve their own unique vision of success. Family ROI measures success on your own family's terms. Just as a corporation measures success in terms of its Return On Investment (ROI), a family can measure success by the return its members receive from investing in each other and their shared future. Just as succesful companies do, families can achieve greater long-term success by defining their own unique vision, setting goals and executing a plan to achieve them. The Family ROI Program enables families to launch this important process efficiently and effectively. For more information please visit out website www.familyroi.org or call us at 831-430-1950. |
| Family Services Agency: Interactive Parent-Child Support Group learn parenting skills and get peer support while your pre-school child enjoys structured play. Sliding scale or free for low income families. For children 5 years and under. 104 Walnut Avenue, Santa Cruz, 423-9444, ext 345 |
| Answers Benefittng Children Parenting Programs, 18 West Lake Ave in Watsonville, 763-3108 or 763-4571, Childcare provided during class sessions. There is no fee for the classes, but class size is limited, so please register in advance |
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Publications and Online Resources
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Elizabeth Pantley, Author and Parent Educator,
"THE NO-CRY POTTY TRAINING SOLUTION, Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers"
A wealth of hints & tips on raising children, with information on attachment parenting with common sense & mutual respect for both child and parent, http://www.pantley.com/elizabeth |
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Infant Care Classes
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| Community Education Classes at Watsonville Hospital |
Classes offered in Infant CPR, Prepared Childbirth, Pre-Natal Yoga, New Mom and Baby Yoga, Medical Spanish, Babysitting, Baby Talk, Yoga for Moms-To-Be (English and Spanish) call 831-761-5618 or visit www.wathosp.org |
| Dominican Hospital Pep Classes |
Classes offered in Infant CPR, Pediatric First Aid, Kids Can Learn CPR, Preparation for Childbirth, Babysitting Workshop, New Moms-New Babies, The Dad's Class, Infant Care, Preparing for Twins, Prenatal Yoga, Make Room for Baby, Successful Breastfeeding, 462-7709, 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, in Spanish call 457-7103 www.dominicanhospital.org |
| Nursing Mothers Counsel Volunteer Training |
a non-profit organization that helps breastfeeding mothers in the Santa Cruz Community by providing them with information and support. To find out more about training classes that start in April, contact barbara@harker.com or call 423-7576 or 427-3825 |
| Family Health Education Programs of the Live Oak Family Resource Center |
1777 Capitola Road, inside the Senior Center. Office hours are 10am-2pm, M-F. Call first: 476-7284 or 457-0334. Parent Resource material is available in addition to classes. Most classes take place at 323 La Fonda Avenue in Santa Cruz, just inside the entrance to Harbor High School. There are parent education programs (parent and child play groups, parenting infants and toddlers, parenting 2 to pre-K), park playgroups-bilingual (Together in the Park, Las Madres y Los Padres), childbirth education (childbirth preparation in English, childbirth refresher in English, private childbirth classes, childbirth preparation in Spanish, private childbirth classes in Spanish), parenting and special circumstances (Blaine Street Women's Jail Family Activity Days, Parents in Recovery: NA, Mondanaro-Baskin Center, Positive Parenting in English and Spanish) |
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Breastfeeding Support Groups
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| La Leche League |
monthly meetings in Santa Cruz, Aptos, and Boulder Creek providing support, information, and encouragement to women that want to breatfeed. Phone and email help available at all times from volunteer leaders. Call 425-3088 for more information. LLL reaches over 300,000 women monthly in 61 countries.www.lalecheleague.org |
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Baby Safety
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| Baby Bee Safe, 831-336-1642 |
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