Playgroups and classes
Harrogate and the surrounding areas are a fantastic place for bringing up children and there is plenty going on.
Below is a list of all the local playgroups and drop in clinics throughout the week and also details of all the children’s activities classes available across our area. Please contact the organisers directly if you would like to find out further information or to confirm class times or costs.
If you know of any other classes or groups which are not already listed, then please contact us here. Basic listings are free. ’Featured’ listings are £15 per month. For our full advertising rates then please click here.
Bloom
Bloom Baby Classes are multi award winning sensory classes and are run all over the UK. We have two classes, Caterpillar Club for babies aged 6 weeks – 6 months and Busy Bees for babies aged 6 months to walking.
Caterpillar
Caterpillar Club is a gentle baby development class encouraging bonding. Our Caterpillar class awakens babies first senses and stimulates in a fun, yet soothing way, using music, sensory props and sensory lights. These encourage gross motor skills and body awareness. There is also a different fun theme every week. We end the class teaching baby massage leaving your baby ready for a long nap.
Busy Bees
Busy Beesis a highly interactive, musical class, focusing on baby’s growing confidence within the big wide world. Encouraging both fine and gross motor skills, teaching body awareness and stimulating your baby’s perception of sounds with our fun range of songs and activities. At theme time, your baby gets to explore our range of bright props and exciting heuristic treasure baskets whilst developing their social skills with fellow Bloom babies!
Upstairs, our cozy cafe is open Mon-Fri, 8:30 AM – 4 PM, and Sat, 9 AM – 1 PM. Parents/carers can gather while kids enjoy our free toy library.
Hello my name is Suzie Fairy Enchantica and I’m an educational theatre and well-being specialist. My classes bring learning to life through sing-along musical adventures and include sprinkles of preschool yoga along the way.
If you are looking for a feel-good class that will help you and your little one(s) shine bright and feel great then these classes are for you.
You can enjoy classes in-person at Enchantica’s Workshop (just behind M&S on Leeds Road in Harrogate) on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays or any day of the week at home via my online learning academy.
Class options:
SUZIE BEATS (0-3 years)
Suzie Beats sessions are designed as a learning experience for preschool children and their grown ups. These entertaining and educational story journey sessions use instruments, puppets, tactile materials, music, rhyme and song to bring learning to life. With a sprinkling of story yoga and guided relaxation magic these classes provide a magical combination of entertainment, education and well-being for you to enjoy with your little ones.
Suzie Beats classes are available to book here: https://bookwhen.com/enchanticasworkshop
RISING STARS STORY YOGA (3-4 yrs, 4-5 yrs or 5-7 yrs)
Rising Stars Story Yoga and Well-Being Classes are designed for various ages from 2.5-8yrs. Sessions include yoga, drama, stories, movement, singing, dance, speech exercises, along with mindfulness and relaxation. The sessions have been designed to help children relax, improve their self-esteem, focus, manage their emotions, be imaginative and creative, sleep better and make friends.
Rising Stars classes are available for pre-schoolers aged 3-4, children in Reception aged 4-5, and children in Years 1&2, or Years 3-6.
I hope to see you in class or at one of our magical events very soon.
Kind wishes
Suzie
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Our much loved stay and play sessions will return to Toy Library HQ at The Old School in Knaresborough every Wednesday and Friday, 10am – 11.30am.
Sessions will be open to all and will run in a very similar way to our pre-covid play sessions – toys and resources will be set up for children to access while grown-ups can enjoy playing along and socialising with others! The only change that we need to make, for now, is that there will be no snack provided for children. You are very welcome to bring along your own snacks though (but please avoid nuts!)
Drinks will be available for grown ups but please bring your own reusable cup. Cups will not be provided so please don’t forget!!
Toilet and baby change facilities will be open – as always, please take nappies away with you to dispose of off site.
Sessions are £3.50 plus 50p per additional child – we can only accept card payments (we have a snazzy new card machine!), we will no longer be accepting cash.
While face coverings are not compulsory, you are very welcome to wear one!
Come along to the Breastfeeding Support Group, run by healthcare professionals, every Tuesday morning at Harrogate Library.
A welcoming group to meet other mums and get help with feeding if needed.
9am – 10.30am in the Children’s Library.
Our staff are also pre and post natal specialists who deliver Mat and Reformer Pilates classes to soon to be mummies and mummies with babies.
We also hold regular small group Reformer Pilates classes to small groups (maximum 4 people). We welcome all abilities to our classes.
✨Postnatal Pilates classes: (babies welcome)
Monday 1pm, Tuesday 12, Wednesday 130pm
£15 per class or book 10 for £135
✨Prenatal Mat Pilates:
Tuesdays @ 6pm
£15 per class or book 10 for £135 (credits can then be used in postnatal classes)
✨Prenatal Reformer Pilates:
Thursdays @ 6pm
£20 per class
Address: The heronry, Haggs Road, Harrogate, HG3 1EQ
Climb aboard the Number Train as it takes your preschool child on a different journey of discovery each week. Help your child to prepare for school and enjoy watching them as they roar like a dinosaur, travel into Space, meet some pirates, go shopping in the silly supermarket, visit the zoo … and SO much more!
These fast paced, action packed sessions have a different theme each week and are designed to be FUN and educational. Watch your child grow in confidence as they take part in fun activities, games, action songs, turn-taking and art & craft – all of which have an underlying focus on maths!
Number Train is growing to meet the demand for these 5 stars classes which are perfect for preschoolers aged 2.5+ . Our recent market research shows that it is the educational focus, the teacher delivery and the wide variety which makes it different to lots of other classes out there and keeps customers coming back again and again!
Your child + Number Train = Confidence in maths
Classes will be held during term time only in locations around North Leeds, Wetherby, Harrogate and Wharfedale.
FUN, EDUCATIONAL & AWARD-WINNING music classes for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers.
Our classes will help to nurture and enhance EVERY child’s development and innate musical ability. At a critical time in your child’s formative years, Rhythm Time offers a wide variety of activities. These activities help brain development, speech and language skills, bonding, confidence, creativity, concentration and listening skills, which in turn help with reading, writing, maths, coordination and socialising. Rhythm Time also helps stimulate your child’s imagination and develops specific musical concepts such as rhythm, pitch and listening. Designed for babies FROM BIRTH to pre-schoolers, it’s a fully progressive course and the perfect foundation for school and future music making!
You also get UNLIMITED classes as part of your booking. As well as your primary class booking, you are welcome to come to as many classes as you like at any of our venues across the Wharfedale & Craven, Bradford & Halifax, and Harrogate & Wetherby areas at no extra charge!
Cub, The Modern Nursery, Wetherby (Great child-friendly café!)
Mondays: Toddlers 10.45 & Babies 11.15
Harrogate Elim Church
Tuesdays: Toddlers 10.30, Babies 11.15, Pre-schoolers 12.00
CLASSES, PARTIES, AND CAMPS
For every stage of your child’s development – from 4 months to 12 years – The Little Gym offers a diverse lineup of classes, camps, and parties filled with movement, music, learning, and laughter. Your little ones will make friends, reach developmental milestones, and build self-confidence while having Serious Fun.
1 Cardale Park, Harrogate HG3 1RY
The Little Yorkshire Dance Academy is an award-winning performing arts school founded in 2019, offering magical, creative dance classes and events for preschool children and their families across Yorkshire.
Specialising in early years dance education, all our teachers hold dance teaching qualifications. Our fun, themed classes focus on imagination, confidence, and physical development through music, props, and storytelling.
•Story Massage, music & movement- a way of learning & communicating through play and positive touch
•Suitable for babies 5 months to pre walking
•Groups or individuals welcome
•Booking essential
I look forward to seeing you soon, Kate
07823 880439
•Each class combines baby massage, yoga, sensory stimulation, acupressure, relaxation & singing
•Suitable for babies 6 weeks & up
•Groups or individuals welcome
•Booking essential
I look forward to seeing you soon, Kate
07823 880439
Classes from 6 weeks old up to 14 years old, with classes in Harrogate on Tuesday afternoons at Spring Water School, High Street, Starbeck, Harrogate HG2 7LW
Chatsworth Dance believe our combination of expertise and enthusiasm provides top quality tuition and facilities.
We hold over 70 classes a week in 2 dedicated studios as well as additional classes at Harrogate Gymnastics at Hornbeam park with 8 qualified teachers teaching over 500 students (Girls, boys & ladies)
Classes start from 18 months upwards (no upper limit!) there is something for everyone including Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Musical Theatre
Come and unwind, connect with your baby, learn baby massage techniques with me (Phillippa) and meet others in the comfort of my own home with my holistic massage approach. You’ll learn a variety of ways to soothe your baby whether it be for relaxation and fun or to assist with ailments such as constipation, colic etc.
07886973040
Our structured pre-school sessions are fun and energetic sessions designed to help little ones find their confidence in a class setting whilst exploring the equipment.
For those who want to explore and play on their own terms, we have our drop in sessions which run several times during the week – these sessions are also great as there is no booking required just turn up on the day!
The drop in sessions are £6 per child, and more information can be found on our website: 01423 874793
At Hartbeeps we put your child at the heart of our magical, musical adventures. We offer original and super fun, developmental baby classes, toddler classes and pre-school classes, as well as educational sessions and fabulous children’s parties.
Magic Hours are available every weekend. If your little one is itching to get onto 2 wheels be it balancing and or pedaling, now’s your chance! If they are already riding and need to brush up on their skills/got a new bike, then an hours 1:1 tuition is perfect too
More info on website.
Friendly stay and playgroup in Darley, Nidderdale. Ran by Niddedale Community Church. We have a baby corner, messy play station, variety of free play toys and an activity table. Each session includes toast and drink for little ones and homemade cake for adults. Sessions finish with storytelling from the Bible and a sing song. £2 per family, 9.30-11 term time.
Moo Music is a fun and interactive musical group for 0-5yr olds!We use our incredibly catchy original music to help us explore the world around us. Through singing, dancing, signing and sensory play – we are continuously learning without even realising!
01765 650151
St. Mark’s Toddler Groups: Tuesday and Thursday mornings, 10am-11.30am. St. Mark’s Church, Leeds Rd, Harrogate. All families must pre-register.
01423 544528
Talking Tots classes combine fun interactive games, songs, activities and stories to build on those vital early skills needed to communicate effectively. The sessions promote speaking, listening, attention, sharing, cooperation, confidence, self-esteem and phonological awareness
call Ruth on 07984327465
The Little Explorers is a messy play class for babies and toddlers. We are the only class that caters for allergies.
Our classes put the fun back into learning with a new theme and activities every week.
Messy play is crucial to a child’s development.
Come Join us for lots of fun!
Tuesday’s – CALSA, Collingham – 9.45am / 11:30am
Thursday’s – Crimple, Harrogate – 9.45am / 11.30an
07885 431194
Baby swimming with Water Babies is an exciting, enriching experience for both you and your little one. suitable for little ones from birth up to school age. As the UK’s leading swim school, not only do we teach vital lifesaving skills but we always incorporate lots of bonding, fun and socialising, so you can be sure that a Water Baby is a happy one! Our number one priority is to make sure you feel both happy and safe in the water.
Contact 01904 607110
