Sure Start Dungannon and Coalisland

Baby Massage - Coalisland
2023-12-04 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-12-11 10:30 - 11:30 UTC | Coalisland Cornmill
Baby Massage: Baby Massage provides a wonderful experience for parents to connect and unwind with their babies whilst learning nurturing touch strokes. Baby massage benefits include secure attachment, supporting your baby’s physical and mental development, providing relief from wind and colic, improving circulation and promoting better sleep. Classes are suitable for babies from birth to 1 year old.

Blissful Arts and Crafts
2023-12-04 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-12-11 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Blissful Arts and Crafts is a fun creative workshop welcoming all parents/carers to explore and focus on themselves through creative arts. This is a 4 week feel good workshop where you can create your own treasures and meet new people. Crèche is provided although places are limited.

Musical Storytime
2023-12-05 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Musical Storytime: Step into your favourite story book with Musical Story Time, a programme where the story comes to life, providing a fun and interactive experience for your child. Musical Storytime aims to inspire your child’s imagination through stories, songs, rhymes and activities. While introducing your child to new words and songs that will help support their speech and language. This group is for children 1 – 3 years.

Stories before Bedtime
2023-12-05 18:30 - 19:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Stories before Bedtime: This early evening group will support your child’s language development through a stimulating range of stories and songs. It is suitable for children 0 – 3 years.

Baby Sensory - Group 1
2023-12-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Baby Sensory – is a group designed especially for parents and their babies under 18 months old. The sessions will provide sensory play opportunities which support positive attachments and promote shared interactions between parents and their babies.

Breastfeeding Support Group
2023-12-06 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-13 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-20 10:30 - 12:00, 2023-12-27 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-03 10:30 - 12:00, 2024-01-10 10:30 - 12:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
The Breastfeeding group is a weekly drop-in group. The group is open to all members and non-members of SureStart, who are breastfeeding or expressing. Antenatal mums are always very welcome.

Baby Sensory - East Timorese
2023-12-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Baby Sensory East Timorese– is a group designed especially for East Timorese parents and their babies under 18 months old. The sessions will provide sensory play opportunities which support positive attachments and promote shared interactions between parents and their babies,

Speech Workshop - Tips for Talking
2023-12-07 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
If you have any concerns about your childs speech or are currently waiting to be seen by a Speech and Language Therapist, come along to our “Tips for Talking for Toddlers” workshop. You will get practical ideas for what you can do with your child to encourage their speech, language and communication.

Baby Massage - Dungannon
2023-12-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Main Office, Dungannon

Little Chef
2023-12-08 10:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Little Chef: is aimed at parents and children to promote a good relationship with food and healthy eating habits.

Rhyme Before Teatime
2023-12-11 15:45 - 16:15 | Main Office, Dungannon
(Suitable from Birth) Promoting a love of books and enhancing imagination through use of puppets, rhymes and songs.

Christmas Party - time to be confirmed
2023-12-13 | Main Office, Dungannon

Story and Rhyme
2023-12-14 10:30 - 11:00 | Coalisland Library
Story and Rhyme: Promoting the use of your local library and a love of books, this session helps parents and children bond and have fun whilst learning new stories and rhymes. It enhances speech and language and social skills in all the children who attend. The physical rhymes and songs enhance physical development and imagination for children 0 – 3 years.

Story and Rhyme
2023-12-18 10:30 - 11:00 | Dungannon Library

Toddler Yoga
2023-12-18 10:30 - 11:30 | Coalisland Cornmill
Toddler Yoga: The aim is to help both parent and toddler relax in their shared enjoyment of the movements. The moves and sequences offer support in every area of your child’s development including, physical, cognitive, social and emotional. Classes offer a wonderful opportunity for family bonding and for making new friends. Toddler yoga equips you with tools for stress management, teaches us to be in the present moment, sparks imagination, helps maintain flexibility, and develops focus and concentration. It is suitable for children 2 – 4 years. (One off sessions e.g. Good Morning Yoga and Good Night Yoga suitable for 18 months to 4 years old.)

Story and Rhyme Dungannon
2024-01-08 10:30 - 11:00 | Dungannon Library

Baby Massage (0-1years)
2024-01-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Main Office, Dungannon

Cardboard Creations
2024-01-11 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Materials Workshops: each artist led, creative workshop will focus on certain materials and items such as clay or paper. Your child will have the opportunity to explore and reveal the many possibilities that each material/item holds as well as developing their creativity.

Story & Rhyme - Coalisland
2024-01-11 10:30 - 11:00 | Coalisland Library

Young Parents Group
2024-01-11 10:30 - 11:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Young Parents – This group is just what you need for a little bit of ‘you’ time. Relax for an hour with other mums in the same age group and join in a range of lovely activities.  Crèche is provided although places are limited.

Tempo Ho - 0-18months
2024-01-12 10:00 - 11:00 | Main Office, Dungannon
Tempu Ho Kangaroo – ‘’ Time with Kangaroo’’: Run by our East Timorese Family Support Worker this group allows precious time with your baby. In this group we cover baby massage, brain development, the importance of talking to your baby and post-natal exercise. The group is offered to East Timorese mums and babies between 0 – 18 months.

Art Ventures - 18months to 3years
2024-01-15 11:00 - 12:00 | Coalisland Cornmill
Art Ventures is a group for children 18months – 3 years (up to child’s 4th birthday) and is designed to enhance your child’s creative thought processes. Taking inspiration from the Reggio Emilia inspired approach this group celebrates children’s ideas and how they play.

Baby Yoga - 9months to walking
2024-01-15 13:30 - 14:30 | Main Office, Dungannon
Baby Yoga gives parents and children the opportunity through playful interaction and communication to experience the benefits of touch, stretching, movement and relaxation and songs. There are 2 separate baby yoga classes to cater for different ages. This group caters for babies 9 months to walking (pre-mobile).
