1207 7th St. (Corner of Wilshire) * Santa Monica, CA * 90401 * (310) 490 - 1316

Creative Based Parent/Child Enrichment for ages 12 mo.- 4 yrs! 

Now Offering a NEW Toddler Transition Class for ages 2 - 4 yrs. as well!


  Arts and Crafts - Children nurture their imagination, improve fine motor skills, experience different textures, manipulation of objects, and sensory integration, through arts and crafts and sensory stations. 

Creative Play - Every class promotes self-expression through music making, dance, story telling,  imaginative play, creative movement, and much more!

  Fitness - Every class incorporates gross motor development, exercise, sensory motor activities and edu-play techniques.
  

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TODDLER INDEPENDENT TRANSITION  CLASSES!

The Tot Club is a truly unique program incorporating art/sensory stimulation, music/movement, pretend play/story time, gym time/gross motor development and more in every class. The different transitions from one creative expression experience to the next maintains your little one's attention span, allows them to develop and explore multiple sides of their creative spirit, and prepares them for more structured activities such as pre-school.

My name is Shelly Davila. My husband Sean and I also own the California Karate Club, and through our great partnership, have decided to serve even younger children and their parents. We were looking for Creative Play places for our own little ones and just couldn't find what we were looking for; so we decided to build it ourselves. We invite you to come and see what we have to offer! 

I am the class leader, and I hold a dual Masters Degree in Family Counseling and School Counseling with an emphasis on Child Development and Child Behavior Analysis. I'm a former marriage and family therapist as well as a classroom behavior coach and parent educator. My husband and I are also proud parents of 2 beautiful little boys!

 We support the Reggio and Rie philosophies of child directed learning, and your child will benefit in multiple ways such as...

1) Improved Socialization through exposure to peers and hands on assistance; with emphasis on social emotional development. 

2) Increased Confidence by achieving success on many levels of learning.

3) Strengthened Independence by easing separation anxiety and learning to play independently.

4) Improved Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Balance, Coordination, and Body Awareness through sensory motor activities and gym equipment.

5) Improved Language and Cognitive functioning through song and creative play activities.

6) Caregiver/child bonding, making new friends (parents make friends too!), nurturing self-discovery and self-expression, and fostering a love of learning!

IS THE TOT CLUB FOR YOU?

Our classes are small and intimate, and very hands on with the caregiver and instructor. You will assist in art work, do lap games, sing songs with your child and will even find yourself up and dancing with instruments and pom poms! You will also learn techniques of connecting more with your child and fostering better communication if need be.  You will have connection with other like minded parents enjoying the activities right alongside you! The parents tend to have just as much fun as the children and often work together in a creative movement activity or pretend play. If you are looking for fun enrichment activities where your child is your focus, then this is the place for you! 

                                           OUR TODDLER TRANSITION CLASSES (Begin 9/15/08)

Our Toddler Transition classes are a 2 hour independent class for ages 2-4 geared toward introducing your toddler to proper socialization, focus, and improving independence to prepare them for the world of pre-school.  This transition class is stimulating, fun, and nurtures creativity and self-expression through engaging  activities from imaginative play, music and creative movement, art and craft, sensory exploration, story time, gym and free play, and lunch time with friends. 

You must call for availability of a specific class as they are filling up quickly, and make an appointment to come and try us. No walk-ins please. You may contact us to put your name on the list for toddler transition, as space is filling up due to high demand.

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