Baby Moves
139 Perry St, New York, NY 10014 Phone 212-255-1685 Fax 212-924-6525
Founded
in 2001, Baby Moves is located in the heart of New York
City’s Greenwich Village, Baby Moves is a unique
interactive child development center that offers a
variety of exciting educational classes and programs for
children and parents, providing a well-rounded learning
experience within a soft, safe, fun and colorful
environment. Through our commitment and experience, Baby
Moves NYC has established strong relationship with
our friends that will last a lifetime! The philosophy behind Baby Moves is that children can achieve great developmental leaps through activities focused on specific cognitive, motor and social skills. Combining a scientific approach with pure fun, love and care, Baby Moves offers variety of programs, adequately named “Early Cortex 101" or "Art on Perry", just to mention a few. "Early Cortex 101” for example, covers a broad spectrum of activities aimed at developing fine motor skills through art, and gross motor skills through creative movement and tumbling, in a joyous, creative and non-competitive environment. The first thing you notice when you enter the beautiful loft-like 3,000 square-foot space, complete with a 16-foot ceiling and skylights, is the giant soft colorful mural with dragonflies, ladybugs, sunflowers and floating leaves. Inside you'll find soft mountain climbers, tunnel ‘n’ towers, zoo cubes, snap house slide, interactive bookcases and cool developmental toys and manipulatives. The instructors at Baby Moves are highly qualified, covering a broad range of educational backgrounds including early childhood, language instruction, music, dance and visual arts. Regardless of their background, all of the instructors are required to undergo an extensive in-house training program. In addition, Baby Moves also offers an extensive drop-in program that includes creative play classes for different age groups – “All 4 on the Floor” for 4-12 mos, “Physical Intelligence” for 12-18 mos, “L’il V8” for 18-24 mos, and "Hi-Release", for 2-3 year old. Each of the programs incorporate music time, toy time, ball games, play-stations, puzzles and story time. Safety is the top priority at Baby Moves. The floor is covered with giant interlocking colored soft squares, and every outlet and sharp corner has been covered. The toys and equipment are sanitized after each class. Founder and Director Dawn Ifrah has a Masters in Education from the University of Toronto, studied visual arts, modern dance and ballet at Toronto’s York University . She founded Baby Moves soon after the birth of her daughter, Maya, bringing together her love of fitness and children. Parents constantly drop in for a word with Dawn. Please stop by to see what new ideas and programs she has in her hat. |