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Until 3rd November, there will be restricted access at Bears of the Rising Sun (lower viewing) and our Elephant Bushwalk will be closed.
From 14th October 2024, our Woodland Hollow will be closed.
We have teamed up with our local Baby Sensory and Toddler Sense group to be able to offer you some amazing taster classes for just £2.50* a session!
Wednesday 20th November 2024
We’re pleased to bring this popular activity back in 2024 but to make this viable a small participation fee of £2.50 is required per child attending a session.
Unique Experience
This provides the perfect combination of a great place to meet with other mums, dads or guardians, share your experiences and enjoy a walk in a beautiful setting whilst discovering the wonders of wildlife as well as also offering your baby or toddler a unique session which tantalises all of their senses and aids development.
Limited Availability
To ensure each session offers you the best experience, we have limited availability per class and you will be required to pre-book a paid time session to attend on the day according to your child’s age. Each class lasts approximately 20 minutes and takes place in our Discovery Classroom opposite our Rainforest Walkthrough.
*Price based on £8.25 for 1 hour class at The WOW Centre, Stanway.
Passholders: You will need to purchase a pre-paid ticket for our Wednesday Wonders class to enjoy this activity.
Paying Visitors: You will need to purchase a pre-paid ticket for our Wednesday Wonders class plus a Zoo Admission ticket to enjoy this activity.
See booking information below.
Tickets – available soon!
Tickets must be pre-booked online in advance for a specific time of arrival.
Baby Sensory: £2.50 per child
Baby Sensory (0-13 months): 10:00am – 10:30am
Baby Sensory (0-13 months): 10:40am – 11:10am
Toddler Sense: £2.50 per child
Toddler Sense (13 months – 5 years): 11:30am – 12:15pm
Toddler Sense (13 months – 5 years): 12:25pm – 1:10pm
Toddler Sense (13 months – 5 years): 1:20pm – 2:05pm
Toddler Sense (13 months – 5 years): 2:15pm – 3:00pm
Important Information:
Maximum of 2 adults per child in each session. Siblings of different ages to the targeted class are welcome to join in. If you have not pre-booked a paid session unfortunately, we will not be able to admit you into the class.
FAQs
What is Baby Sensory?
Baby Sensory has been created from over 40 years of expert research in child development to give a truly magical and unique experience for you and your baby from birth to 13 months.
What makes Baby Sensory unique is that every activity has been carefully designed to stimulate your baby’s senses and encourage their development in so many areas. Behind every Baby Sensory session, there’s an incredibly detailed lesson plan backing up everything your baby touches, sees, hears, smells and feels.
Baby Sensory provides ideas for creative play, massage, tummy time, movement, visual development, textures, scents and music in simple practical ways that can be easily repeated at home too. We also use a combination of original and traditional songs and rhymes to develop early speech and language skills, and sensory signing activities to help you and your baby communicate from birth.
What is Toddler Sense?
Toddler Sense is an award-winning toddler development programme to 13 months to 5-year-olds. This carefully structured and themed adventure play programme is meticulously designed to stimulate toddler’s brain development, co-ordination and physical development alongside social development and discovering brand new things about the world around them.
Classes provide an exciting introduction to learning through play. Our fast-moving, action packed sessions enable toddlers to learn and grow with the freedom to explore things for themselves.
Activities are short, dynamic and fun with a clear sense of purpose. Toddlers are guided on adventures to the stars, through the jungle, underwater and to different places around the world with our fabulous themes.
