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Fitness, French and foot spas for lower North Shore children

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Elke Mueller tries yoga with her classmates through the Mighty Mites program at Pippies in Balmoral.Picture: SIMON CHILLINGWORTH

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GONE are the days whendaycare was child’s play.

Lower North Shore childrenas young as two are kept busyat high-end childcare centreswith French and Japaneselessons, yoga sessions, cookingclasses, exercise programs andmeditation.

One centre also offers anannual pampering day wherechildren can have a massage,enjoy a foot spa and have theirhair and nails done.

In the past few years extra-curricular activities, includinglanguage and health and fitness

lessons, for children betweentwo and six have become thenorm at childcare centres – andparents are lining up to enroltheir offspring.

Pippies at Balmoral offersMighty Mites, a weeklyprogram teaching childrenabout a healthy lifestyle.

The 30-minute session in-cludes a warm-up, cardiovascu-lar exercise, physical develop-m e n t g a m e s , y o g a a n dmeditation.

Parents can follow theirchild’s progress with regularhandouts after each class.

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credited instructor SimoneJoseph said the years be-tween two to six were anideal period to teach chil-dren new things.

The centre also brings ina French tutor several daysa week for lessons.

One child was fluent inFrench by the time shestarted kindergarten, de-spite her parents not beingable to speak the language.

‘‘They’re like sponges atthat age, they learn soquickly,’’ centre owner PipWrench-Podvinec said.

Private daycare centre,Sally’s Place at GeorgesHeights, Mosman, offerseverything from dramaticyoga classes to a weeklysport program, Frenchlessons and cooking classeswith the centre’s full-timechef.

Extra-curricular activi-ties are included in thedaily fee, which rangesfrom $115 to $125, and thecentre is full with a waitinglist.

‘‘Most kids participate inthe extra-curricular ac-tivity on offer that day.They love it and it’s in-cluded in the price any-way,’’ owner Sally Locksaid.

‘‘Whilst we’re a bit moreexpensive than othercentres, there’s nothingelse like it in Sydney.’’

The centre’s pamperingday during school holidayslast year was a success, shesaid, with parents bookingtheir children in for mass-ages, manicures, foot spasand treatments. Hair-dressers were brought infor the day.

‘‘We will do it again thisyear because it was such asuccess,’’ Mrs Lock said.

Caroline Coupland’sdaughters Millie, who turnsthree this year, and

14-month-old Charlotte, at-tends the centre three daysa week.

Millie participates in thedramatic yoga – a mix be-tween yoga and drama – artand craft classes and musicprogram Kinder Musik.

‘‘She loves the yoga,’’ MrsCoupland said.

‘‘The centre does Frenchon Thursdays and ballet onFridays so it was reallyhard to pick what days tohave the kids there.

‘‘I can’t see how it couldbe too much for a child. It’snot like it’s jam-packedwith activities all day andactivities only go for half-an-hour.’’

Heritage House BeautyPoint Child Care AndLearning Centre Service of-fers Kinderdance, which in-cludes yoga and medi-tation.

Shadforth Cottage atMosman has daily Frenchlessons, and Cremorne’sNeutral Bay Kindergartenhas Japanese, French andMandarin language classes.

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