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What to do<br />
Pottery<br />
On Sundays: Weekly drop-in children's pottery at<br />
Hackney City Farm, 11am-1pm and 2-4pm. £5.<br />
Goldsmith's Row, E2.<br />
Stories<br />
Storytime for the under 5s at Victoria Park<br />
Community Centre every Tuesday from 10am to<br />
11.30am. 5 Gore Road, E9. FREE.<br />
Third Tuesday of the month: 4-5pm. .<br />
Chatterbooks reading group (ages 8-12) at<br />
Clapton library. Call 020 8356 7480 for more info<br />
Building<br />
Free Mini Builders at Shoreditch Library for under<br />
5s and parents.<br />
Drama and story-telling<br />
classes for under 5s<br />
Has your little one<br />
got the acting bug?<br />
Join Sam Seager<br />
(Bobby from Cbeebies<br />
Me Too!) and her team<br />
First class is FREE<br />
Every Wednesday morning at<br />
Hackney Forge, 243a Victoria<br />
Park Road, E9 7HD<br />
Email Sam at info@actingbugs.co.uk and<br />
get your child's imagination buzzing<br />
www.actingbugs.co.uk<br />
Museums<br />
Free drop-in activities every day at The Museum<br />
of Childhood, including arts and crafts, tours, trails<br />
and storytelling. For ages 3-12 years. Cambridge<br />
Heath Road, E2. Plus: check out p24 for this<br />
month's extra activities.<br />
Want to be a Geffrye Explorer? There is lots of fun<br />
to be had between 12.30pm and 4.30pm every<br />
Saturday at geffrye-museum.org.uk<br />
Dance<br />
Mafalda holds morning ballet lessons for kids at<br />
Hackney Forge, E9. Call 07550 722 693<br />
Swimming<br />
London Fields Lido offer swimming lessons and<br />
they’ve started giving stages 3-8 swimming classes<br />
again. Go to betterlessons.org.uk for details and<br />
booking. Plus of course, there's Mile End Leisure<br />
Centre, York Hall in Bethnal Green and the<br />
gorgeous Aquatics Centre, QE Olympic Park.<br />
Children's Centres<br />
Wentworth on Cassland Road (wentworth.<br />
hackney.sch.uk), Gainsborough on Berkshire Road<br />
(gainsborough.hackney.sch.uk/childrens-centre),<br />
and Morningside on Chatham Place (morningside.<br />
hackney.sch.uk/childrens-centre). Meath Gardens<br />
Children's Centre, 1 Smart Street, E2; Mile End<br />
Leisure Centre, The One O'Clock Club (Vicky Park<br />
near boating lake); Overland Children's Centre, 60<br />
Parnell Road, E3.<br />
Yoga for babies...<br />
Baby-focused classes using massage, classical<br />
yoga postures, stretches and balances adapted<br />
to their stage of growth. Fridays, Royal Inn on the<br />
Park, E9.10.45am-11.45am. £6.50. Karen: firsttouchmassage@hotmail.co.uk,<br />
07902 227 669.<br />
Yoga for babies... and their mums<br />
Yoga for Mums and Babies, every Tuesday<br />
at 10.15am with tea and biscuits afterwards.<br />
Hackney Forge, E9. 07958 645 978 or email<br />
clare@clareday-yoga.co.uk<br />
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