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It's a little further afield but I take a monthly family yoga workshop at Eve and Grace studio in Battersea. It's mostly mums and daughters and the children usually are aged around 7-11. There's one happening this Sunday at 1pm. http://www.eveandgrace.co.uk/book-classes/

Another advocate of yoga/meditation... also a sunlight box lamp has really helped me during the winter months in the past.

Okay it's in Brockwell park but the community greenhouses run fab events for little ones throughout the year and special ones in school hols:

www.brockwellgreenhouses.org.uk/events/list/?tribe_paged=2&tribe_event_display=list

There's a community children/family yoga class on weds at Brixton Pound- not too far on the 37? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yogafam-yoga-mindfulness-children-families-tickets-38389070744

Parents- I am wondering whether I could float an idea to you guys and get an idea of interest? I'm thinking of starting a meet up/ language skills group for au pairs in the area. I'm 24, SE Ldn native and newly qualified TEFL teacher. I have worked as a nanny abroad too, and I know it can be quite an isolating experience. I suppose the group would be an exchange of sorts; I'd gain teaching experience, attendants would improve their English and get the insider track on the area for 20 somethings? And we'd all make friends of course!

Any thoughts welcome!

Totally unacceptable! Manager must investigate. I work in nurseries and could not imagine a staff member in the environment dragging a child across the floor like that, regardless of floor surface/context. Dragging a child on his/her belly is never necessary or OK, it's literally manhandling!

little further out but Clapham Park Montessori have a lovely infant community for this age group http://www.montessoriclapham.co.uk/clapham-montessori-infant

I see it fairly often, have noticed it more being out with a buggy recently, it's such a pain! I remember walking near ED station with my dad when I was younger, he asked two teens (definitely old enough to know better) to stop cycling on the pavement and one of them ended up assaulting him, was awful.

haha you're all very welcome and I wish more (childless) people recognized the sheer strenuousness of the 'job'!

I do Belle, PM me if you like. But please don't think that the point of my OP was to slyly get more contacts!!

Aw, thank you and good on you both, Mums!

Ok so despite having a fair amount of childcare experience already (babysitting, the odd bit of childminding and classroom teaching), this week was the first week I've done full days sole charge with two little girls (nearly 3 and nearly 6).

They were lovely and I have really, really enjoyed it, but oh my goodness I am exhausted. We did a lot of trips, venturing as far as the science museum! and navigated public transport with pram and all; everything ran smoothly but nonetheless, having to keep track of girls/scooters/buggys whilst keeping them fed/watered/happy......people do noooot appreciate just how DIFFICULT and exhausting (yet, of course, also very rewarding) this can be. Especially the incredibly unsympathetic bus drivers I've had to deal with - what is with them??

Not that I didn't already, but this week has made me respect you mothers so much, and given me the smallest hint of what looking after children full-time must be like. Wow.

I hope this doesn't sound at all patronising, I'm genuinely just quite in awe. Good on you mothers, seriously.

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> An all-night gabba or drum n base club.

is that different to a drum and bass club?

yes, and here is a list of the staff of the 'MEAB', most of whom have no background in Montessori, notably the names at the top on the list. How can an accreditation board be run by people that are not Montessori trained?

http://www.montessori.org.uk/about_the_organisation/meet_the_team

check for montessori accredited schools at

http://www.montessorieducationuk.org/

Last year I went over the handlebars going down a hill (collided with the side of a car then braked hard) and smashed my face up pretty badly, four front teeth went through my top lip, badly fractured the bone above my teeth, skin came off lower half of face & nose. Obviously very traumatic but had I not been wearing a helmet I would have definitely broken my nose and suffered head injuries, as I took the full force of the fall on my face but the helmet jutted out enough to protect my nose and forehead...needless to say I'm an advocate.

my bad, youngsta is more of a dj than a producer, minimal mix

Ah thanks titch! Oh yeah kindered, Burial is sublime! If you like that I'd suggest checking out XXYYXX, Phaeleh, Four tet, arkist on soundcloud for more of that kind of mellow bass.

@Otta- fair enough. My manic raver friends would show you what dubstep dancing is (more 'skanking' or moshing really). I'd say the minimal stuff is good for brooding/chilling but that's just me.

@*Bob* I'm not sure if I agree with you on the link between the 'overly complex' and the idea of cereberal 'musos' tackling a genre that they don't actually like, precisely because of its 'impenetrable' qualities. I don't think such an audience actually exists, or if it does, that it exists more prominently for Dubstep than it does for any other 'underground' EDM genre. Especially not for the kind of shitty dubstep that we are talking about. I think the kind of young people attracted to Skrillex and co (of whom I know a fair few) genuinely love the extreme-ness of it, rather than wearing it as a badge of honour as you suggested.

Well I am listening to it now in my college library...I have heard it in clubs but nowhere near as much as I listen to it on my own. I distinctly remember listening to it for the first time on my ipod...I happened to be in the music faculty library.

Why do you ask, and why does it matter? (I don't mean that in a defensive/confrontational way, I'm just intrigued by the question)

*Bob* - what do you mean when you say there's a "muso" element to dubstep?

Yes it's a pity that what people think of as dubstep and the sounds it actually encompasses are two very different things. When I say I like dubstep people give me a look and say 'I hate Skrillex,' and it's like, yeah, so do I...

I mean I like THIS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc_YP_H3ZEc

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> It's not so much the speed of it, or the sound of

> it, or whether it's good or bad

If it's not about any of these...erm what's left to talk about?

(a pointless

> argument, as mentioned already)

I find the sound

> interesting, from a technical point of view. It's

> like a giant demo-song of all the very latest

> virtual synths.

So it is about the sound then?

> I'm just not convinced people (not all, but a lot)

> actually enjoy it as much as they claim to enjoy

> it, or want to enjoy it.

Why do you think that people would claim to enjoy it without actually enjoying it? What's not to enjoy?

Also, just because people look serious when they listen to it, doesn't mean they don't enjoy it! It's not really a 'sing along' genre is it. And it's intense/dark (the stuff I listen to anyway, J:kenzo, Youngsta, Icicle, J Sparrow, Distance) not the kind of stuff that puts a smile on your face. Doesn't mean you're not appreciating it.

> Personally I think it has more in common with prog

> rock than most other EDM types.

It depends what kind of dubstep you listen to, as exemplified in the examples I gave in my previous post. And if you look in to the origins of the genre, listen to early works of Magnetic Man, Skream/Benga, Hatcha (all involved with the Croydon Big Apple scene in the early-mid 00s) you can hear that the genre actually owed a lot to UK garage, grime, even dancehall and reggae.

True that a more recent mutation of the genre has been the more overt, mid-range, 'in your face' tracks by artists (I use that term loosely) such as Skrillex, Nero, Excision who clearly take a lot of inspiration from death metal/prog rock.

This is dubstep

but so it this

personally I like the former but detest the latter

What sets it apart from other EDM genres just comes down to tempo really

oh and often heavy sub-bass (the 'drop') although this isn't too noticeable unless you are in possession of unusually good speakers

Me n my sis were 12 not so long ago, we read things like

The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer

Any books by Eva Ibbotson (Journey to the River Sea especially)

The Saga of Darren Shan (gory stuff though)

I too am a Montessori teacher. To add to Ju*Ni's post, ME(UK) http://www.montessorieducationuk.org was set up in 1993 as an umbrella association to support Montessorians from different training colleges. I do not know much about MSA, as my school is accredited by ME(UK), but I agree with Ju*Ni's points above, and although I trained with the AMI (Association Montessori Internationale, www.montessori-ami.org/ but have worked with colleagues from different training colleges. As Ju*Ni says, many 'Montessorians' are working to unite the movement. From a parent's perspective, I would encourage you to read up on the main points of the Montessori principles so that you can make an informed decision when visiting a Montessori school. The Montessori Society has a useful website with interesting articles for parents. http://www.montessorisociety.org.uk/ Good luck with your search!