A new site listing activities for babies and toddlers

[EDtots]

In a bid to try to help with the regular queries of what weekly activities are on for babies and toddlers, I've put together an online resource for the ED community: EDtots.

It is a work in progress as there are a lot of classes to add to the list so I figured it might be better to post the link to it in advance of any grand unveiling so that local activity organisers can add their own classes at the same time that I work on building up the database.

It is free to use the site and hopefully anyone with a wee tot will find it useful. Unfortunately there are constraints on the size of files, etc on the site so I am unable to list masses of information on any given activity, but there are also links to the providers own sites so you can find out further details if you're interested.

If anyone runs a class and would like to add it to the list, please go to the New Activity Form page. If you attend a class you'd like to recommend, just drop me a message here or on the site Contact Form and I'll look into the details for the class.

Thanks!

[Spooner]

I have had a quick look at this and wanted to congratulate you - it is and will be very useful indeed! Well done

[bluesuperted]

Yes it's ace!

I think you should change the name of this post though - at the moment it looks like a post asking about activities, maybe something like 'I've made a useful site for babies and toddler activities' or something *even* catchier than that ;)

Thank you for making it!

[EDtots]

Thank you! Nice to get good feedback.

Title changed as suggested. I couldn't come up with anything catchier!

[bubbachumps]

What a fabulous idea! I'm sure many mums in the area will be grateful for a resource like this, having all the useful info in one place. Congratulations on a great community initiative!

[anyjoy]

Thank you, such a good idea and useful tool for mums

[Susan]

Thanks so much, great idea

[Fidgetsmum]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!! Many hours over the years wasted ringing (and never getting through) to classes to try to find out when they're on.

I Love it! Thank you so much.

[Norfolkvillas]

Gratitude from Norfolkvillas too - looks like this will be a great resource!!

[jenc]

Was just about to trawl the Internet and the forum for toddler activities and now I don't have to, thanks so much! Great idea.

[darlin']

This is absolutely BRILLIANT!! Thank you SO much for doing it. Have bookmarked it and will be visiting regularly :-)

[mrs f]

brilliant site thanks!

[dulwichgirl2]

Super. Things have moved on since our first baby and this will save a lot of time catching up. Thanks so much.

Maybe local businesses would advertise on it?

[EDtots]

Thanks everyone for the lovely comments and the PM's giving details of suggested classes. I don't have previous experience in creating a website so it is all a learning experience for me. Bear with me whilst I figure out how to work some of the gadgets and links!

Looking into advertising is also an item on the to do list, but will try to keep any adverts to a minimum so it is easy to find what you're looking for.

Cheers!

[Otta]

Good work, a nice thing for you to have done for everyone! :)-D

[MrsLL2b]

This is great thanks!

One thing to point out is that the site is not iPhone friendly. I can only see as far as the column 'term time only' on my phone and can't scroll across any further.

Some other things to add are jelly babies, rhyme time and soft play at the leisure centre.

[MrsC]

This is brilliant - thank you! Have been trying to compile a list of my own but yours is way better! :-)

[EDtots]

I have enabled the mobile view. On my phone it means the sidebar (showing the days of the week) is minimised and you have to click on it to show the options. This should mean that most of the columns in the table are visible, but you may have to click on the top (All) button of the last column to see the full address.

I will see if there is any other way to adjust the table view, but for now this should work. I don't have an iPhone, so let me know if still a problem.

[Strawbs]

This really is brilliant thank you x

[Yak]

Works fine on Android OS. Brilliant idea - well done!

[mrs f]

Hmmm on an iPhone you can only see one column with the activity when in mobile view & upto term time column on desktop view

[EDtots]

Evening all.

It has taken a while, but I think we have a solution for the iPhone scrolling issue. I've changed the Monday Activities table and it should now show all the classes without needing to scroll.

Before I roll out any changes to the other days, please do let me know if this now causes problems on other systems. Sorry - am sure there is a way I can test this on different formats myself, but as previously mentioned... this is all new to me!

Further changes will be made to make it easier to link from the Activities page to provider's websites and to improve little things (like freezing the headings when moving down the page), but for now would be good to just know that it runs ok for everyone. One known issue is that some operating systems may tell you the content may not be secure and you have to click ok to accept that and for it to run. For now, please do just click ok and will try to find a fix for that too!

Thanks for all the lovely pm's and emails received!

Edited to say... here is the link to go straight to Monday's page:

http://www.edtots.co.uk/directory/monday-activities