Gayle's Guide ✨ 29th May 25
Issue 57 - Farmfest, Peppa at the cinema, kids' language studies needing volunteers and much more!
I’ve had a couple of researchers from Wee Science at the University of Edinburgh contact me recently looking for some budding child scientists to help them to understand how children learn to think and talk. I volunteered my youngest for one of these last year and she really enjoyed the (obviously completely harmless) experiment. There are two language studies looking for volunteers at the moment, so click the links below for more info. Oh, and you’ll be rewarded with a £10 Amazon voucher.
🚼 Language Study with Babies (17-19m)
🚸 Learning to Use a New Language (4-10y)
🌻ASN 🐣Baby 🐤Preschool 🐔Primary
Friday 30th
⛔ SOLD OUT! Babies Soothing Spa Sanctuary 14.15-15.30 🐣
📍 Dr Bells Family Centre
Whatever it is about this center, their event tickets go like hot cakes so I always need to delete them from my drafts but this one still has a few spaces left. This sounds too cute. A baby spa with bath splashing, a relaxing baby massage and mocktails for the grown-ups. For pre-crawling babies and their carers from the EH6/EH7 area.
🦋 Children's Craft (5+) 14.30-15.30 🐔🆓
📍 Morningside Library
On the last Friday of the month with limited numbers so book in advance. This time, the kids will be making suncatcher butterflies. Lovely!
🧱 Friday Lego Club 14.45-15.45 🆓
📍 Museum of Scottish Fire Heritage, Leith
Here’s a great excuse to go and check out the fire engines. This group runs monthly on the last Friday.
Saturday 31st
🚜 Craigie’s Farmfest
📍 Craigies Farm, Queensferry
Barrel train rides, farming demonstrations and of course a showcase of big machinery. Know any who likes tractors? Tickets are limited so don’t hang about.
🚀 Exploring Space (3-8y) 10.30 🐤🐔🆓
📍 Ratho Library
A space themed story and craft session with author Maxine Bryce who will read Voyage to Planet Dream. They’re also having another Author Storytime on Wed 4th at 15.30, this time it’s Alison Page reading Corrie’s Library Capers.
📚 Bookbug (0-4y) 10.30-11.00 🐣🐤🆓
📍 Oxgangs Library
Bookbug sessions are held weekly on various days in libraries all over town and are a wonderful way to introduce your little ones to the magic of books and storytelling. Today, the team at Oxgangs Library will be giving out hot drinks and juice after the session to encourage community connection with the families who attend. What a wonderful idea! 👏🏻
✈️ Curiosity Club (7-11y) 10.30-12.00 🐔
📍 National Museum of Scotland, Chamber St
These sessions are for children to enjoy without their parents so a cheeky bonus child-free coffee for you! Through activities and games, the kids will explore the museum’s treasures while learning all about airplanes (in collaboration with Edinburgh Drone Company. There's also the Relaxed Curiosity Club 🌻 for children with additional support needs at 14.30.
🍿 Family Movie Matinee 14.00 🆓
📍 Newington Library
Head along to the library to watch a kids’ film for free. I think I’ve cracked their code.
Sunday 1st
🍿 Toddler Club: Peppa Meets the Baby (1-5y) 09.30 🐤
📍 The Everyman Cinema, St James Quarter
”PIG changes are coming!” Apparently. A ticket for this includes a seat for yourself and your little one plus a hot drink and slice of cake. Also showing on Fri 30th at 09.00 and Sat 31st at 10.00.
👯 Double You (6-13y) 13.00/17.00 🐔
📍 Portobello Town Hall
”Double You is a circus performance based on the Fear of Missing Out. Five talented artists share two stages, separated by a fabric wall with the audience on either side. Shadows and sounds reach over the curtain. Why are they laughing over there? Are you missing something? Double You is a social experiment around boundaries and identity that combines circus with acro-dance, parkour, Chinese pole and hand balancing.” ✨ Also on the 30th and 31st.
Monday 2nd
🧩 Leith Cròileagan 09.15 🐤
📍 Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pàirce, Leith
Gaelic play sessions for young children and their parents. There’s a few more scheduled on different days of the week, all timetabled here so if you’re able to say a beagan fhacail, keep the language going into the next generation.
📚 Italian Language Bookbug 14.00-14.30 🆓
📍 McDonald Road Library, Leith
A brand new, weekly Italian Bookbug. Bellissimo!
🚼 Kin Weigh & Stay 14.30-16.00 🐣🆓
📍 Kin Collective, Leith
This monthly parent/baby session will help anyone looking for a bit of reassurance by checking their baby’s weight and hearing from others in the same boat.
Tuesday 3rd
🐝 Busy Bees Pride 10.00-12.00 🐣🐤
📍 Bellfield, Portobello
A special session of this weekly community run playgroup by the sea, celebrating Porty Pride (this weekend). Toddlers and care providers are encouraged to dress in bright clothes and there will be bubbles and rainbow craft to make your own window displays/wands for Porty Pride. Adorable 👏🏻
🤱 Queer Milk Collective Support Group 10.30 🆓
📍 Duncan Place Community Hub, Leith
I’d imagine this is only relevant for a very small percentage of those of you reading this but hopefully useful to someone. This is a weekly support group for LGBTQ+ parents who are breastfeeding, chestfeeding or giving human milk to their baby in any way and in any amount.
Wednesday 4th
🚼 Buggy Walk 10.30-11.30 🐣🆓
📍 The Botanics (East Gate), Inverleith Row
These weekly walks are a wonderful way to get some exercise, meet local parents and explore with some adult conversation. Lots of different walks take place all over the city so check them out here, just remember to sign up to get the exact location of where to meet.
Thursday 5th
🦋 Butterflies Baby and Toddler Group 09.30-11.30 🐣🐤
📍 Marchmont St Giles Church, Marchmont.
A weekly play group for babies/toddlers under 5 and their grown-ups which runs every Thursday during term time. It’s £2 per family and hot drinks and snacks are available.
🍿 Watch with Baby: The Salt Path 11.00 🐣
📍 Cameo Picturehouse, Tollcross
A grown up film your baby is invited to. Also showing at 12.30 at The Dominion in Morningside.
✨ Here’s a sneak peek at next week for those of you paying to keep this newsletter alive!