Family Playtime Drop-in at New West Public Library (Uptown location)

Indoor Family Drop-in Playtime

Are you looking for ways to meet other people with babies and young children in your community? Are you seeking out things to do with your child outside the home?

Join us for play and early learning programming for your little ones that has no cost, and no pre-registration…. simply show up with your child (parent participation is required)!

Enjoy a chance to connect with other families and chat with our staff at the New West Public Library for arts-based activities, free play and circle time. Whether you just need someone to talk with or if you are needing any extra support, our Family Support Workers are available to help you access the resources your family needs to thrive!

*Remember if you or your child are feeling unwell, have a cough, sniffles, or a runny nose, please stay home.

Baby Talk Drop-in

If you’re a new parent with a pre-mobile baby (0-9 months) and need to find your people and how to navigate this new life, you’ve come to the right place! 

This free, unregistered program is a chance to meet others like yourself weekly with snacks and coffee, where you and your baby can discuss routines, sleeping, breastfeeding, development and stages, health, transition from couple to family, and resources in the community. Our safe and clean space at Quayside is a great place for you and baby to connect with others in your community! 

Family Playtime Drop-in at Eighth & Eight (Uptown location)

Are you looking for ways to meet other people with babies and young children in your community? Are you seeking out things to do with your child outside the home?

Join us for play and early learning programming for your little ones that has no cost, and no pre-registration…. simply show up with your child (parent participation is required)!

Enjoy a chance to connect with other families and chat with our staff at Eighth & Eight Creative Spaces room 1A (formerly known as the Massey 735 8th avenue) for arts-based activities, free play and circle time. Whether you just need someone to talk with or if you are needing any extra support, our Family Support Workers are available to help you access the resources your family needs to thrive!

*Remember if you or your child are feeling unwell, have a cough, sniffles, or a runny nose, please stay home.

Parent-Child Mother Goose Program

The parent-child Mother Goose program fosters positive attachment through the use of rhymes, chants, songs and stories to enhance positive parenting skills and to build peer and community supports.

As a national program, Parent-Child Mother Goose has been helping families and professionals across the country enhance the parent-child relationship for more than 20 years. We are excited to offer this program in New Westminster as a collaboration between Child Care Resources and Referrals and New Westminster Family Place have to families of children 0-3 years old.

This 8-week program will give you the opportunity to:

  • Build interactive communication between you and your young child
  • Develop skills and confidence for yourself and your child
  • Get to know other families in your community

Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program (registration required)

We would like to offer parents an opportunity to connect with each other to share the ups and downs of parenting, connect as adults, build more social connections with other parents and fill our own cups. This is an opportunity to take some time for yourself and re-energize.

This program is provided to support you in:

– Better understanding your child

– Becoming better informed about your child’s health, safety and behaviour

– Improving coping skills to deal with the everyday stress of parenting

– Developing positive parenting skills

– Meeting other parents of young children to discuss real-life parenting situations

– Finding community services and resources

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Please note that registering does not guarantee you place in the program. All applicants are contacted and are required to go through a short interview process to see if they are eligible, and will be contacted if they have been selected.

Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program (registration required)

We would like to offer parents an opportunity to connect with each other to share the ups and downs of parenting, connect as adults, build more social connections with other parents and fill our own cups. This is an opportunity to take some time for yourself and re-energize.

This program is provided to support you in:

– Better understanding your child

– Becoming better informed about your child’s health, safety and behaviour

– Improving coping skills to deal with the everyday stress of parenting

– Developing positive parenting skills

– Meeting other parents of young children to discuss real-life parenting situations

– Finding community services and resources

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Please note that registering does not guarantee you place in the program. All applicants are contacted and are required to go through a short interview process to see if they are eligible, and will be contacted if they have been selected.

Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program (registration required)

We would like to offer parents an opportunity to connect with each other to share the ups and downs of parenting, connect as adults, build more social connections with other parents and fill our own cups. This is an opportunity to take some time for yourself and re-energize.

This program is provided to support you in:

– Better understanding your child

– Becoming better informed about your child’s health, safety and behaviour

– Improving coping skills to deal with the everyday stress of parenting

– Developing positive parenting skills

– Meeting other parents of young children to discuss real-life parenting situations

– Finding community services and resources

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Please note that registering does not guarantee you place in the program. All applicants are contacted and are required to go through a short interview process to see if they are eligible, and will be contacted if they have been selected.

Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program (registration required)

We would like to offer parents an opportunity to connect with each other to share the ups and downs of parenting, connect as adults, build more social connections with other parents and fill our own cups. This is an opportunity to take some time for yourself and re-energize.

This program is provided to support you in:

– Better understanding your child

– Becoming better informed about your child’s health, safety and behaviour

– Improving coping skills to deal with the everyday stress of parenting

– Developing positive parenting skills

– Meeting other parents of young children to discuss real-life parenting situations

– Finding community services and resources

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Please note that registering does not guarantee you place in the program. All applicants are contacted and are required to go through a short interview process to see if they are eligible, and will be contacted if they have been selected.

Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program (registration required)

We would like to offer parents an opportunity to connect with each other to share the ups and downs of parenting, connect as adults, build more social connections with other parents and fill our own cups. This is an opportunity to take some time for yourself and re-energize.

This program is provided to support you in:

– Better understanding your child

– Becoming better informed about your child’s health, safety and behaviour

– Improving coping skills to deal with the everyday stress of parenting

– Developing positive parenting skills

– Meeting other parents of young children to discuss real-life parenting situations

– Finding community services and resources

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Please note that registering does not guarantee you place in the program. All applicants are contacted and are required to go through a short interview process to see if they are eligible, and will be contacted if they have been selected.

Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program (registration required)

We would like to offer parents an opportunity to connect with each other to share the ups and downs of parenting, connect as adults, build more social connections with other parents and fill our own cups. This is an opportunity to take some time for yourself and re-energize.

This program is provided to support you in:

– Better understanding your child

– Becoming better informed about your child’s health, safety and behaviour

– Improving coping skills to deal with the everyday stress of parenting

– Developing positive parenting skills

– Meeting other parents of young children to discuss real-life parenting situations

– Finding community services and resources

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Please note that registering does not guarantee you place in the program. All applicants are contacted and are required to go through a short interview process to see if they are eligible, and will be contacted if they have been selected.