Ah, weekends. I have a vague memory of those mornings, premotherhood: heading out for bagels, combing the sales racks at Banana Republic, hitting the gym, or on the rare occasion watching a Real World marathon, hungover. Those days no more. Now, by 8am we’ve all been up for hours, toys litter the entire house, and I’m wiping up the third cup of spilt milk while my husband loads up the car for the dump. Lucky him!

Now Isis has a wonderful weekend option to get families out of house and enjoying one another for an hour of fun-packed sensory play. Let’s Play!, for children crawling – age 3 and their grownup(s), sets up all sorts of sensory activities and lets the kids have at it. Playdough, water, messy play – various play stations give kids plenty of opportunity to explore, and younger children learn from and delight in watching the bigger kids do their thing. Led by a child development instructor who can also answer questions from the group, Let’s Play! ends each session with parachute time, songs, bubbles, and a story. Brunch and the Sunday paper simply cannot compete with that.

Let’s Play!:
Saturdays at 9:30am (begins 4/26, Brookline)
Sundays at 3pm (begins 4/20, Brookline)

Use Your Words
What’s your toddler’s favorite messy play at home?