Classes, activities and groups for babies, toddlers and pre schooler children in Hull, on a Thursday.
These listings are in alphabetical order, A-Z. We endeavour to keep the listings as up to date as possible but please contact all providers/venues before attending anything, they will have the very latest information. Some are pre-book in advance only. If one of your favourites is missing, drop us a line here to add it. Thank you.
AB School of Dance provides a fun and positive environment that allows your child to develop confidence and skill. Dance classes run weekly at different venues across the city of Hull, Hessle and Cottingham. We offer classes in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Commercial Street, Musical Theatre, Contemporary, Acro and Stretch for ages 3+ so there is something for everyone.
We work towards exciting shows and BBO Dance Examinations. We usually hold dance shows at The Middleton Hall as well as offering different performance opportunities and trips and activities for our students. You can book a FREE trial for these classes on our website here.
We also have our weekly Stardust classes which incorporate dancing, singing, and sensory games, these classes build on coordination, musicality and motor skills. Our Adult & Baby classes are for 6 months+ and our Adult & Toddler classes are for 2-3 years.
For the adults we have monthly adult dance workshops in different genres, so there is something for all ages.
For more information please visit our website or contact us by email [email protected], Text/Ring/WhatsApp 07724870302, or follow us on facebook or Instagram @abschoolofdanceltd.
Discover a world of curiosity and imagination at Adventure Play Town, located at the K3 business park on Clough Road, Hull.
Our vibrant and engaging children’s role play centre is designed to spark creativity and bring dreams to life. With a magical town filled with themed play areas, little adventurers can become fearless astronauts, daring firefighters, brilliant chefs, and much more. We also have a large, spacious cafe area serving great value, high quality drinks and snacks.
Recommended age is babies up to age 7. Open 7 days a week during school holidays, open 6 days a week term time (closed Wednesdays). Play sessions are bookable in 90 minute slots – mid week at 9.30am, 11.30am and 1.30pm, Friday to Sunday at 9.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Large, free car park directly outside the building.
They also hold children’s parties and run special events.
Booking in advance online is preferred, walk-in’s can be accommodated if there is space left in the session. Find out more on their website here, or follow them on facebook here. Or email [email protected], call 07727947470.
Unit 12, k3 Business Park, 200 Clough Road, Hull, HU5 1SN
Do you live in Hull and East Riding and have a baby aged 0-13 months? Baby Sensory 2025 is going to be bigger and better than ever before! We have spaces available for you to join us for our January term.
Baby Sensory is the original Baby Development programme specifically designed for babies. We are a science backed programme created by experts that lays the foundations for your child’s later learning through fun, safe, captivating and exciting ideas for play. We run award winning classes every week of term time, exploring different themes through sensory experiences, including lights, bubbles, music, parachutes and much more! All elements of our classes are based on research and designed to help you understand and enhance your babies natural development, in a fun and welcoming environment.
With 7 different venues to choose from, you can join a class near you.
Or for all classes follow their facebook page here, contact Sam on [email protected] or 07940495780 to book.
Family Hubs provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ for you and your family in Hull to access information, advice and support. Each hub provides a wide range of services to support you during pregnancy, for baby and toddlers and parents. Weekly activities include baby massage, sensory, music session and playgroups.
There are 12 across the city, find the timetable for your local one here. Or call them/pop in –
Monday to Friday 9.30am-3pm: Arts, crafts, colouring, messy play, tuff trays and more.
£4.20 per child, adults free. Includes a limited time in the soft play and the activities.
Email [email protected] or call 01482 447766. Visit their website here.
Little Monkeys, Active+, Harpings Road, off National Avenue, Hull, HU5 4JF.
Mumbler Award winning music classes for little ones! With singing and musical instruments. Jolly Babies is suitable for 0-1 years, Music with Mummy for 1-3 years and three Four Time for 3-4 years. At:
Prices are currently £5.50 per class for Jolly Babies and Music with Mummy and £6.50 per class for Three four Time. Payment for the term is required in advance.
Call Kelly Webster on 07787 172825 to book. For more info visit their website here or facebook page.
Puddle Ducks are award winning providers of swimming lessons to babies, toddlers, pre-school and school age children. Our classes are designed to promote bonding, water confidence and water safety in a fun and loving environment. We take your little ones through a structured programme designed to develop their natural affinity with the water and encourage them to learn to swim independently. Our approach ensures that your child’s needs are expertly fulfilled – never forcing development, but rather nurturing it to ensure a positive experience and love of swimming.
Our baby and pre-school programme is offered through five levels:
Floaties (0-6 months), Splashers (6-15 months), Kickers (15 months – 2.5 years), Little Dippers (2-5 years) and Dippers (2-5 years)
We run classes 7 days a week at the following locations in Hull and the East Riding:
NEW! Swim Academy for children ag 4-10 years in Hull, find out more here.
For more info call 07825 269146 (Monday to Friday 9am-1pm), email [email protected] or visit their website here or facebook page here.
Swim Pods is a small, friendly Hull based swimming school for children age 3+. Small, friendly classes in a warm, shallow pool, ideal for learning in. Lessons at:
Classes are limited to 6 children with teachers in the pool. Space for swimming lessons now available at all venues.
For more information please contact Peter Lloyd at [email protected] or on 07884480013. Visit their website here, or follow them on facebook here.
Wednesdays at Wyke Rugby Clubhouse, Bricknell Playing Fields, Cropton Road, HU5 4LN: Social Tots 9.30am, Social Tots Explorers 10.30am, Discovery Tots 11.50am and 1pm, Baby Development Course 2.15pm.
Book at on their website here, or email [email protected], or follow them on facebook here.
BRAND NEW for 2025! Train Time ‘Stay and Play’ sessions are centred around trains – and lots of them! Over 200 feet of track will be laid and an endless supply of carriages promise to make for an exciting play time.
Have fun with your little one and play trains until your heart is content. Train Time is not just about playing, it is about learning too – helping develop motor skills, problem-solving abilities and expanding their vocabulary and communication skills, whilst encouraging creativity and imagination.
Sessions are suitable for active babies to 5 years and each session lasts for 60 minutes. Regular monthly sessions are held at venues across the Hull and East Riding region. Our current stations are:
Please visit the website for full details and to book your place on a session. To find more info about new stations and sessions visit the facebook page or email the local conductor Simon at [email protected].
We are also available for children’s parties. Details of our packages can be found on the website.
Water Babies is the world’s leading Baby and Toddler swim school.
We’ll teach you to teach your little one to swim; from lesson one we’ll get your little one used to the sensation of water, developing their natural instincts and transforming these into core aquatic skills. Throughout our programme we use lots of song, games, toys and sensory activities suitable to each child’s stage of development, ensuring both you and your little one are having lots of fun whilst having precious time together and developing new skills. Swimming offers precious one to one time for you and your little one, whilst also offering the opportunity to meet lots of other parents and children in a relaxed and friendly environment. By the end of our programme your little one will be swimming freely using different strokes and be able to keep themselves safe in and around water.
We work closely with Swim England, the governing body and we’ve woven their learn to swim framework through our programme. Classes are at:
For more info and booking call 01423 457000 or email [email protected]. Check out their website or facebook page here. Happy splashing!
Swimming lessons for babies up to school age children through to competition level. New pools for 2025:
All half hour lessons. All DBS checked instructors and fully insured and accredited swim school. Small groups. We offer a free first lesson which can be taken at any time during a block.
For more information please call 07854 725211, email [email protected].
Swimming lessons suitable for school age children and above, taught by Janet and Emma.
For more info call 07401 478708.
British Gymnastics registered Club, offering Gymnastics and Trampolining for:
There are sessions running every day of the week, please email [email protected] or call 01482 374808 for further details.
Unit 8 St Johns Business Park, St Johns Grove, Hull, HU9 3RL
1.00 – 2.30pm, term time only. Free play time with games, toys and crafts for the kids, drinks cakes and chat for the grown ups. Then it’s snack time followed by a song and a story. £1.50 per family.
Riverside Community Centre, Parkstone Road, Hull, HU6 7DE. 07958303106
Parent and toddler playgroup on Wednesday 1.00 – 2.30pm and Thursday 9.00 – 11.00am. £1 per family. For more info email [email protected].
Bransholme Methodist Church, next to North Point Shopping Centre, Hull, HU7 4DW
East Riding – The ISPHNS team run child health clinics at the children’s centre’s in Anlaby, Brough, Beverley, Bridlington, Cottingham, Driffield, Goole, Hessle, Hedon, Hornsea, Pocklington, Market Weighton, Withernsea. All are by appointment only – please call 01482 689689.
Hull – Child Health Clinics are a drop in service, no need to book just turn up. For more information call 01482 259600. Latest clinic timetable:
Parent Line – a free text service for any questions or advice about your child’s health (ages 0-5 years), answered by a Health Visitor in your area. If you live in Hull text 07312 263206. If you live in the East Riding text 07312 277070.
Cinebabies are films shown at Cineworld, Kingswood, Hull where you can bring your baby along. They show current films but the environment is relaxed and welcoming. Every Thursday (term time) at 11am.
Clifton Richardson Academy of Dance is an East Hull based Dance and Performing Arts academy. Classes run Monday to Thursday and are held in St James Church Hall Sutton Village, and in St Andrews Community Centre Sutton Park. We offer a variety of children’s classes from age 3+ years, for all abilities and levels. Subjects include: Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz, Acro, Lyrical and Musical Theatre.
Please contact us on [email protected] or 07702072827 (Rosalind – Principal)
Are you a dad, stepdad, grandad or partner of a mum, with a child under 2? Or is your partner expecting? Come along for a free cuppa, snack and a chat with others at:
All welcome. No need to book, just drop in. Run by Homestart Hull.
Baby Massage: a 5 week course consisting of massage, reflexology, play and love. You will be taught different techniques to help with constipation, congestion, teething, colic, reflux and tummy time. Also:
Daydream Baby, 939 Spring Bank West, Hull, HU5 5BE
Pre-school children are welcome on the farm every Tuesday and Thursday (term time only) from 9.30am to 10.30am. There is a small fee of £2 per child, payable on the day. We have 12 spaces, so it’s essential to book via [email protected]. It’s a great opportunity for families in the area to participate in the farm.
East Hull Community Farm, Barham Road, Bilton Grange, Hull, HU9 4EE
Fitness for mums. Includes Boot camp and Buggy fitness walks. Sessions are usually term time and welcome people without little ones too. Current sessions –
No need to book. First 3 sessions free, then annual membership is £36. To find out more, please email [email protected]
A fantastic group offering support and confidence to new mums in Hull, which is part of the Goodwin Trust. They offer video support and messenger support through their Facebook page, or via the helpline 07980 731013 (staffed 8am-10pm daily). They also go into hospital to offer support on a regular basis.
Their regular weekly groups for mums to drop into for help and support are:
Contact for advice – 01482 487811, or email [email protected]
1 hr sessions just for children under 5 and their parent/carer. Run during term time Monday to Saturday. Sessions can be booked online, by phone or just turn up. They also do some 1 hour SEN sessions on selected days.
For more info and bookings call 0330 1595815, email [email protected].
St Stephens Shopping Centre, Ferensway, Hull, HU2 8LN
Hull City Council’s Healthy Lifestyles Team deliver a programme of early years physical activity sessions across the city, free of £1 per session. For children aged 2 to 5 years in venues around Hull. Sessions include: Parent & Tots Dance, Tots Football, Mini Rugby, Tots Tumble, Mini Sports.
All sessions are just turn up. For more information email [email protected].
Have you recently become a parent? Come along and meet other new parents, share experiences, relaxed and informative. No need to book just turn up. Run by the ante natal education midwives at Hull University Teaching Hospitals. Email then for more info [email protected], call 07769 671449. Dates:
At Priory Family Hub, Hull, HU5 5RU, 1-3pm: 21st March 2025, 9th May 2025
At Acorns Family Hub Cafe, Hull, HU9 4DB, 12-2pm: 27th March 2025, 26th June 2025
Free, term time sessions for the under 5s across Hull Libraries:
Spaces are limited so please make sure you book your place, call 01482 210000, or link here.
Thursdays & Fridays at 10am. Jo’s Tiny Signers is a baby and toddler sing and Makaton sign group recommended for children aged 0-3 years and their families. It is an inclusive fun filled class of activities alongside learning the skill of sign. Places must be pre-booked. Contact Jo on 07740291672 or email [email protected].
The Club house Community Centre Hull, James Reckitt Room, Elm Ave, Garden Village, Hull HU8 8PZ
First Steps toddler groups are ideal for babies and pre school children and their parents/carers. Groups run weekly (term time) and are a place for play, crafts, stories and songs. No need to book, just turn up.
For more information contact Rachel Fryer on [email protected] or call 01482 328196
Fun sessions for 0-3s and their parents/carers at the Kingswood Community Centre, at Kingswood House, Ashcombe Road, Hull, HU7 3DD.
Please message Little Angels Kingswood Facebook page for further info or email [email protected]
A variety of classes in Dance and Musical Theatre, for ages 2-18 years, running from Monday to Saturday (excluding Wednesday)
For more information contact Sammy on 07415 888611. 159 Southcoates Avenue, Hull, HU93HF
Park Street Performing Arts Centre provide tuition in dance, drama, and performing arts, including classes for SEN children. For more information all 01482 222452.
Park Street (behind St Stephen’s Centre), Hull, HU2 8RR
Ballroom, Latin and Freestyle dance classes for children starting from age 3 and upwards. Come along just for fun or to do exams and competitions.
Rhythm and Dreams also run Baby Ballroom for under 3s on Thursdays at 9.30am
For more info and to book call 01482 448347 / 07876 455394 or email [email protected]..
Rhythm & Dreams Dancing Centre, 833-839 Hessle Road, Hull, HU4 6QF
Sarah Spence Football Academy provides football-related physical development activities for young children aged from walking to 7 years. Children attend regular sessions with other children of a similar age, where they master both motor and social skills under the watchful eye of highly qualified coaches. Active participation of parents in the sessions is also a key feature.
Sessions run from Active+ (Little Monkeys), National Avenue, Hull, on Tuesdays, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sundays at various times, with sessions for under 3’s and 4-7s.
FIRST CLASS FREE! And first class includes a entry for just £3 into Little Monkeys to play after!!
For more info and to book email Sarah on [email protected].
Football Coaching Sessions:
For older children – Weekly junior leagues for both boys & girls aged 5-12 years. For more information call 01482 706333
Soccer Sensations, Craven Park, Hull, HU9 5DF
Sportsability Swim School provide swimming lessons for all ages and abilities in small groups. 1-2-1s also available. All lessons are taught by experienced and qualified instructors. SEN sessions are also available. Classes are held at private pools in Dunswell. All stages of children’s lessons, plus rookie lifeguard and adult lessons.
Please contact their friendly swim team on 01482 229676 or [email protected] for more information and to book a place.
St Albans family hub run a toddle and family morning, every Thursday 9-11am with breakfast included. Just turn up on the day, no booking needed. For any queries call 07765578423.
St Albans Church, 62 Hall Road, Hull, HU6 8SA.
St John’s Church, Rosmead Street, HU9 2TB
State of The Arts Academy deliver professional, inclusive and affordable performing arts training to all ages and abilities from their purpose-built venue in Hull’s Old Town. Their aim is to provide an accessible and friendly environment where students can develop and excel in their chosen avenue of creative performing arts.
Classes run Monday to Saturday and include: Boys Dance, Open Dance, Street Dance, Ballet, Tap Modern, Musical Theatre, Singing, Panto. From ages 2 years to adults, plus specific SEN sessions.
For more info call 07928 077862, email [email protected]. 42-43 High Street, Hull, HU1 1PT.
Award-winning, sensory-rich toddler development programme, suitable for ages 13 mths to 4 yrs.
For more info contact Heather on [email protected]
Us Mums is a physical activity and well-being programme for pregnant women and new mums in Hull. They run several different sessions to increase physical activity levels and improve women’s emotional well-being during this unique life stage. All free, £1 or £2 per session. Timetable includes: Legs, Bums and Mums, Buggy Walk, Pregnancy & Post-natal Yoga, Bump and Baby Bootcamp. A
Please check their facebook page for latest or email them [email protected].
Also do aqua natal for expecting mums at Beverley Road Baths, Thursdays at 11am, £2.