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Best Baby Classes in Los Angeles: Mommy & Me, Baby Sign Language, and More

Little music makers learn and play together and with their grown-ups. Photo courtesy of Ladybug Music
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8/6/23 - By Kylie Williams

These baby classes in Los Angeles can solve one of the biggest parenting hurdles: getting out of the house to keep your sanity! It can be so helpful to have a weekly outing on the calendar— something to look forward to and a place to socialize with other parents. These Mommy & Me classes (and Daddy & Me classes, too!) focus on activities that babies and parents can do together, from swimming lessons to baby sign language and yoga classes to mama meetups. Find your tribe, bond with your babe, and leave the dishes, loud toys, and piles of laundry behind for an hour or two with these amazing baby classes in Los Angeles. 

For new and expectant parents, we've also got a list of the best pregnancy and parenting classes in Los Angeles, or you can dive into our roundup of the top baby and toddler swimming lessons and classes in LA. Plus, find more kids' classes and programs for kids of all ages in our Guide to the Best Kids' Classes and Activities in Los Angeles.

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One of the best parts of taking classes with your babies is meeting other parents! Photo courtesy of What a Babe
One of the best parts of taking classes with your babies is meeting other parents! Photo courtesy of What a Babe

Top Sensory Play Baby Classes in Los Angeles

LA Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Arcadia
This unique 127-acre botanical garden and historical site is located in what was the heart of the historic Rancho Santa Anita in the city of Arcadia. The beloved nonprofit offers youth and family programs, seasonal events and performances, seasonal camps, and outdoor Parent & Me classes that foster parent-child bonding through songs, crafts, stories, and play. READ MORE

Outside the Box

La Crescenta
Outside the Box is a multi-sensory class experience created for "brainy babies" and toddlers. Instructive encourage cognitive development through easy motor skills, visual tracking, audio tracking, and more. Classes are specifically geared to maximize learning for children at different stages in their development, and always involve plenty of sensory play, cognitive exercise, problem solving, and learning to share and be kind.  READ MORE

What a Babe

Sherman Oaks, Hollywood, Encino, & Valley Village
Color mixing, taste-safe painting, and baby & toddler DIY crafting (like scented “beach sand” and “snow”) are just some of the hands-on and project-based ways parents can explore sensory learning with their tots. Music classes are also offered for parents and their babies & toddlers. READ MORE

Zumbini with Jan

Tarzana
Music and movement combine for a time of fun at these park classes. Zumbini with Jan classes are available for babies as little as three months. In addition to movement, classes can include water play, bubbles, bells, pom poms, drums, and more.  READ MORE
Baby sign language classes help babies and parents communicate. Photo courtesy of SignShine
Baby sign language classes help babies and parents communicate. Photo courtesy of SignShine

Top LA Music and Language Baby Classes

The Colburn School

Downtown Los Angeles
This internationally renowned performing arts school provides high quality music and dance education to students of all ages and levels. Summer camps and seminars invite musicians and dancers to enhance their skills, and Summer Saturdays offer beginners an opportunity to try out classes before registering for the fall semester. The Early Childhood Creative Arts Program provides a supportive and interactive learning environment for kids ages 7 months old and up. READ MORE

International School of Los Angeles

Burbank, Los Feliz, Pasadena, & Tarzana
The International School of Los Angeles is an independent international school that offers a French immersion track from preschool through 12th grade. LILA Mini Club is the school's bilingual French and English program for babies and toddlers between the ages of 6 months and 3 years old, teaching French to parents and children in a warm and supportive environment. French language Summer Camp is also hosted on the school's Los Feliz campus. READ MORE

Minibop Music

Glassell Park
Located in Northeast LA, Minibop's goal is to create a fun environment for children to develop, engage, and socialize through music. Minibop is dedicated to sourcing, hiring, and training the most talented teachers to bring music into children's lives. Minibop offers group classes, private music lessons, birthday parties, and more. READ MORE

LoveBug & Me Music

Multiple locations throughout LA
Voted the "Best Baby & Toddler Music Program in Los Angeles," LoveBug & Me Music is a local mom-owned small business. Owner Mary Arden Gorman puts a lot of love into this popular program for kids 0-6 years old, and it has grown to offer 90 weekly indoor, outdoor, online, and private group classes all around Los Angeles. READ MORE

MandarinArts Studio

Encino
MandarinArts is a new concept studio for kids to organically learn the Mandarin language via dance, music, art, and drama classes. Music, singing, play, drama, dance, arts, and crafts all come together to make learning Chinese engaging and fun. The studio also offers group and private piano and vocal classes.  READ MORE

SignShine

Beverly Hills
Signing is a wonderful thing for kids and parents to learn together as it not only provides bonding time but also helps young children communicate and reduces their frustration (also called crying time!). Songs make it easy for parents to remember what they’re learning and practice at home. Parent & Me classes are divided into groups for Infants & Crawlers and Standing & Walking. READ MORE

PLAY Music

Silverlake
PLAY Music doesn’t just offer Parent and Me music and movement classes, it gives new parents (or new again parents) a whole community. Before or after class, families can hang out in the retail area, browse in the little library, play with toys, make new friends, and drop in for messy art.  READ MORE

Ladybug Music

Multiple locations throughout LA
Professional musicians guide parents and babies through these lively classes focused on introducing little ears to rhythm, pitch, dynamics, and tempo. Mom or dad can cuddle, laugh, sing, and dance with their baby while enjoying this educational and foundational course, while toddlers and preschoolers can play along and begin their jouney into the world of musical instruments.  READ MORE

Baila Baila

Santa Monica, Westlake Village, & Woodland Hills
Learn Spanish and music together at Baila Baila. In a variety of classes, kids begin learning Spanish in a total immersion experience through music and art. Teachers use visual cues to help kids and parents alike learn new words and sounds.  Music, movement, arts and crafts, sensory activities, and story time are used to reinforce what kids are learning. READ MORE
Explore the great outdoors together. Photo courtesy of Tinkergarten
Explore the great outdoors together. Photo courtesy of Tinkergarten

Art and Exploration Baby Classes in Los Angeles

Purple Twig

Eagle Rock
Get ready to get creative at Purple Twig. This studio offers art lessons for kids ages two to ten. Whether you want to play with fingerpaints, recycled materials, process art, or more, Purple Twig has it all. This creative space also offers summer day camps with plenty of art, plenty of outdoor play, scavenger hunts, storytimes, and library visits.  READ MORE

Tinkergarten

Multiple locations throughout LA
Tinkergarten is a unique, outdoor education class that focuses on hands-on, sensory activities for littles ages 18 months to 10 years old. The company believes in the formative power of time outdoors, and uses a curriculum that instructs kids on fundamental life skills. READ MORE

Sherman Oaks Cooperative Preschool

Sherman Oaks
The Sherman Oaks Cooperative Preschool offers almost totally outdoors preschool education, but they also have a toddler play and learn class for kids ages 18 months to three years. The interactive parent and me course takes place on Friday mornings and includes art, sensory bins, story time, building, and snack time.  READ MORE
Get those LA kids into yoga classes with you as soon as possible! Photo courtesy of Zooga Yoga in Culver City
Get those LA kids into yoga classes with you as soon as possible! Photo courtesy of Zooga Yoga in Culver City

Top Baby and Parent Yoga Classes

Silverlake Yoga

Silverlake
Silverlake Yoga offers both prenatal and postnatal yoga, including mommy and me classes. Baby & me and toddler & me classes teach babies healthy movement while also giving moms a relaxing, invigorating hour of exercise. After 26 years of offering these classes, some of the babies that were first in yoga return as mothers themselves. Mothers can also meet others in the same stage of parenting and develop a tribe at these fun-filled courses.  READ MORE

Zooga Yoga

Culver City & Calabasas
Zooga is a yoga studio dedicated to babies, kids, teens, expecting moms, parents, and families. Classes are playful, taught in the branded Zooga Yoga style, and studios are environmentally friendly. Classes are available both online and in parks in Culver City and Calabasas (coming soon). READ MORE

A Mother's Haven

Encino
A Mother's Haven equips new moms, second-time moms, working moms, and their babies with the knowledge, confidence, and support they need in the early years of parenthood. Choose from classes in breastfeeding, newborn care, infant CPR, support groups and gatherings for moms, and even fun courses like mommy and me yoga, music classes, and sign language for babies. There is also a darling store featuring some of the best brands of baby care products on the market.  READ MORE

The Family Room

Toluca Lake & San Marino
Thousands of parents have benefitted from the support and instruction offered at The Family Room. This center provides pregnancy classes, infant CPR and first aid, music classes, parent and me classes, baby yoga courses, and more. Classes range from prenatal to toddlerhood. Kids between two and four especially enjoy the music classes, which develop a basic understanding of rhythm, tone, tenor, and melody. The 3 & 4 year old class even features real keyboards and preps children for formal piano lessons. READ MORE

Family Wellness Studio

El Segundo
Family Wellness Studio is best known for yoga classes, but also offers childbirth courses, lactation classes, and support groups. The studio presents a holistic approach to pregnancy and early parenting. Family Wellness Studio hopes to help families raise healthy babies while also looking out for their own personal health.  READ MORE

Burbank Parent Education Programs(BPEC) Classes

Burbank
The Burbank Parenting Educational Center offers a wide variety of workshops and classes for parents and their littles throughout the year. Programs often include free play, circle time, snack time, and a discussion time for parents. These parent and me courses are designed to be an encouragement to moms and dads, while the kids can have fun too.  READ MORE
Let the little ones jump around the gyms. Photo courtesy of The Little Gym
Let the little ones jump around the gyms. Photo courtesy of The Little Gym

Fantastic Gymnastics Baby Classes in LA

The Little Gym

Multiple locations throughout LA
You can learn gymnastics before you can even walk at The Little Gym. Once you have an active toddler that is bouncing off the walls, set them free in this safe, padded, guided environment to learn more about body awareness, coordination, overcoming obstacles, and more. Kids can advance all the way through grade school classes if they discover a love for gymnastics during their time at The Little Gym.  READ MORE

My Gym

Multiple locations throughout LA
My Gym has tons of bright, stimulating colors and exciting equipment including trampolines and ball pits. Kids and parents can stretch, exercise, sing, dance, and tumble around to learn balance, agility, and body awareness. Check out a free demo class at a location near you.  READ MORE

Club Champion Gymnastics

Pasadena & Monrovia
If your mobile toddler is up for a challenge, Club Champions Gymnastics is the perfect place to test his or her limits. These instructors expect a lot from the students, but parents are amazed when their kiddos rise to the challenge. Whether you have a budding athlete or just need a place to go once a week, this gym is a great option.  READ MORE

Hugo's Gymfitness

Santa Clarita
Little tykes can find their footing at Hugo's on the tumble trampoline, play in the foam pit, navigate obstacle courses, and stretch with an instructor in a class strategically created for early childhood development. As kids get bigger and more confident, they can graduate from a parent and me course to GymBuddies, where mom and dad watch from the stands while kids shine.  READ MORE

Flip 1st Gymnastics

Santa Monica
Toddlers and babies can learn basic movement, social skills, and self-confidence at these engaging and enjoyable classes.  READ MORE
Kids as young as a few months (or even weeks) old can start swimming. Photo courtesy of kidSwim
Kids as young as a few months (or even weeks) old can start swimming. Photo courtesy of kidSwim

Best Baby Swimming Classes in Los Angeles

SwimRight Academy

Mid-City & West Hills
The inland side of the 405 has long been the territory of swim school impresario and Olympic gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg, whose academy location at the JCC on the Miracle Mile boasts a patented learn-to-swim method developed by the Olympic star himself. Classes include private, group, parent and tot, as well as pre-swim team training. READ MORE

Rose Bowl Aquatic Center

Pasadena
The RBAC is located in Brookside Park and offers a variety of aquatic programs for families. The facility's two Olympic-size pools are both outdoors. Baby swim classes start at 6 months. The Rubber Ducky class is for brand new swimmers and teaches water comfort. The Baby Beluga class is for babies who are comfortable putting their face in the water and blowing bubbles. Classes continue for kids at all levels, all the way up through Olympic swimmers! READ MORE

kidSwim

Cheviot Hills & South Bay
kidSwim is a developmental swim school for kids 5 months and up, offering parent-child classes, one-on-one lessons, and in-home lessons. The unique program teaches motor, sensory, and communication skills aligned with the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.  READ MORE

Santa Monica Swim Center

Santa Monica
At the Santa Monica Swim Center, your little fish learns to swim using CDC and American Red Cross guidelines. Starting at 3.5 years old, the Santa Monica Swim Center has parent/child classes at three levels: Polliwog, Guppy, and Minnow. Each session runs for 9 consecutive weekdays and focuses on important water safety and acclimation skills. As children become more confident in the water, they can move on to swim classes without a parent or guardian.  READ MORE

Water Wings Swim School

Encino, Northridge, Canoga Park, & Agoura Hills
Even the tiniest swimmers can learn to glide independently for three to five feet. Parent and Me classes at Water Wings Swim School start at just three months old and stretch all the way into adulthood. Classes are offered all year round in the indoor facilities, and the pool water is temperature controlled to 90 degrees (bathtub warm!).  READ MORE

Places featured in this article:

Tarzana Recreation Park
International School of Los Angeles - Burbank
PLAY Music at the Silverlake Conservatory
Sherman Oaks Cooperative Nursery School