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10 The Link Magazine • November 2001
Library offers literary aerobics for babies
Reiki Healing It was all action at the West Swindon library on 12 October with babes
4 Indian being bounced on mums laps to the rhythms of nursery rhymes sung
by children's librarian Robert Cotterill.
Head
He explained that babies acquire information and knowledge from
their earliest moments and nursery rhymes provide an excellent early
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years stimulation which will lead to a love of reading. "Babies are
picking things up all the time and we ran this trial session to see how
they and their parents would react."
Treatment Room (gym) One of the lap bouncing mums Penny Thomas said her nine month
Link Centre old daughter Ellie had enjoyed the half hour. "It was a lot of fun, a bit
like keep fit with books."
Lorraine Mills The library hopes to run regular baby bouncing sessions in the future,
which will compliment the work done by health visitors who give out
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early years Book Start packs when a child is born. As a reward for taking
Dip.IHM. Reiki Master. MICHT part in the bounce, each mum received a free board book to share with
Mobile service also available their baby.
Right, Robert Cotterill's pet Ted attracts the attention of Ellie and Penny
Thomas, with Helen Smith and Jessica Williams, 17 weeks

NAIL S Greendown Gallopers are top horseless women

Specialising in A team of staff and volunteer mums from Greendown playgroup must be some of the fittest ladies around
ALL aspects of after winning this year's Badminton Horseless Trials.
nail, hand and foot care. This year, unable to run the Badminton Horse
Trials course because of foot and mouth restrictions,
Jessica manicure
pedicure
pedicure. the five playgroup mums and staff called Greendown
Nail biters programme. Gallopers beat ten other ladies' teams on 23 Septem-
JESSICA'* Post acrylic treatment, ber over a five mile cross country course in Tetbury,
nail extensions, nail ar complete with hurdles, and muddy water jumps.
products available Organised by the Rotary Club of the South Cots-
wolds, the ladies raised £230, to be split between
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playgroup funds and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
Association of Nail Technicians
Greendown Playgroup is temporarily based at
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