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We offer two types of classes through the Outside the Box Program 
- Classes offered at our OTB Center in Woodland Hills (OTB CENTER CLASSES)
- Pre-paid field sessions (8 consecutive classes) hosted in people's homes or at a facility. (OTB SESSIONS or "Field Classes")
Please see the left margin for more information on both types of classes offered.
What's New on the site this week:
- NO CLASSES ON LABOR DAY! HAPPY LABOR DAY!
- "Science of Sleep" Learning Lecture is happening September 2nd; 7 PM - 9:30 PM!
- Mindful Meditiation Classes start Monday, September 13th at 6:30 PM. Call the center for more information (818) 348-PLAY).
- Come see our new addition to the OTB Family! Lucy and Ethel are our new bunnies who live at the Center!
- Make sure to CANCEL your registration if you cannot attend class. Policy: NO SHOWS will be charged a Day Pass ($22).
- REMINDER: For Center classes - ALWAYS check the website before packing up the baby and coming to class. In the event that there is a last minute change, it will be posted to your registration/calendar page. See FAQ for instructions on how to see how many people are registered for a center class.
"Outside the Box" (OTB) is an educational and developmental program consisting of facilitated classes which focus on brain development in infants and young children through multi-sensory stimulation and learning. Concentration is set on cognitive development and reached through playful and fun activities which foster attachment and bonding and create neural synapse activity the brain.
OTB - Where Smart Mom's and Dad's take their kids! Our goal is to teach you how to teach your children!
OTB is a unique program to enhance your infant, toddler and young child's early educational development through learning and interaction.
Parents are an essential part of the developmental equation to the baby or young child's brain. Infants prefer human stimuli . . YOUR face, YOUR voice, YOUR touch, and even YOUR smell--over everything else. They innately orient to the faces of those around them most and would rather listen to the sound of your voice singing than any other kind of sound.
Most people don’t realize that in the first year of life, 75% of the nerve pathway in the brain is developed, with 90% percent being developed within the first three years. You truly are the "architect" of your baby's brain!!
Our program is not for everyone. We are not a "Mommy & Me", and although we are playing, we are not an open play group, rather we are an educational program with learning goals and objectives in sight. This is the perfect program for parents who want to be instrumental in their child's early learning and development, and who are willing to invest the time and effort it takes to implement learning tools for future learning capabilities.
Everything we do, we do for the future! We now know that the brain's plasticity state lasts and continues to evolve until we are quite aged. In OTB classes, we take advantage of the brain's ability to learn and age at the same time, and make it a goal to get the brain thinking, learning, and problem solving early so that the process comes easier in later stages of life. We are not trying to create a super-human race of babies, but we are wholeheartedly invested in helping children develop into responsible, easy learning and easy thinking adults!
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