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A new block of Baby Boogie sessions has begun on Wednesday mornings, bringing babies, carers and residents together for music, movement and plenty of fun.

he ladies from Two Can Uke joined us at Lear House for a Friday afternoon of music, singing, percussion and dancing, and they are already booked in to come back.

Caroline from Popcat's Music Time returned to Lear House with children from Carrie's Tiney Home Nursery and Caroline's Childminding for an afternoon of songs, percussion and a shared quiet read.

Shared Reading is a beautifully simple idea. A trained Reader Leader chooses a poem or a piece of writing and reads it aloud to the group. Everybody listens. Then everybody talks about it.

The children from Carrie's Tiney Home Nursery visited Lear House for a morning of singing, storytelling and shared laughter across the generations.

The singing carries down the corridor, there is a burst of laughter between songs, and by the time you walk through the door someone is already up on their feet. That is exactly how it went when Sandra Currie came back to spend the afternoon with us.

Waltzing, hand jiving, singing and percussion. Caroline from Popcats Music Time returned to Lear House for another fabulous Music and Movement session, and our residents had a wonderful time.

Last Friday afternoon we welcomed Dominga Devitt for A Trip Down Memory Lane, and what a nostalgic session it turned out to be. The theme this time was television advertising, and by the end of it we had covered decades of adverts, jingles and characters that most of us had not thought about in years.

There are some visitors who need no introduction, and Andrew and Marko are firmly on that list. They were back with us again this week for another afternoon of music, dancing and poetry, and once again they had the whole room joining in from the very first song.

There are some mornings at Lear House that have a rhythm all of their own, and Thursday is one of them. That is when Heather arrives for Knit and Natter, and the lounge fills with the gentle click of needles, the rustle of wool being wound, and the sort of easy conversation that only happens when everyone's hands are busy.

Free, fully funded Boogie Baby intergenerational music and sensory play sessions return to Abbeyfield Seafield House in West Kirby every Wednesday from 9 September to 21 October 2026. Just 11 places each week.

We started off with some gentle seated exercises that everybody could join in with, moved on to a round of quiz questions that had the whole room thinking (and a fair bit of friendly debate along the way), and finished up with a proper party atmosphere. Music playing, hands clapping, toes tapping and smiles all round.