Local Mother’s Groups
Facilitated Weekly Mother-Baby Groups
A professionally guided space for new mums to connect, feel supported, and better understand their baby in the early months.
The early months with your baby are tender, transformative and often overwhelming. Our Mother’s Groups offer a steady, nurturing space where you can slow down, build community, and feel supported during this foundational stage of motherhood.
Nurturing Beginnings is a not-for-profit initiative working to make high-quality early parenting support more accessible to families. Our sessions are currently fully funded, so families can attend without cost.
Because each group is carefully facilitated, intentionally small, and thoughtfully prepared, places are limited. We invite families to register their interest so we can offer available places as fairly and thoughtfully as possible.
Each group is guided by an AMI-trained 0–3 Montessori educator, offering a rare opportunity to be supported by someone deeply grounded in the Montessori approach — providing guidance that is evidence-based, respectful of your baby’s natural development, and grounded in real life with a baby.
Our Approach
We weave together:
Evidence-informed developmental guidance
Practical, compassionate support
Authentic Montessori principles
A mother-led, community-centred philosophy
The presence of an AMI 0-3 guide to ensure what you learn is trustworthy, respectful and grounded
Our circles grow and evolve with the people in them. Mothers shape the space. Babies set the pace. The guide offers steady hands and gentle structure — not a rigid curriculum.
What we do
Weekly In-Person Gatherings
A gentle, rhythmical space to slow down, exhale, and feel truly supported.
Each session includes:
conversation grounded in what real mothers are navigating that week
insights into your baby’s development and simple ways to support them
time to observe, connect, and be with your baby in a calm, prepared environment
opportunities to ask questions and receive guidance when you want it
These gatherings are not classes. They are support circles — shaped by the mothers in the room, week by week.
Because places are fully funded and group sizes are limited, we ask families who are offered a place to attend as consistently as they are able. This helps protect the quality of the experience for everyone and ensures funded places are used well.
Ongoing Community Support
Between sessions, you’ll have access to a broader private community of mothers in your local area.
This space:
makes it easy to stay connected
offers a place to share questions, experiences and encouragement
is overseen by your AMI guide to ensure safety, respect and trustworthy information
It’s mother-to-mother support with the scaffolding and safety of professional oversight.
Community Events & Gatherings
Throughout the year, families are invited to gentle community meet-ups designed to build relationships, reduce isolation, and strengthen local networks of support.
No pressure, no performance — just connection, kindness and real-life support.
Fully-funded places are limited. Register your interest and we’ll be in touch when a suitable place becomes available.
Program Director
Sarah Breckenridge
Sarah is Nurturing Beginnings Program Director and Pedagogical Lead. She leads our team of qualified facilitators, helping ensure every circle is grounded in evidence-based guidance, deep respect for the child, and compassionate support for families in the earliest years.
With four decades of experience as a paediatric nurse, postpartum doula, and AMI-trained Montessori 0–3 educator, Sarah brings rare depth, wisdom, and care to the heart of our program.
Our Facilitators
