Outside the Box Enrichment Center

Outside the Box Enrichment Center offers baby and toddler classes with movement, sensory exploration, music, and play. Its parent-and-me classes include songs, games, and creative play, and its age-grouped classes also include visual tracking, auditory tracking, gentle gross motor skills, vestibular activities, social learning, circle time, child-directed exploration, Brain Gym principles, arts-and-crafts projects, self-reflection, and messy play.

Programs

• Baby and Toddler Classes — Babies and toddlers · Developmental play classes offered in La Crescenta and Glendale. Focus on movement, sensory exploration, music, and play.
• Parent-and-Me Classes — Babies and toddlers · One hour-long classes focused on enhancing cognitive development through songs, games, and creative play.
• Younger Baby Classes (YB) — Babies on their backs, not yet crawling · Uses multisensory cues to stimulate the brain, including visual tracking, auditory tracking, gentle gross motor skills, music and movement, and vestibular activities.
• Older Baby Classes (OB) — Babies crawling, not yet walking · Introduces social learning activities and includes core, learning, and sensory activities.
• Toddler Classes (TOD) — Walking to 36 months · Mixed toddler classes for younger and older toddlers; includes circle time, movement, child-directed exploration, and activities that encourage sharing, teamwork, and kindness.
• Older Toddler Class (OT) — Confident and very stable walkers
• Young Children Class (YC) — 3-6 years old · Designed for 3 to 6-year-olds; includes Brain Gym principles, right- and left-brain activities, arts-and-crafts projects, self-reflection, and social learning principles.
• Sensory Class — Older babies about to walk, toddlers, and young children · Highly multi-sensory class focused on sensory integration and messy play.

At a glance

• Ages: 0–6 years old
• General schedule: Classes are organized by age groups and development rather than strict actual age. The source describes one hour-long parent-and-me classes and age-grouped developmental play classes.

About the provider

Outside the Box Enrichment Center says it serves families throughout the foothill communities, including La Crescenta, Glendale, Montrose, La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, Burbank, Eagle Rock, Tujunga, Sunland, and Northeast Los Angeles. The center says it is a resource center that offers unconditional support to caregivers and parents. Octavia Lindlahr has a background in Neurobiology and Child Development, and she was a Labor Doula, Childbirth Educator, and International Infant Massage Instructor.

• Field Class / Private Group Class — Group of 8 or more students · Private group classes at another location.

Age appropriations are informal and based more on development than actual age. For younger baby classes, babies are on their backs and not yet crawling. Older baby classes are for babies crawling but not yet walking. Toddler classes are for confident walkers, and no crawlers are allowed. Mixed toddler classes are appropriate for confident walkers to 3 years old. Young children classes are for 3 to 6 years old. The source says no walkers or crawlers are allowed in certain age groups as noted. Parents/caregivers participate in some classes.

Last updated August 27, 2026.