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STORYCRAFT PARENT & CHILD CLASSES

 

Storycraft parent and child classes are for children aged around 2 to 5 years old, however older children are welcome to also register for weekend sessions. Children come with a parent or a carer for a fun creative session at the Storycraft Studio (from 4.5 years children can attend the class as a drop-off). We start every class with a story from a fun picture book. Some of our favourite authors at Storycraft are Julia Donaldson, Helen Stephens, Oliver Jeffers and Benji Davies, but we also like discovering new picture books so usually they'll be a mixture of stories you know and probably a few stories you don't.

 

After the storytime there is normally a short demo showing parents and children the suggested project for the class. The art and craft project will normally relate to the theme of the story. Every term we will have a good variety of projects, often including 2D and 3D projects, structured crafts and more freestyle experiments. Some projects are one week, others span a few weeks. Every term we use a variety of artistic materials and introduce children and parents to different techniques, for example watercolor, acrylic and gouache paints, clay cutters and modeling, mixed-media collage and clay or papier mache sculpture, stamping and stencils, pastels and charcoal. At Storycraft we particularly like getting messy and we like mixed-media crafts which allow us to bring lots of colour, texture and sensory experience for little ones into the art room.

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We love singing and action rhymes at Storycraft, not to mention all those animal noises in Old MacDonald! So time permitting we try and finish each class with a song or two. Classes are held in English but most of our teachers speak some German as well. We have lots of children of different nationalities at our classes and everyone is welcome. Our classes are a great way to introduce young children to English. 

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NEXT TERM - Dragons and Dinosaurs

After the Sportsferien we will start our new term 'Dragons and Dinosaurs'. This term we will read some fun books including "Zog" and "Room on the Broom" by Julia Donaldson and "Dragon Stew" by Steve Smallman. These super stories will lead us into creating some fierce and fantastic projects including a Papier Mache Dragon egg box puppet, a Dinosaur Diorama, a Dragon Mask, a Dinosaur Model, as well as a Magic Wand to go with our Room on the Broom story and add a little sparkle! We will also sing some of our favourite action rhymes and songs. We hope you can join us for some Storycraft fun!

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PARENT AND CHILD

FRIDAYS - 2-5 YEARS

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Friday:

10:15 - 11:15 - Zeynep

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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday morning classes may also run with enough demand. Please contact us to register your interest. 

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Spring Term  - Dragons and Dinosaurs

Where: Storycraft Studio, Bahnhofstrasse 3, Ruschlikon, 8803

Starts: 3rd March

Ends: 21st April

Includes: All art materials (average 10chf per class) 

Cost: 189chf (7 weeks) 

Notes: Classes are 50-60 minutes. Non participating siblings under 2 will not be charged. The class on 17th March will be taken by another Storycraft teacher as Zeynep is away. No class 7th April due to Easter.

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PARENT AND CHILD OR DROP-OFF

SATURDAYS - 2-9 YEARS

Saturday:

09:30 - 10:30 - Zeynep

10:35 - 11:35 - Zeynep

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Spring Term  - Dragons and Dinosaurs

Where: Storycraft Studio, Bahnhofstrasse 3, Ruschlikon, 8803

Starts: 4th March

Ends: 15th April

Includes: All art materials (average 10chf per class) 

Cost: 162chf (6 weeks)

Notes: Classes are 50-60 minutes. Non participating siblings under 2 will not be charged. Children under 4.5 years must attend with a parent/carer. Children over 4.5 years are welcome to attend as a drop-off. Other teachers may take the occasional class when Zeynep is away. No class 8th April due to Easter.

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