TERM
CLASSES
PARENT & CHILD
FRIDAY 2 - 5 YEARS
SATURDAY 2 - 9 YEARS
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.
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.
AUTUMN TERM - THE GRUFFALO FOREST
*Although this term has already started you are welcome to join us mid-term in classes with space - visit the booking website to book.*
After the Summer term we will start our new term `The Gruffalo Forest`. This term will centre around Julia Donaldson`s fantastic world of The Gruffalo. As well as both Gruffalo stories we will read the beautiful Waterstones Book of the Year `The Fox and the Star` and Chris Haughton`s super funny picture book `A Bit Lost`. These great picture books will lead us into creating some great projects including papier mache Gruffalo masks, Gruffalo Forest themed tote bags, awesome Owl Pine Cone Decorations, cutie clay mice and colourful clay snakes, and a fantastically fun Fox Canvas. We will also sing some of our favourite action rhymes and songs. We hope you can join us for some Storycraft forest fun!
PARENT AND CHILD
FRIDAYS - 2-5 YEARS
Friday:
9.30 - 10.30 - Zeynep
10:35 - 11:35 - Zeynep
Autumn Term - `The Gruffalo Forest`
Where: Storycraft Studio, Bahnhofstrasse 3, Ruschlikon, 8803
Starts: 25th August
Ends: 6th October
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. German speaking children also welcome.
PARENT AND CHILD OR DROP-OFF
SATURDAYS - 2-9 YEARS
Saturday:
09:30 - 10:30 - Kortney
10:35 - 11:35 - Kortney
Autumn Term - `The Gruffalo Forest`
Where: Storycraft Studio, Bahnhofstrasse 3, Ruschlikon, 8803
Starts: 26th August
Ends: 7th October
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. 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 Kortney is away. German speaking children also welcome.
WINTER TERM - WINTER WONDERLAND
After the Herbstferien we will start our new term `Winter Wonderland` which will take us up to Christmas. We will read some lovely Wintery books including `10 Little Elves` by Mike Brownlow and ‘Love Matters Most’ by Mij Kelly with some beautiful polar bears. We will be inspired to make some great Winter projects including a cute Polar Bear Canvas, Mini Elf tube decorations, super sweet hanging snowmen, Penguin spoon puppets and smashing Santa bottles. We will also have a fun messy art week. These crafts will be lovely decorations to brighten up your home this Winter or make the perfect gifts for loved ones at Christmastime. We will also sing some of our favourite action rhymes and songs and enjoy bashing those instruments along to Jingle Bells. We hope you can join us for some Storycraft Winter fun!
PARENT AND CHILD
FRIDAYS - 2-5 YEARS
Friday:
9.30 - 10.30 - Zeynep
10:35 - 11:35 - Zeynep
Winter Term - `Winter Wonderland`
Where: Storycraft Studio, Bahnhofstrasse 3, Ruschlikon, 8803
Starts: 27th October
Ends: 22nd December
Includes: All art materials (average 10chf per class)
Cost: 243chf (9 weeks)
Notes: Classes are 50-60 minutes. Non participating siblings under 2 will not be charged. German speaking children also welcome.
PARENT AND CHILD OR DROP-OFF
SATURDAYS - 2-9 YEARS
Saturday:
09:30 - 10:30 - Chelsea
10:35 - 11:35 - Chelsea
Autumn Term - `The Gruffalo Forest`
Where: Storycraft Studio, Bahnhofstrasse 3, Ruschlikon, 8803
Starts: 28th October
Ends: 16th December
Includes: All art materials (average 10chf per class)
Cost: 216chf (8 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 Chelsea is away (includes 28th October and 11th November). German speaking children also welcome.
