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Messy Play for Babies and Toddlers, Pre-Schoolers with a travel theme!
Toucan Tots offers messy play classes for children 6 months – 4 years old, alongside other fantastic creative classes.
Join Toucan on his magical adventure around London!
Travel the world and ignite the senses!
Classes are 45 mins. The babies and toddlers are given the freedom to move around at their own pace. All the activities are inspired by different themes such as seasons and travel! We give children an opportunity to learn that its ok to be messy whilst exploring their senses. The best bit - we will clean up the mess!
About Us
A Dedicated and Passionate EYFS Teacher!
Why is Messy play and Art important for chldren so young?
Why is Messy play and Art important for chldren so young?
My name is Francesca and I am a fully qualified teacher and early years specialist. I have taught for over 18 years. I have a passion for outdoor learning, travel, cooking, music, nature, dance and drama. All the good things in life!
I love teaching children how to cook, get messy, become artists and use their immediate environment to deve
My name is Francesca and I am a fully qualified teacher and early years specialist. I have taught for over 18 years. I have a passion for outdoor learning, travel, cooking, music, nature, dance and drama. All the good things in life!
I love teaching children how to cook, get messy, become artists and use their immediate environment to develop their senses and ignite their imagination. I have created my own children's story based on a Toucan who gets lost in London and use my own character as inspiration for many of the workshops I have created.
Children can learn so much through their local area and simply exploring nature. Many of our classes try to bring natures indoors and use the local flowers, herbs and vegetables as inspiration. I believe you can create a little oasis of nature where ever you are with a bit of imagination, a few seeds and little bit of love.
I also have a Kids Rainbow Yoga Certification and I enjoy weaving in some movements and calming down techniques to all my classes, like rainbow breathing.
I have worked for Dulwich College in London, Shanghai and Singapore and love travelling and teaching children from all over the globe. These experiences have all inspired Toucan Tots workshops and educational resources.
Why is Messy play and Art important for chldren so young?
Why is Messy play and Art important for chldren so young?
Why is Messy play and Art important for chldren so young?
Messy play and art activities are extremely important in a child’s development. They provide children with an exciting tactile and sensory experience that inspires their curiosity, allowing them to explore the world around them and enhance their learning, language and creativity at the same time.
Children learn through experimentation an
Messy play and art activities are extremely important in a child’s development. They provide children with an exciting tactile and sensory experience that inspires their curiosity, allowing them to explore the world around them and enhance their learning, language and creativity at the same time.
Children learn through experimentation and discovery and messy play and art encourages children to explore new textures and manipulate different materials through touch.
Not only does messy play enhance a child’s cognitive development and learning, but it also improves a child’s physical development as well!
Commitment to Excellence and Working to empower parents!
Why is Messy play and Art important for chldren so young?
Commitment to Excellence and Working to empower parents!
Our mission is to embrace the pursuit of excellence in all we do and we value your feedback. We want to deliver truly fun, unique and engaging workshops for you and your child to enjoy here in Walton on Thames. We hope you will remember them forever and we get to be a small part of those magical months and early years. They are gone in a
Our mission is to embrace the pursuit of excellence in all we do and we value your feedback. We want to deliver truly fun, unique and engaging workshops for you and your child to enjoy here in Walton on Thames. We hope you will remember them forever and we get to be a small part of those magical months and early years. They are gone in a flash so it is so important you make the most of them!
Toucan Tots is more than just a class you just leave behind, we provide you with the recipes, ideas and resources to recreate activities at home if you wish to. We believe it take a village to raise a child and it is only when both a parent and a child engage with their local community that a parent can really enjoy parenting otherwise it can be a lonely endeavour at time. We hope to create some fun social events for Toucan Tot parents in the future too.
About Us
Why did I want to set this up?
Why did I want to set this up?
Why did I want to set this up?
Over the past 18 years I have grown as a teacher, been fortunate enough to travel the world with my job and meet families from across the globe. I have taught children in International schools who do not identify with one particular place as home but see themselves more as global citizens.
All of these experiences have led me to Walton o
Over the past 18 years I have grown as a teacher, been fortunate enough to travel the world with my job and meet families from across the globe. I have taught children in International schools who do not identify with one particular place as home but see themselves more as global citizens.
All of these experiences have led me to Walton on Thames and I am passionate about creating a unique programme of fun workshops for tines, tots and tweens in the local area, helping to bring both children and parents in together.
Grab your passports!
Why did I want to set this up?
Why did I want to set this up?
Your Tots will all receive a passport upon joining their first session and each time they visit a new destination in their messy play and Toucan Tots adventures we will add a little stamp, messy play recipe postcard so you can recreate it at your own home and little fun craft or small memento.
Kids Yoga and Movement
Why did I want to set this up?
Kids Yoga and Movement
I have tried to weave some mindfulness, yoga and calming techniques into the sessions to help children and parents instill good habits into their children from an early age. A lot of classes are very over stimulating and high energy but it is important to remember that in our busy world children need to learn to manage big emotions and helping them to do this from a young age is vital.