Toddlers Circus is for ages 18 months to 3 years,  but our age ranges are flexible, so if you have children at different ages, you can bring them to the same class. Parents/caregivers are requested to participate in the class to provide additional modelling, scaffolding, support and assistance. ​​

Once children are a bit bigger, they are ready for a longer, more structured class, and for more advanced gross motor skills to be introduced.  Preschool Circus classes are for 3-5 year olds and can be combined with either Let's Get Messy! sensory play group, or Crafternoons for 4-5 year olds, to make an extended half-day that promotes school readiness. Parents/ caregivers are welcome to join in, but also to gradually decrease their participation to support their child's development of independence.

If your child is starting pre-primary next year, this package offers a perfect preparation.  Research evidence shows that the most important skills needed for a successful school start are gross motor skills, communication skills, social skills and self-regulation, and this 2-hour morning of structured activities is specifically designed by occupational therapist Isobel Lyall to promote these skills, and to build the endurance to maintain them over a whole morning.  You can also gradually decrease your involvement in the class activities, to foster your child's independence in preparation for being without you for a full school day.

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If your child is starting kindy next year, this package offers a perfect preparation.  Research evidence shows that the most important skills needed for a successful school start are gross motor skills, communication skills, social skills and self-regulation, and this 2-hour morning of structured activities is specifically designed by occupational therapist Isobel Lyall to promote these skills, and to build the endurance to maintain them over a whole morning.  You can also gradually decrease your involvement in the class activities, to foster your child's independence in preparation for being without you for a full school day.

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Messy play is important for the development of children's sensory processing skills, and is so much fun!   Best of all, we can enjoy cleaning up together afterwards. Each week, our occupational therapist Isobel Lyall prepares a different sensory exploration activity for the children to get stuck into.  Let's Get Messy is for 18 months-4 year olds.

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Crafternoons are a new activity for children aged 3-4 years (who no longer need a sleep during the day!), including all the benefits of sensory play but with a more defined outcome.  Over the course of a term of classes, we’ll progress from very simple activities with play-based process and open outcomes, toward following a more structured process to achieve an outcome that is more defined, while still allowing lots of avenues for creative exploration and individual expression.

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