Preschool sessions:

LSE

For children, the classes will:

• Build confidence and self-esteem

• Stimulate curiosity and imagination

• Boost memory

• Improve listening and concentration skills

• Promote team work

• Enhance vocabulary

• Help process information more easily as they learn to connect emotions with stories

• Provide opportunities to socialise

• Use exploratory play to support learning and develop skills

For grown-ups, the classes will:

• Provide a social platform with other members of the class

• Give greater confidence in engaging children in reading

• Demonstrate reading and storytelling techniques that can be used at home

• Involve a range of exploratory techniques to develop children’s cognitive functions and emotional development

• Show how stories have different purposes such as to entertain, educate and share social, cultural and moral values

• Allow you to see your child’s journey of growing understanding as they engage with the narrative, plot, characters and setting of different stories