East Linton - Circus workshop

  

Circus Parade

    

Body Balance (and trust!)

 

July 2nd

As part of East Lothian Council's summer programme of events, I presented my 'Interactive Circus-themed Storytelling and Capers' workshop to a group of primary-aged children within East Linton Library.   
 

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 "When are we getting to hear the rest of the story?" appealed an eager wee boy in a raised voice. It's good to know my specially written stories and songs for Words and Action events have a strong connection with the children!

Body Balance; Group Work

The children learnt to work together cooperatively together. Trusting one another was a huge learning curve. It was remarkable how this 3-year-old threw herself into trying the moves. Each child became more aware of their bodies, as they progressed through each Body Balance move.  

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Feather skills

 

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Play it again Sam!

There is such satisfaction in achieving new skills. Whether intricate or easy, their fine motor skills and concentration were getting a workout. Here one boy is learning basic feather skills whilst his brother really shone at a multitude of baton manoeuvres.



Ministry of Silly Walks

We used the Day Centre in the building which houses the library, in order that the children could have room to express themselves! And express themselves they did! From this to a child suggesting miming a chicken walking, we all had fun.

Clowning around

This game really connected with their sense of humour.



Slapstick humour

As you can see, they really got involved and showed great enthusiasm, 

Deep in Circus Story-land thoughts

expression and attentiveness during the course of the workshop.