Did you miss the Ripple Early Years Arts Symposium? 🌊
We’ve just released recordings of four sessions, featuring talks by experts in early years creativity. Whether you’re an artist, educator, or researcher, these sessions offer insights into how we play, create, and grow with young children.
For £10, you get full access to:
✨ Hans Van Regenmortel on young children, art and life
✨ ToddlerFuturism with @drarculus
✨ Co-creation insights from @mwmcharity and @youthmusicuk
✨ Researching with under-3s by @jesspitt184
Link in our bio to buy.
#EarlyYearsArts #RippleFestival #CreativeTraining #EarlyYearsPlay #EarlyYears
A lot of post it notes later and we’re still smiling 😊
Here’s a sneak peak behind the scenes of us planning, reflecting and thinking about the future!
📍 Magic Acorns
Who knew masking tape could be such a good friend ....
I have been led gently by the paws, in and out my comfort zones this past few days
@codamusicandartstrust with the wonderful @magic_acorns leading the way.
Quietening my questioning inner teenage brain (who knew that was going to start piping up?)
What a rewarding joy to see these little ones and their families enjoying the space!
Thank you to all the lovelies involved, a truly, magical, sparkly time.
#earlyyearsworkshops #babies #playsculpture #recycledart #seethelightbethelight
We’re not crying, you are.
Swipe to hear what our lovely families have to say about Magic Acorns’ sessions 👉
We run free, weekly sessions for children aged 0-3 and their grown-ups to explore and play with materials, sound and objects in our fabulous multi-sensory space in Great Yarmouth, hosted by our specialist early years artists.
🎟️ Sign up to our mailing list to get the free booking links each week - link in bio.
✨If you have the means to do so, become a Magic Friend by donating £5 per month and help us continue to offer local families regular access to free, high-quality creative experiences.
#EarlyYears #CommunityArts #GreatYarmouth
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1 - What our families say about Magic Acorns
2 - “Calm, joy, out of this world!”
3 - “It means a lot to us. Lots of light, lots of presence, lots of play, lots of creativity”
4 - “A sense of community, literally I shaped my work schedule around it!”
5 - “The amazing staff who love what they do. It’s a magical place for all 💕”
6 - “Finding more use for plastic bowls... We used to have a bowl at home that just sat there, but now I create games - rolling it towards her, she’ll fetch it or roll it herself.”
7 - “It’s like a feel good group”
8 - “I love how the children are free to explore and express themselves so freely.”
9 - “In most playgroups, as a dad, you feel singled out... But here, because of how everyone speaks to everyone, you feel relaxed.”
10 - “The care and love from the artists.”
11 - “Going to the group inspired me to get a tongue drum... The idea of sitting outside and playing along with it really appeals to me.”
12 - “It’s always a different layout, different activities. Very creative... Finding enjoyment out of everyday materials.”
13 - “Magic Dads makes me feel like I can have fun with my little one, and ... I can make fun out of things I didn’t normally think were fun.”
14 - “I think it helps the children bloom into their true selves.”
A session this morning was documented by two of our young creative researchers (2 and 3 yrs old)
We are very much enjoying and excited by the images and viewpoints they capture!
The Playtech team have been prototyping new noisy toys this week 🔊
Through thinking, making & breaking creative technologies and cardboard, they prototyped 5 new potential instruments along with a range of mini-experiments & imagining how these might be developed with & explored by very young children.
Here’s a little look at some of their beginnings of new noisy creations!
PlayTech is supported by the Energiser Fund from @youthmusicuk and @groundswell_arts
#creativetechnology #sensoryart #interactiveart #earlyyears #cardboardart
Reflective drawings made during today’s Magic Play session! So many different magic moments between children and caregivers.
These drawings become a record of what happens during the sessions and inform how we might prepare the space next time!
Drawing during the sessions is another way we can witness what is happening, with marks on a page creating fleeting gestures that match the play!
Magic Play is currently funded by Hornsea 3 community fund and the National Lottery Community Fund.
Last weekend Sophie and Sue made the journey north to @scrapleeds to buy some new materials for us to play with! We are having fun this week observing the babies and children play with the objects in lots of intriguing ways!
Magic Acorns was founded by five fabulous women. We are proud to be an inclusive organisation that is growing with community, heart and a mischievous spirit!
Celebrating this on #IWD26 💜💚🤍🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
🎨🖌️Colourful scenes from yesterday’s Magic Families session exploring drawing and painting to music with Gabby! So relaxing, and as one parent said “so nice to do something different”
✨ Magic Families ✨ sessions are a stay and play session with a creative activity aimed at the caregivers. Each session we invite a different artist to share something to inspire, relax or ignite the creative kid inside all of us!
✉️ Sign up to our mailing list to receive our free booking links each week!
🔗 Link in bio
Step inside @magic_acorns ' radical new early years project, where toddlers lead the creative process ✨
PlayTech is reshaping what music, creativity and listening can look like for under‑fives. See how Magic Acorns are pioneering new approaches - link in bio.
This work been made possible thanks to support from @aceagrams .
Photo credit: @bethmoseleyphotography
A little peek at a recent group reflection session. We made a group collage together to share our thoughts and feelings about Music Garden.
Music Garden is an artist development project funded by @youthmusicuk grounded in weekly community music practice here in #greatyarmouth
