Storytelling, Coffee@27, 27 London Road, Tooting SW17. (Every Monday and Wednesday 10am-10.45am, starting 30 January 2017)

I’m very excited to be launching this new regular storytelling session for little ones, featuring lots of interactive songs, stories, rhymes, props and colouring-in for your child to enjoy. £3 per child. Coffee@27 is a lovely child-friendly cafe in Tooting, just two doors down from Tooting Station with yummy food and coffee. Get a free babychino with every coffee. Hope to see you there!

If you are in the mood for a lovely family-friendly singing and storytelling show and workshop, look no further than the Pram Chorus gig at the Bedford Pub in Balham on Saturday 4 June from 2pm -3.30pm. Featuring this lovely choir of local parents and yours truly doing a wee bit o’ storytelling too. Adults £10 with kids going free.

Hello all, I’ve been off on my own adventures for the past 6 weeks, avoiding the winter by travelling with my 20 month old to New Zealand and Australia. Now we’re back in Balham, the daffodils are out and I’m looking forward to starting up Story Island storytelling sessions again at the wonderful Skylark Cafe on Wandsworth Common. Sessions start Friday 4th March and run every Friday from 11-11.30pm with lots of singing, rhymes, props, and stories to engage your little one. Five pounds per child with siblings free. Hope to see you there!

There will be two Story Island Christmas storytelling sessions this Friday the 18th December at Skylark Cafe on Wandsworth Common. Children aged 3 and over are invited to attend a session at 10.15am – 10.45am, and then there will be a session for under 3s from 11am-11.30am.

Our Christmas Story Island adventure features a magical new story about a little fir tree, accompanied by lots of songs, rhymes, props and of course some Christmas carols too.

£5 per child, siblings go free

I received a lovely review from one of the participants at my regular Friday storytelling session for babies and toddlers. Here it is!

        “Story Island at Skylark Cafe is an amazing magical group for little ones (and adults too!). We had lots of fun having adventures on our picnic and acting out the story through songs, rhymes and props. Emily creates such a personal welcome and a creative environment for children to explore, develop and use their imagination. The group is very child focused and encourages you and your child to re-live the story together. The best thing about it is you can be any age to enjoy this group as each story brings many different experiences for you and your child. We look forward to more adventures on Story Island with Emily” Lizzie Marsden, Nanny

Thanks Lizzie!

Join me for a magical journey of the imagination! This weekly session for babies and toddlers features stories, songs, rhymes and props to enchant, engage, stimulate language development and a love of stories. £5 per child, siblings go free.

Skylark Cafe is a lovely child-friendly cafe in the heart of Wandsworth common with yummy food, coffee and vibe. Hope to see you there!

• Storytelling for babies and toddlers at Skylark Cafe on Wandsworth common (2.30pm, Tuesday 17 November 2015)

Come along to this free half-hour session where we will imagine ourselves on a beautiful Autumn walk and join some cuddly friends for a Teddy bears picnic. Featuring traditional oral storytelling, lots of songs and rhymes on the ukulele and props to stimulate your child’s language and sensory development. No booking required.