“My teacher bestieBrigette Watson and I started The Magic Schoolbox just as our lockdown was lifted last year,” says Seanne Meaker. “Our love for creative crafts, fun art activities and glitter made it easy to brainstorm some arty ideas, and package it up as craft activity boxes for parents to keep their children busy during these uncertain times.”
Everything your child will need to do the activities are provided, so it’s super convenient for the parent. “Each box has had much thought put into it to try make it as special as possible. So far we have done themed Winter, Spring and Christmas activity boxes for children aged three to eight years,” says Seanne.
Next came their love of reading and books, and so a kiddies book club was created. “Both of our families are avid readers and, being teachers, we believe that reading to your children is so important,” says Seanne. “Besides the obvious vocab that they are learning, the time spent together sharing a good book will be something your child will love.” Book club children get two brand new books a month to enjoy.
“We also offer our Magic Boxes, which is where our name originally comes from. This is a hands–on and fun approach to preschool learning,” explains Seanne. “There are two themes per month and it comes with everything your child will need for all the art and crafts activities.” In these monthly packs your child will learn about colours, shapes, numbers and letters. Other activities include developing fine motor skills, cutting and sticking, learning their name and body image activities.
As most of the activity boxes are aimed towards children aged three to eight, Seanne and Brigette are planning to do some for the older age group this year. “We are also thinking about starting an online school,” adds Seanne. “When you put two experienced preschool teachers together, with some paint, glue and fun… we are totally just living our creative dreams at The Magic Schoolbox.”
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