Toni’s Tots Drama

This is one of the many classes that happen around the local area but is something that my son and I rarely miss. Toni runs two sessions, one on a Monday at 9.45, and another on a Wednesday at 10am. Each session runs for about an hour and then there is snack time. Each session costs £5, payable on the day — so there is no obligation to sign up for a string of classes, as is often the case. The Monday session can be quite busy and is a reasonably established group of kid, so if you are just going along to try it out it might be worth attending the Wednesday session instead. Having said that, Toni is very flexible so you can attend either.
The session starts with some group play, a little bit of singing and some warm up exercises. Then we usually go on some sort of imaginary journey — to a farm, for example, to feed the animals. It’s all ‘acted out’ so there are very few props — apart from a bubble machine and some ‘fishes tails’ which make an appearance at some point and which the kids love. This takes care of the first 20 minutes or so, and then Toni introduces the story for that week. Each story involves an animal of some kind, and the really cool thing about this class is that there is a craft element — the kids and parents will each make an animal out of materials provided. Once the kids each have their own animal, Toni tells and acts out the story.
This is a great class and attracts a friendly bunch of kids and moms (and a few Dads). It’s well worth checking out