Storytelling, Creative Play & Emotional Learning for Ages 0–5

Schedule

Sat May 23 2026 at 10:15 am to 12:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Upper Norwood Library Hub | London, EN

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More than a story session — a creative and emotional learning experience for children aged 0–5.
About this Event

Storytelling, Creative Play & Emotional Learning for Ages 0–5



About this event

Looking for a meaningful and creative experience to enjoy with your little one?

This is not your typical story session.

WonderCircle presents a thoughtfully designed storytelling and creative play experience for children aged 0–5, combining imagination, emotional learning, sensory exploration, creativity, and connection in a calm and welcoming environment.

Led by renowned storyteller Aaron Oliver, this immersive session has been carefully created to help children build confidence, communication skills, emotional awareness, and creativity through engaging storytelling and hands-on activities.

Children will not simply sit and listen.

They will move, imagine, participate, create, explore emotions, and connect with the story through guided play and imaginative learning experiences.



What to expect?
Immersive Storytelling Session

A highly engaging live storytelling experience led by Aaron Oliver, designed to capture young imaginations through humour, participation, expression, movement, and interactive storytelling.



Creative Emotional Play

Following the story session, children and parents will take part in WonderCircle-designed creative and sensory activities inspired directly by the story theme.

Activities may include:

• Creative arts and expression

• Sensory and imaginative play

• Emotional learning activities

• Interactive parent-and-child moments

• Calm social play and exploration

Every part of the experience has been intentionally designed to support curiosity, creativity, emotional development, and connection.



Why Attend This Session?

StoryCircle is designed to feel meaningful, memorable, calm, and enriching for both children and parents.

Rather than rushing children through entertainment, this experience creates space for:

• Confidence building

• Emotional expression

• Imaginative learning

• Creativity and communication

• Parent-child bonding

• Community connection



Important Information

This is WonderCircle’s first launch storytelling session and places are intentionally limited to keep the experience intimate and thoughtfully paced.

🎟️ This launch session is currently free to attend.

As part of this introductory experience:

• Photography and short video snippets will be captured during the event

• Content may be used by WonderCircle for future storytelling and community promotion

• Parents/guardians attending should be comfortable with photography and videography taking place

• We kindly ask attendees to provide feedback following the session to help us shape future WonderCircle experiences

If you are uncomfortable with photography, videography, or providing feedback after the session, we kindly ask that you do not book this launch event.


We cannot wait to welcome you and your little ones for a magical morning of stories, creativity, imagination, and connection.:

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Where is it happening?

Upper Norwood Library Hub, 39 Westow Hill, London, United Kingdom

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