Story Shakers

Story Shakers

Pre-school activity sessions ‘Story Shakers’ is a programme of lively sessions that encompass storytelling, singing and movement.

Sessions are aimed at 2-5 year olds and will involve a short period of sitting and listening as a group followed by themed fun songs, games and dances linked to the storybook of the week. I am often asked “what if my child won’t sit still” this is something all young children find tricky and as an experienced Early Years teacher I am well accustomed to wiggles and wanders! The sessions are designe

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☀️NEXT WEEK…☀️
It’s our last Summer Special and we would love you to join us 📚🎶🐌🐳
We are setting sail from the Story Shakers seaside…
For far off lands with singing starfish, dancing penguins, exploding volcanoes, snowball fights, sharks, beach balls, storms, boats, whales, slime, splashy firemen and some very friendly pet snails🐌🐌🐌🐌🐌 (snail updates coming soon!)

It’s a very popular theme and some sessions are almost sold out, so drop us a message if you’d like to come along and join the fun 🥳
Contact Katie for full details and availability
07838387336
[email protected]

15/08/2024

There’s still time to 🐊SNAP🐊 up a last minute ticket for Story Shakers tomorrow…
We have a couple of spaces remaining for our last jungle adventure with the tooth fairy and the crocodile 📚🎶🐊
A storybook adventure packed full of fun with themed singing, dancing, games, fruit tasting and bubbles 🥳
Perfect for 2-6 year olds
Join us….
9.45am @ The Craft Cabin Northeast CIC
Contact Katie for booking and full details
07838387336
[email protected]

14/08/2024

Calling all grown ups with 2-6year olds looking for a rainy day activity tomorrow……
Story Shakers have the perfect solution a jungle themed adventure with singing, dancing, games, fun, fruit tasting and bubbles!
Last places available tomorrow morning @ Wearside Farm - Farmhouse Inns near Washington Nissan 9.45am
Contact Katie for booking and full details
We would love you to join us 📚🎶🐊
07838387336
[email protected]

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We have 2 last minute spaces available for this afternoons session with the tooth fairy and the crocodile@ Dream Big Role Play Centre 📚🎶🐊

And there’s also an amazing offer running today at Dream Big with ✨£1✨ entry
Why not combine the two and have a lovely afternoon out
Story Shakers bookings contact:
Katie: 07838387336
Dream Big bookings must be made online via their booking system 🌈

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A lovely additional treat at our Sainsbury's session this week @ Arnison centre 📚🎶🐊
In partnership with their heathly eating funding; all children booked onto our Story Shakers session will receive a free tasty crocodile themed fruity snack 🍒🍓🍇🍎🍉🍑🍊🍋🍍🍌🥑🥭
There are still places available to book
Wednesday 14th @ 9.45am
Fantastic fun in the jungle with Ruth Mary the tooth fairy and a very hungry crocodile!
Contact Katie for booking and full details
07838387336
[email protected]

06/08/2024

The pirates land tomorrow morning 9.45am at Sainsbury's, Arnison centre for our first summer special 📚🎶🏴‍☠️
Pirate and princess dress ups welcome and feel free to join us for welcome time from 9.30am where we will be making our own treasure maps 🗺️

An action packed storybook adventure as we set off in search of the royal bear captured by a swarthy band of pirates!
We will be sword fighting, treasure hunting, pirate dancing, walking the plank and rescuing the bears along with lots of singing, games, bubbles and swashbuckling fun 🥳
Look out for a very naughty, splashy crocodile and the slimy seaweed swamp!!!!!

…But who will be triumphant the pirates or the princesses?
You will have to join us to find out!
Contact Katie for booking and last minute availability
07838387336
[email protected]

We are also running this holiday special:
🏴‍☠️Thursday 8th 9.45am @ Wearside Farm - Farmhouse Inns near Washington Nissan and
🏴‍☠️Friday 9th 9.45am @ The Craft Cabin Northeast CIC on Chester le street front street

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Our Summer Specials are now available to book 📚🎶☀️
Timetable and details below
These sessions are PAYG single sessions but you are welcome to book a place on all three if there is availability
To book your sessions please contact @ Story Shakers including your child’s name, date, and venue
Look forward to seeing you soon
Katie xx
07838387336
[email protected]

20/07/2024

The biggest thank you to all my amazing children and families who have supported me this year
Not many people know, but I’ve been through a really tough 18 months behind the scenes which I hope hasn’t reflected on our sessions.
Your little people never fail to make me smile and really have unknowingly pulled me through; I feel so lucky that I leave each year with lots of lovely new friends 💕
So sad to be saying goodbye to our biggest boys and girls as they move into nursery and big school 😭😭😭and I wish them all every success ✨
I hope to catch up with lots of you in the holidays and I know there are going to be some very lucky teachers who are going to have some storybook superstars in their classes! 🤩
Wishing everyone a happy holidays and look out for the summer timetable coming very, very soon📚🎶☀️
Lots of love
Katie xx

18/07/2024

We have a couple of rare Friday morning places available for @ Story Shakers tomorrow 9.45am @ The Craft Cabin Northeast CIC 📚🎶🦕
Contact Katie for booking and details
07838387336
[email protected]

15/07/2024

Our last week of the summer term @ Story Shakers with Cave Baby📚🎶✨
This session is exploding with fun 🥳
Expect dinosaur dancing, erupting volcanoes, naughty babies bouncing on the bed, messy painting, prowling tigers, hopping hares, laughing hyenas and a very cheeky bear!
….but will we ever stop cave baby crying!
We still have some limited availability ✨£6✨
🦖🦕Includes a small Dino themed gift for every paying child 🦕🦖
Monday 15th July (today) 1.15pm Wearside Farm - Farmhouse Inns near Washington Nissan
Thursday 18th July 1pm National Glass Centre Sunderland
We would love you to join us
Contact Katie to book: 07838387336
[email protected]

03/07/2024

We have a last minute place available this morning for Sainsburys Cafe, Arnison Centre 9.45am if anyone would like to join us…
Lots of fun and magic with unicorns and clowns for ‘Sugarlump and the unicorn’ 📚🎶🦄
Contact Katie: 07838387336

23/06/2024

Story Shakers are taking a splash this week as we play hide and seek with Shark! 📚🎶🦈
We will be heading to the park for ball games and I spy with our telescopes but who will we find?
🐈‍⬛🐦‍⬛🧌🐙🧑‍🎤👩‍🎤👨‍🎤🐠🦀🐬🐳
There will be cats, crows, trolls, a very cheeky shoe stealing octopus and sea creatures galore along with some very crazy hairstyles!!
…Add to that parachute games, magnetic fishing, a shark themed ‘floor is lava’ and lots of singing, dancing and bubbles…and you may well have your very own ‘sleepy shark’ by the end of the session! 💤🦈
We do have a few PAYG afternoon spaces available this week ✨£6✨
Monday 1.15pm @ Wearside Farm - Farmhouse Inns
Thursday 1pm @ National Glass Centre
We would love you to join us
Contact Katie for booking and full details:
07838387336
[email protected]

15/06/2024

Next week @ Story Shakers 📚🎶✨
We are on a quest to make some very magical medicine with Zog and mummy dragon 🐲
Limited availability at selected venues
✨Monday 1.15pm @ Wearside Farm - Farmhouse Inns near Washington Nissan
✨Thursday 1pm @ National Glass Centre Sunderland
Contact Katie for booking and full details
We would love you to join us😊
07838387336
[email protected]

12/06/2024

Last places for our royal trip to London @ Story Shakers this week 🇬🇧

Thursday 1pm @ National Glass Centre ✨£6✨
Have fun whilst developing your child’s love of books and early reading 📚💕
We are far from a traditional storytelling session
Expect action, singing, dancing and fun galore 🥳
This week we are:
Drawing spots on ladybirds, going on a musical bus journey, building London bridge, dancing the animal freeze, rescuing monkeys, hunting for the missing bones, catching the robbers, creating our own royal parade….and of course popping bubbles!
We would love you to join us 📚🎶✨
Contact Katie for booking and full details
07838387336
[email protected]

08/06/2024

Join us next week @ Story Shakers 📚🎶✨for a royal adventure in London with ladybird 🐞
Those mean old robbers Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh are back…can we put a stop to their plan to kidnap monkey Joe and steal the crown?!

We will be counting Big Ben’s chimes (and lots of ladybird spots!) taking a bus ride, rebuilding London bridge, visiting the zoo, swinging with the monkeys, hunting for bones, creating our own Royal parade and catching the robbers!
Monkey Joe is counting on you! 🐒
Contact Katie for booking and availability
07838387336
[email protected]

04/06/2024

Join us this week @ Story Shakers for an intergalactic story book adventure
Prepare for blast off; as we travel round the planets hunting for the lost baby Smoo-Smed!

We are landing on the moon and creating a sky full of stars, ⭐️diving in the loobular lake for a sparkly splashy red bath, ❤️exploring the slime on planet glurch 🦠and meeting a one eyed, one horned flying purple people eater, 5 little men in their flying saucers and a space cowboy 👾🛸👽
Will we complete our quest?!
Join us to find out!
Last places available to book now
Thursday 1pm @ National Glass Centre
Friday 9.45am @ The Craft Cabin Northeast CIC
Contact Katie for full details
07838387336
[email protected]

02/06/2024

All this week @ Story Shakers…..join us for an alien adventure with ‘The Smeds and The Smoos!’
Limited availability at selected venues
Contact Katie for booking and details 📚🎶✨
07838387336
[email protected]

13/05/2024

All this week….join us at Story Shakers for rhyming fun with rabbit and his friends 📚🎶🐇
There will be farmyard singing, plenty of hopping and flopping, sleeping bunnies, digging for bugs, Pom Pom dancing, ‘twinkling’ worms, lots of Incy wincy spiders, a human centipede, mole and all his gardening friends and a very colourful bouncing sheep race….and of course bubbles!
It’s action packed and full of fun and we would love you to join us 😊
Contact Katie for booking and full details
07838387336
[email protected]

01/05/2024

If you’re affected by your child’s school being used as a polling station tomorrow why not come and join the fun @ Story Shakers 📚🎶✨
We are using our detective skills to solve the mystery of a jewel thief as well as lots of fun and games with the dogs; a spot of keepy uppy with Bluey, some very funny penguin dancing, yoga and cake decorating (and eating….yum! 🧁😋)
That’s in addition to all our usual singing and dancing and bubbles 🥳
We run every Thursday during term time from the National Glass Centre and would love you to join us 😊
Contact Katie for booking and full details
07838387336
[email protected]

01/05/2024

Coming next week….
Due to the bank holiday we have a slight change to Mondays schedule; so for next week will be running Story Shakers on Tuesday 7th May, 9.45am @ Poplar Tree Garden Centre & Brambles Coffee Shop
✨This will be a PAYG session for 1 week only ✨
😊All welcome 😊
Perfect for 2-5yrs olds with lots of fun, games, singing, dancing and bubbles 📚🎶✨
Contact Katie for booking and full details
We would love you to join us 😊
07838387336
[email protected]

26/04/2024

All next week…
Join ‘Shifty McGifty’ & ‘Slippery Sam’ as they solve the mystery of the stolen tiara!👑
Expect woofs galore and lots of dogs 🐾🐶🐕🦮🐩🐕‍🦺🐾, bouncing balls, jewels, penguins, a spot of yoga and…cake (Shifty’s favourite part!🧁😋)
Story Shakers runs Monday-Friday during term time across Durham, Chester le street, Washington and Sunderland
Contact Katie for booking and full details
We would love you to join us 📚🎶🐶
07838387336
[email protected]

25/04/2024

We have x2 places remaining for tomorrow mornings trip to the Story Shakers Jungle at the The Craft Cabin Northeast CIC in Chester le street 📚🎶🐊
Join us as we dance the jungle boogie, hide from the snappy croc, take a bath in the river, play our instruments to the crocodile rock, row our boats down the river, scrub the dirty crocodile teeth and brush our own….theres even a visit from the tooth fairy (and baby shark!)
Contact Katie for booking and full details
And don’t forget your toothbrush!
07838387336
[email protected]

19/04/2024

Join us if you dare….
All next week we are down in the Story Shakers jungle with a very snappy croc 📚🎶✨
But will we be able to teach him how to look after his teeth before he gobbles us up?!🐊
Lots of singing, dancing and games, a visit from the tooth fairy and some very important brushing practice to make those teeth shiny and bright
Contact Katie to book your place now
07838387336
[email protected]

16/04/2024

Last spaces for our ‘Vets and Pets’ session with Mog the cat 📚🎶🐈
This Thursday: 18th April 1pm at National Glass Centre Sunderland
We would love you to join us
Contact Katie for booking and full details
07838387336
[email protected]

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