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Hi all, Join us tomorrow for some casual market vibes at our Stockwell branch! Explore unique finds, enjoy the community spirit and have a blast at the adventure playground. And even after the market wraps up, the fun continues – the playground is open to the public until 6 pm! See

Are you seeking a nurturing environment for your home-educated child to thrive? At Children’s Village, we focus on self-directed learning, learning through play, and developing intrinsic motivation. Our community fosters a gentle approach to children's needs, striking a balance between safety and encouraging calculated risks. Groups & Locations: Children’

Hello! Are you passionate about creating a fun and caring environment for children? Our self-directed, consent-based community in Stockwell for young people aged 6-12 is looking for an enthusiastic facilitator trainee. If you believe in respectful, authentic, and joyful engagement with children and enjoy collaborating with a team, we're excited

Hey everyone! Exciting news about our upcoming Winter Party at Children’s Village Lee this Tuesday! We're thrilled to share some fantastic raffle prizes generously gifted by fabulous members of our local home ed community. It's a wonderful way for us to give back to those who support us. Check

Dear Home Ed Families, Join us for two unforgettable festive events that promise joy for the whole family: 1. Winter Party in Lee 2. Christmas Bazaar in Stockwell What to Expect: * Homemade stalls run by kids * Delicious food and drinks * Free activities for kids * Exciting raffle with fantastic prizes * Open

Children’s Village is now three years old and we marked  this milestone with a little celebration. The highlight of the day was an exciting gift - a new, larger trampoline and to add to the occasion, we enjoyed a lovely two-tier cake at the end of the day. A

Hey there, dear friends! We hope you all had a fantastic summer filled with sunshine and many great moments. As we are about to start another year at the project,  it's the perfect time to look back at the past couple of months and let the memories bring a smile

Hey everyone, We're thrilled to invite you all to our home ed summer market and open day in Stockwell happening in just two weeks! Get ready for an amazing day filled with delightful stalls, delicious food and exciting activities. The kids are working hard to prepare their own stalls and

Hi all, We'd love to invite you to our spring fair in Lee in two weeks' time. The kids are preparing stalls, yummy food and spring activities. They are planning to sell homemade cake, chocolate, popcorn and bubble tea. Crafts, such as jewellery and pompoms, will be on sale. There

Hi everyone, Are you looking for a regular group for your home educated child? Children’s Village Stockwell SW9 0DA is a consent-based and self-directed community for home educated children aged 6-12. We run in an adventure playground, on a termly basis, 9.30am-3pm, on Fridays. The daily fee is

Hi all,Would you like to celebrate the festive season with a local home ed community? Now you can as we’d love to invite you to a Christmas Market organised by our Stockwell group! Yay! The children are planning stalls and yummy food, games for all ages and a

Hi friends, If you are into Christmas fun or just curious about Children's Village or home education, come over and join our winter party. ❄️ We're planning: food and craft stallsa raffle an open mic talent show (a great hit last year) where everyone is welcome to come on stage! guitar

One of the main reasons we created Children’s Village two years ago is that we wanted our children to have friends they could play with regularly and consistently, so that they could have a felt sense of continuity and security as well as the opportunity to work through in

This morning we woke up to see a most wonderful review written by one of our parents. What a great feeling. We think it’s too good not to share it with the world! 😍😁💥 — "Children’s Village is where heart-centred living meets education. I home educate because I want my

We're so excited to start our third year of play and projects at Children's Village next week! ‌‌Are you still looking for a regular group of friends for your home educated child? Please have a look at what we offer. Our job as facilitators is to create an environment that

Hi all, We would love to invite everyone interested in alternative/democratic education and self-directed learning to our Open Day at Children’s Village Lee SE12 8UF next Tuesday 5th July 3:30 - 5:30pm. Hope to see some of you there. Feel free to join Facebook or WhatsApp

Last week at the Village was all about dogs and cats. The children visited the Dogs and Cats Exhibition at the Horniman museum and brought back some ideas to play with at the clubhouse. They learned fun facts about cats and dogs, shared amusing stories about their own cats and

The children were in the mood for adventure last week at the Village, so they packed up their bags, put on their wellies, and went on an expedition to the nearby Quaggy River. Having set up camp under a weeping willow, they set off to explore the river. The wellies

Ever curious about what each other are having for lunch, and feeling the others’ food is far more exciting than their own, the children came up with the idea of having a buffet, with everyone contributing and preparing food to share. So last week at the Village the children headed

Inspired by last week’s spontaneous creation of a hedgehog out of marshmallows and spaghetti, the children continued making hedgehogs this week. This time it was fruit hedgehogs and clay hedgehog pencil holders. In the clubhouse, the children designed and mended clothes, made a pillow, continued with stop motion animation,

Hi all, Children’s Village is a consent-based and self-directed education community for home educated children aged 6-12. We are based in an adventure playground with extensive outdoor space, a garden, and a park next door where the children often go skateboarding and rollerskating. We run on a termly basis,

Hi all, We're excited to let you know that we're running an open day in our Stockwell group next Friday afternoon, 27th May, 12:30-2:30pm. The address is Slade Gardens Adventure Playground, 73A & 73B Stockwell Park Road, London SW9 0DA. The children are planning a guided tour of

It was a wildly creative and spontaneous week at the Village. After coming together for some team-building games where they worked together to stack paper cups without touching them and build towers out of spaghetti and marshmallows, the children separated out into smaller groups, following their imaginations into an array

Last week at the Village was the stuff of legend as the children continued to delve into the world of knights and castles, staging more epic battles, this time with toy knights and castles and board games, and making jewellery fit for kings and queens out of gems, wire, pliers

Some of the children recently looked after a hamster for a friend which sparked a fascination with all things hamster that spread throughout the Village. So this week the children grabbed their cardboard, scissors, tape and glue gun, and made their own hamster mazes. They also turned into hamsters themselves,