The CocoRio Learning Journey

CocoRio’s Learning Journey has four magic ingredients: music, movement, art and languages. Each CocoRio session must include at least one of the four ingredients.

Music

Vocal, instrumental or rhythmic sounds (or all) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.

Movement

Movement based activities, dance and sports all contribute to the development of motor skills. This is the body's ability to manage the process of movement. To execute motor skills, a person's brain, muscles and nervous system must all work together.

Art

Activities that involve making things by hand. Hugely beneficial for motor and fine skills development as well as experimentation and expression.

Languages

Words, pronunciation, and the methods of combining them to be understood.

The encouragement of clear communication to equip children with skills to communicate confidently to the world.

The Learning Journey in a CocoRio Experience

6-18 months

For this age group, sensory play is amazing! Creative experiences are designed around the following:

  • Building nerve connections in the brain through colour recognition

  • Encouraging language through songs and rhymes

  • Learning the feeling of different textures through puppetry or interactive storytelling

2-3 years

Toddlers have a short attention span and lots of interests - a multidisciplinary approach is key! Creative experiences are designed around the following:

  • Fostering imagination and creative thinking

  • Colour recognition games

  • Language and motor skill development

  • Learning to follow instructions and problem solve

  • Outdoor eco-friendly adventures

4-6 years

Much like toddlers, a multidisciplinary approach is great for this age group. To build on from the previous age group, creative experiences are designed around the following:

  • Enhance decision making skills

  • Explore the new school life - building friendships

  • Identify new emotions

  • Foster independent thinking

6-8 years

This age group is all about up-skilling. keeping things new, exciting and magical is key. Creative experiences are designed around the following:

  • Explore differing relationships in their school life

  • Start shaping their understanding of role models

  • Encourage independence and taking initiative in play

  • Continue building on problem solving skills e.g. musical and drama games

9+ years

Creative learning are the magic words here. At this age, no one wants to be ‘looked after’. The role of the creative nanny is more as a creative mentor than a nanny.

Tweens and teens may be dealing with difficult emotions and so being aided through a creative outlet can be great e.g songwriting, writing a play.

It is also key to take them seriously and value their opinions to foster independent thinking.

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