East Grinstead Town Council

Kings Centre, Moat Road, RH19 3LN 

Day : Sunday

TIme : 10am to 10.45am and 11am to 11.45am

 

What we do:

Guided by the likes of FA qualified coaches, nursery school teachers, child health specialists and pro-active parents, the Little Kickers toddler football programme is an ever-evolving quest to teach fundamental football techniques & elementary life skills in a vibrant, group play environment.
Little Kickers classes have been designed so that the instruction in football although from qualified coaches, more importantly provides children with a fun, positive introduction to sport. With children from 18 months to preschool the focus is about development through fun rather than a football class.  It has been proven that children who enjoy organised physical activity from a young age are substantially more likely to remain active throughout their adolescence and into adulthood.
 
The Little Kickers programme was developed by FA qualified coaches in conjunction with nursery and junior school teachers to ensure that children’s developmental objectives were successfully interwoven with age-appropriate football skills.  We incorporate Early Years Foundation Stage guidelines in the structure of our classes, such as Self Confidence and Self Esteem, Making Relationships, Behaviour and Self Control, Language Skills, Numbers and Counting, Communities, Health and Bodily Awareness, Movement and Space, Using Equipment and Materials, Responding to experiences, expressing and Communicating ideas, Developing imagination and Imaginative play, as they take part in games where they must outwit the bears to capture the fruit, go on train journeys to the seaside, sail on a pirate ships, defend castles and protect their balls from shark-infested seas, all of which involve them running about, stretching, jumping and getting hot and sweaty!