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KAPLA Clubs UK
A few years ago, I (Jennifer) came across the KAPLA wooden game when I was looking for an engaging present for my primary school aged twin boys.
From the day they opened their first KAPLA® box, they were engrossed into building all sorts of amazing structures. They created seemingly complicated towers, marble runs, bridges, trains, etc. In fact, the whole family was addicted. Even my mother in law who was building train tracks and my husband who would spend hours building complex bridges once the children were asleep!
After speaking to a few of my friends in France I realised that KAPLA® was actually widely known in France and that most French children and schools were using the wooden planks
The KAPLA® game
KAPLA® is an amazing concept: identical planks of untreated sustainable pine wood that you stack together to build anything you can imagine. It is a versatile educational game used in schools around the world but we haven’t caught onto it yet in the UK. It allows children to strengthen their concentration, perseverance, spatial awareness, problem solving, logical thinking and of course team work! Your child will have so much fun with geometry, physics, maths and engineering that they won’t even realise how much they are learning.
I started working closely with KAPLA® in France to find a unique way do deliver the benefits of this product to the UK. This is how KAPLA Clubs was born. I am so excited to be able to offer children from age 4 to 104 the opportunity to test their building skills to the limit!
Workshops, events, clubs and parties
I offer school workshops, after school clubs, weekend family sessions, birthday parties, nursery and pre-school sessions, special occasions entertainment such as weddings, Christmas parties and more.
We even offer corporate events and team building workshops for the big kids.
Rosie Latter20 June 2024We have received amazing feedback across the school from teachers, parents and of course the children. It was particularly noted that the workshop benefitted ALL the children in some capacity, and allowed for those with certain special educational needs to be involved and really get something out of the day. We were all in awe of what you managed to create with the children with such a broad range of age and ability!
Lisa Mansfield12 June 2024What an amazing experience for the children at school. They gained so much from this, not only in building skills but patience, resilience and teamwork. Jennifer was a great teacher, so calm and encouraging.
Peneli Grier8 June 2024Jennifer is a most fantastic host, maintaining utter calm amongst 15,000 precarious brick structures. She somehow facilitates the construction of something so tremendous looking, involving every child, whilst weaving in science, maths and her lovely French teaching. It is age appropriate from Reception to Year 6 and our pupils LOVED it. These events are tricky to organise, but it was more than worth it.
Caroline Mungeam30 May 2024Fun, nice, I love it!!
Merike Williams3 May 2024I honestly can’t recommend this enough. Jennifer is amazing and the age appropriate, cross curricular links she makes and explains to the children are brilliant. The resilience, endurance and teamwork shown by our children was incredible. Plus, it was fun! 10/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Michelle Smith17 April 2024Amazing STEM building workshop today. Jennifer was very patient and made the sessions fun. My son loved it thank you!
Katherine Dexter25 March 2024All of the children at our infant school (and the adults too!) absolutely LOVED their KAPLA Clubs experience! Jennifer was amazing - she explained and demonstrated brilliantly and aimed the activities at exactly the right level for our children. Every single child was engaged the whole time and they all raved about it afterwards. The sense of achievement from the children at the end of each session was clear. The exhibition and demolition was of course a highlight! I would recommend KAPLA Clubs to anyone and we can't wait to get them back into school again soon!
Hassan Chowdhury16 March 2024The workshops were loved! From the children in reception to year 6, and adults as well, the levels of being hooked and captivated were amazing. Jennifer, our facilitator was very clear, patient and very engaging and the final build was awe inspiring. The final demolition was well organised and fun, fun, fun! Thank you!
Gemma Loraine1 March 2024What a fantastic workshop! Every child has been inspired and we have had so much positive feedback. The workshops were pitched perfect for the age of the children (4-7). We will be re-booking in the future!
S Birchley29 February 2024It was fun to make snd looked amazing once finished.
Workshops
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KARIBU EDUCATION Limited, Trading as KAPLA CLUBS UK, Registration number 14745620, VAT number 455028304