For some children, immersing their hands in a tub of frothy Fairy Liquid bubbles is about as messy as they are allowed to get at home. Even parents who don't mind getting their hands dirty are unlikely to encourage creative chaos in the kitchen on a weekly basis.
With this in mind, Helen Anderson and Sue Edwards set up Creative Funtime, an hour weekly play session in Essex where children get as messy as they want with mud, paints, sand and slime, without their parents having to clean up after them.
Helen and Sue, who have eight children between them and a range of childcare qualifications, strongly believe that creativity is fundamental to successful learning.
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