13 December – 13 June

Born to Read

Free, Booking Required

Share gentle moments of language and imagination with your child in monthly gatherings of songs and picture books. Sessions invite parents and caregivers to explore rhymes, images and short tales in a cosy, relaxed setting. Activities stimulate listening, early vocabulary and creative play through repetition, movement and tactile books. Parents receive simple guidance to use songs and images to spark conversation and nurture curiosity and a love of paper books.

In French. Kids ages 0–5.

Place des Cinq-Continents,
1217 Meyrin
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