Our Flagship Program
Mini Makers
Creativity is trusted.
Mini Makers is Jabberwocky's flagship creative enrichment program, designed specifically for school environments. Delivered by trained instructors, each session provides structured, sensory-rich creative exploration that builds executive function, fine motor skill, and creative confidence — all within a joyful, child-led framework.
Our Philosophy
Unlike traditional art programs, Mini Makers does not focus on replicating a finished product. We believe that when children are given the freedom to explore materials on their own terms, something remarkable happens.
We introduce materials — not outcomes. We model curiosity — not perfection. We encourage experimentation — not imitation.
- Introduce materials, not outcomes
- Model curiosity, not perfection
- Encourage experimentation, not imitation
- Support reflection, not comparison
Mini Makers is built around the Jabberwocky Method: prepared environments, beautiful and interesting materials, open-ended invitations, and facilitators who observe far more than they direct. It isn't a curriculum we bought. It's what a decade of watching children with materials taught us to do.
Program Structure
What Making Looks Like Here
Sessions are built around invitations, not instructions. Over a term, children might find themselves in territory like this:
These are directions, not a fixed curriculum. Fifteen children working with the same clay will not hand you fifteen matching bowls, and that is the point.
The work is developmentally grounded: sessions are sequenced and facilitated with an understanding of what young children can manage, sustain and figure out on their own — attention, fine motor control, decision-making and persistence all get real exercise. We simply don't need to say so on every worktable.
Messy joy — with meaningful impact.
Ready to Bring Mini Makers to Your Community?
Mini Makers delivers weekly creative enrichment sessions to schools across Montreal. Let's talk about how we can work together.
Questions? Email us at info@jabber-wocky.com.
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