Valdilene was born in the North-East of Brazil where she gained a degree in music and taught 7-10 year olds until she came to London to study English in 1995.

Having married and settled here Val now runs a series of toddlers' and infants' play and activity groups in the Croydon and Surrey areas.

She is a Registered Childminder and qualified First Aider with two children attending a local junior school.

Morning pre-school art and activity classes are currently held at:

Sanderstead - Friday

Warlingham - Monday

West Wickham - Thursday

Birthday Parties, Face Painting and other fun Children's Activities can also be arranged.

Useful links

The BBC always has lots of arts news and ideas.

If you're planning a new arts project, then see the Freelancemix for the art of project management.