Music & movement play in North Shields

  • Time together
  • Connection
  • Play

Cocoon is a tiny pilot project (with huge ambitions)

A music and movement playspace designed for one family at a time.

Two-year-olds rule here, and the whole play experience is centred on them.

A grinning toddler crawls out of the red and blue play tent at Cocoon, with his mum Megan, Cocoon's co-director, lying in the tent behind him.
Watercolour and ink sketch: a small boy in green walks ahead holding a blue ukulele, Kate follows playing the flute, and Megan walks at the back, all in step, above a strip of coloured floor tiles.

Live sketch by Rachel Faulkner

“Parade”

M, two years old, leads the parade, ukulele in hand. Kate plays flute behind him; his mammy Megan, Cocoon’s movement artist, follows at the back.

Two adults playing the exact same way as M, stopping when he stops, starting when he starts. This is the whole of Cocoon in one moment.

Listen: the sketch, described

A short audio description (under a minute)

Made at Cocoon in October 2025 by @thelivesketcher.

Connection

What if the parent is the most important person in the room?

Cocoon is all about connection: time and space for you and your child to be together.

  • Connection
  • Love
  • Play
  • Family

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M/other Moves

A relaxed movement class for parents and babies from 6 weeks old who aren't crawling yet.

Wednesdays, 11 November to 9 December, 10 to 11:30am. Led by Megan, and every session ends with a free drink and a bit of cake.

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Megan (who is leading these relaxed sessions) with her own baby at Cocoon in October
Megan and her baby at Cocoon

Songs to sing at home

Peekaboo songs · Scrunchy songs · Songs to move to

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