Playgroups
Songs, play ideas, parent guidance and everyday community moments connected to Spielwelt Playgroups.
These resources support families in the early years through playful language exposure, shared routines and welcoming first experiences.
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Make The Most of Your Mail
Here is how you can augment the education factor (and feel like such an awesome home school teacher) before you even open the envelope of ANY mail! (Children who are lucky enough to be enrolled at GAP will be getting some personalised mail this week, too!) Spend time talking about: * what does it say on the…
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Six Animal Stories
Looking for School at Home story ideas? Here are three nicely told and illustrated quiet time stories by Eric Carle, and three classic German children’s shows. You could play them as audio only, or watch the video as well. Quiet Story #1: CaterpillarYou can’t go past this classic story: It has numbers, days of the…
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Tanzen und Turnen – Getting Exercise
Been on your Baerenjagd walk and found all the neighbourhood bears for now? Tanzen und Turnen (dancing and gymnastics) to music at home is a great way to lift one’s spirits and stay fit and healthy. The ABC has some great advice for young and old about staying healthy during the shut down. Here are some of our…
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Prepare Your Home School
Here are a few staples that it would be great for each child to have at their home-school. The basics: crayons (wax crayons; don’t go with oil pastels as you will never get it off your carpet/walls/furniture/work clothes/dog’s fur) pencil crayons (the little tiny packs you get on airplanes are rubbish… invest in 12 or…
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Rest Time is Important
Want to maintain a GAP-like routine at home at rest time? (Hint: The correct answer is yes! It will keep you and your children SANE!) The GAP children are used to listening to 40 minutes from our Ruhezeit (rest time) playlist at rest time every day. It is their cue to lie down and relax.…
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Setting Routines at home
Here are our tips for setting a routine at home, now that the family are working and schooling from home. * Set a routine schedule for the kids; it helps make things predictable for the children. * Communicate with your partner and share the workloads: one of you works (the paid work) while the other…
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Lantern Walk 2019
What a wonderful winter walk we all enjoyed. This year’s traditional German lantern walk was a magical evening. Many volunteers helped to put the event on: providing food, drinks, shopping, cooking and serving on the BBQ, cleaning, providing the audio/visual magic, and much more. The walk took us along a path lit by lanterns, to…
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Another sustainability award from ACTSmart
We were suprised and delighted to be acknowledged once again at the ACTSmart Sustainability Award ceremony this year. Last year, we won the Energy and Water Star award, and this year we received “highly commended” for the Small Business award, presented by ACT Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Shane Rattenbury. Spielwelt has made over…
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Story Night 2018
What better way to spend a warm spring evening than at the annual German story night? The evening kicked off with outdoor play and a light dinner before we all ventured inside for the story telling. Children and adults alike were treated to three stories: one story with actions, one short and sweet, and the…
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ACTSmart Sustainability Expo
At Spielwelt and Pfadfinder, we are keen to be green! So far, we have made over 50 changes to our hall and operations, to be more sustainable and do the right thing for the environment. As with everything we do, we do this for the children. We also hope to educate, support and inspire our…