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One of our awesome Mainly Music mums, Philippa, has compiled a fantastic list of lockdown resources for pre-school aged kids, check these out if you're looking for some new things to engage the kids with as lockdown carries on for the next few weeks! 1) mainly music sessions on Youtube (run by the founder of mainly music Jo Hood) – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7YsvEVIh01yFXPy8H-xXiA/videos
You can also google ‘mainly music‘ in youtube and there are a lot of recorded sessions available to pull out whenever you need one, from all around the country too! 2) Playgroup Victoria
https://www.playgroup.org.au/playgroup-at-home/
https://www.playgroup.org.au/move-it/
https://www.playgroup.org.au/all-come-out-to-play/ 3) Knox Council – Resources for Learning at Home - downloadable activity sheets, website links https://www.knox.vic.gov.au/learnathome 4) Monash Libraries – Storytime sessions (including Auslan and bilingual sessions), Babytime sessions, School Holiday program sessions https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8N55NuxmE0Hg6fx_2f_KEg/playlists https://www.monlib.vic.gov.au/eLibrary/Play-Learn – activity links 5) Eastern Regional Libraries – Storytime sessions, Boredom Buster activities, Cooking sessions https://www.youtube.com/user/EasternRegional/playlists https://www.yourlibrary.com.au/kids-activities/ - most recent of the Kids Activities from Eastern Regional Libraries 6) State Library of Victoria – Baby Bounce sessions, Storytime sessions https://www.youtube.com/user/statelibraryvictoria/playlists 7) Whitehorse-Manningham Libraries https://www.facebook.com/whitehorsemanninghamlibraries - scroll through for live storytimes (Monday 11am, Wednesday 11am, Friday 11am), activities and experiments on facebook feed online https://www.wml.vic.gov.au/files/August_Covid_Whats_On_Interactive.pdf – events through Whitehorse Manningham Libraries for August https://wml.spydus.com/cgibin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/EVENTS?HOMEPRMS=EVSESPARAMS – featured events over coming weeks https://www.wml.vic.gov.au/files/Whats_On_Online_September2020_Interactive.pdf - what’s happening in September, including school holiday program https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQIpp5XgWsA&list=PL28nNsiAZmMKYBTJrIxMENcuUFvKneuKQ – Makerspace videos from Whitehorse Manningham Libraries https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFnaj08bqUFirqk0pNDlMQ/videos – other videos (e.g. puzzles) from Whitehorse Manningham Libraries (some double up with above link, others only on this video page not in the specific Makerspace playlist) 8) Playgroups Online through Monash Council - https://www.youtube.com/user/MonashCityCouncil/playlists\ 9) MSO Jams for Juniors Online – https://www.mso.com.au/education/jams-for-juniors-online/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQxFRHrEFWo&list=PLGUc1mZt9dlKipx9gBUt5EAJ_TZV7fAgo 10) Victorian Opera’s Baby Bilby Sings – https://www.victorianopera.com.au/early-years-program 11) Colin Buchanan - Home with Colin and Colin’s Christian Music for Kids videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/colinbuchananmusic/playlists 12) Hey Dee Ho Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLrBQWO9NwLjUluVBAGdwniTmf45tFXfLc&v=g5m3TLBmeuc they are also running a four week subscription of daily sessions https://heydeeho.com.au/hey-dee-ho-live-subscription/ 13) Lah-Lah music clips/episodes – https://www.youtube.com/c/LahLahsBigLiveBand/playlists 14) Blippi – totally random that we came across him – Oliver has LOVED the segments on the garbage trucks, tractors, fire engines etc. https://www.youtube.com/c/Blippi/featured 15) Scavenger Hunt ideas for toddlers – a myriad of ideas available on the internet (e.g. https://www.google.com/search?q=scavenger+hunt+ideas+for+toddlers&oq=scavenger+hunt+id&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l2j69i57j0l5.4234j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 ) Example websites/resources – https://www.activekids.com/parenting-and-family/articles/entertaining-and-fun-neighborhood-scavenger-hunts-for-kids https://www.ecoexplorers.com.au/downloadable-outdoor-learning-resources/ Oliver has loved going for colour walks – e.g. draw with crayons/textas on a piece of paper the colours we need to find and tick it off/take a photo/draw the object when we find something of that colour // finding particular numbers on letterboxes // find a skinny leaf (or rocks, leaves, gumnut, flowers, bark) 16) Cosmic Kids Yoga – I have personally not done any of these with Oliver – a friend whose little girl is the same age as Oliver recommended them to me as her daughter loves them https://www.cosmickids.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga 17) Geocaching – https://www.geocaching.com/play 18) A myriad of sites available with toddler activity ideas available on the internet – e.g. https://handsonaswegrow.com/activities/toddler-activities/ Just in case you ever need -
https://kidshelpline.com.au/coronavirus Here's some great sites that have content helping kids with exercise and mindfulness.
My kids love listening to stories in the car and before bedtime and luckily there are heaps of great options on Spotify (and the rest of the streaming music services) that can engage their imagination through bible stories, fairy tales or audiobooks as well as through some fun music. Check out these resources below and use them as a start and I'm sure you can find more similar artists based on these suggestions!
Many zoos and animal parks are now closed to visitors so are broadcasting the movements of their animals online! Check them out below:
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