Some tips for kindness 💖Some good suggestions for anyone you know who may be going through a hard time
In or Out!? Either way you look at movement, you'll know how important it is for our children to calm and regulate their bodies every day.
Do you have a favourite toy or piece of play equipment from the toy library that helps with sensory input and getting those wriggles out?
📷: Brighter Schooling
Some eggscellent activity ideas here! 🥚🥚🥚Get ready for Easter with these eggy STEM challenges!
www.science-sparks.com/easter-stem-challenges/
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Waterworld - premier outdoor aquatic centre, featuring water slides and pools.Munch Scrunch Recycle!🐰🐣♻️💖With Easter just around the corner, let's try and make it a sustainable one!
By only buying 100% foil wrapped eggs, we can avoid all that extra plastic or cardboard.
Even better, once the chocolate feasting is over, collect all the foil up into a tennis sized ball and once big enough, pop in the yellow recycling bin! ♻️
Congratulations to Tina who is the lucky winner of our Easter Raffle! Many thanks to everyone who supported this fundraiser. We will let you know in the next Newsletter how much we raised.
Don't miss out! $25 family membership for new members or renewals ends on Wednesday 31st March. Head to www.ttgtoylibrary.org.au to take advantage of this limited offer.
Freebies!
We have deleted a few games and toys and they are up for grabs. No holds just pop in and have a quick look. 👀
Now that summer is over and temperatures are starting to cool, Goodwill Wine's latest 95 point Rose is the perfect drop for those lovely Autumn evenings. This 2018 Yarra Valley Wine Show Winner offers up licks of sweet wild strawberry and aromas of nut and caramel; before a long dry finish washes away any hints of sweetness. At 30% off RRP it's an exceptional wine and great value.
The best part is that Goodwill Wine will donate 50% of the profits from your order to us, so you can enjoy a delicious drop while helping support our work. Shop here: goodwillwine.com.au/charities/tea-tree-gully-toy-library
The Healthiest Baby do some really helpful posts about starting out with babies.
The post below is a great example.
Why not share these ideas with your new parent friends - there's nothing goofy about talking to your baby. Many parents do it naturally but just as many wouldn't think of it at all, so it's worth sharing how important this habit is for their development of connection, language and conversation skills. And it's a lot of fun when they coo back in the right places! 🧡
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"It might feel really goofy to do this at first. . . but talking to your newborn, and narrating a lot of what you do, helps boost your baby’s language development. You don’t need to talk about politics or climate change, you just need to talk with your baby.
"Notice I said talk ‘with’ your baby, and not ‘to’ your baby. That’s because very soon, your baby will start to respond to you. For instance, she may stop sucking on her pacifier (dummy) to focus on you. Or around 6 - 8 weeks of age, she’ll smile a delicious big grin when you’re talking with her. This is when your narration will become a conversation.
"Get in the habit of chatting about what you’re doing, thinking, or planning to do right from Day 1. This will expose your baby to loads of words and prepare her for give-and-take conversations."
This looks like a fun and easy activityThis finger print art work is ADORABLE!
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#IWD2021{8 March 2021}
International Women's Day #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021
A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change.
So let's all choose to challenge.
How will we help forge a gender equal world?
Celebrate women's achievements.
Raise awareness against bias.
Take action for equality.
First aid for parents, grandparents and carers
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