Louise from Gumnut Music has pivoted online and produced on-demand content to subscribers, and also real time sessions online! Once the social distancing period is over, she runs sessions locally in Malvern East.

Carnegie Library Story Time is a winner for us, and Sarah is an absolute favourite! She and the other librarians are doing online story time sessions that are great! Visit them on facebook. (Heaps of the council libraries are doing the same thing – definitely worth checking them out.) Here is Sarah reading the classic Dear Zoo.

Have any of you seen the Mexican Music man? He’s often at Prahran Market. On Thursday mornings at 10am he’s doing Facebook Live sessions. Definitely a lot of fun! If you let him know you’ll be watching, he even does shout outs to the kids during his show. An hour of music is a crowd pleaser in our house. You can also check him out on Spotify.

Playschool have done a range of short episodes on social distancing, hand washing, e-birthday parties and mindfulness. A huge help for kids (and adults) during this time. All available on iview.

Lastly, Raising Children have produced (among other helpful advice during this time) a guide on talking to children about coronavirus. While not an activity, it is a very helpful read for any parent.

Raising Children is the absolute go to destination for information online for children. From Newborns to Teens, it has it all. It is supported by the Australian Government’s Department of Social Services, as well as The Royal Children’s Hospital. Whenever we have a question we head to this website.

I hope you enjoy a few of these at your place!

Stay Safe!