Playschools - Tuggeranong Link

🧶🧶 Small acts. Big impact. ❤️
A knitted teddy. A warm blanket. A beanie. A handmade card.
Each one is created with care through our Made with Love Craft Group and donated to support local community organisations.
Every stitch, every card and every act of kindness helps make a difference.
Our next Made with Love Craft Group meets on Saturday 27 June at the Mura Lanyon Youth & Community Centre. New members and donations are always welcome.
What handmade project are you currently working on? 🧶

Reading TO and WITH little ones is foundational to their development.
It's laying the groundwork for all future learning!!

As an occupational therapist, I look at color learning as more than just an early academic milestone. The ability to recognize colors, name colors, and use colors is directly connected to how a child participates in everyday activities. And, we use these skills in every therapy session!

Think about a typical therapy session: pick up the green craft pom poms and sort them into the green cup. This is a visual perceptual skill and we use these multi-step directions as part of our skill therapy interventions.

Or, maybe we use the colors of the Alert program when working on self-regulation. Then, we use color directions to work on handwriting skills (stop at the red baseline on modified paper).

Learning, viewing, recognizing, and manipulating objects of different colors is a therapy intervention strategy and functional task. Here's more on these milestones and how to support this skill: https://www.theottoolbox.com/learning-colors/

URGENT: We need your help to support local babies and families

Right now, we have 15 babies waiting for a safe place to sleep or a safe way to travel.

At Roundabout Canberra, we work with local services to make sure every baby has the essentials they need – a safe cot, a pram to leave the house, or a car seat to get home from hospital.

But at the moment, we urgently need donations of:
• Cots and bassinets (no cosleepers or portacots ❤️)
• Car seats (0–4 years or capsules)

For families facing crisis or starting again with very little, these items make a huge difference. A safe cot means a baby can sleep safely and a parent can finally rest. A car seat means getting to appointments, the shops, or safely home from hospital.

If your family has outgrown baby items, please consider passing them on to help another local family.

Please share this post or tag a friend who might be able to help.

Drop off: 80 Beaurepaire Cres, Holt
Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri: 10am–1pm
Sat: 1pm–4pm

Together we can make sure every baby has a safe start.

Donation guidelines

Cots
• Less than 15 years old
• purchased in Australia, meets Australian standards
• No structural damage (small teething marks are fine)
• Mattress must be clean and stain-free

Bassinets (we cannot take cosleepers)
• Sturdy base
• Four mesh sides
• Clean mattress and fabric

Car seats (harnessed only)
• Manufactured after March 2018
• Never been in an accident
• No mould or visible damage

If you're unsure whether an item is suitable, please send us a message.

ACT Government We acknowledge the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the ACT and recognise any other people or families with connection to the lands of the ACT and region. We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.