Getting Kids Into Nature

Caroline Webster, author and founder of the blog Caro & Co, chats to us about motherhood and encouraging unstructured play in kids; getting them off technology and exploring the outdoors instead....

07 April, 2022

How Kids Can Start and Document a Nature Collection

Nature play can be a very enjoyable, relaxing and adventurous activity for kids (oh – and it's free!). So why not get them outdoors exploring and learning about nature? We share some tips on how they can start, and record their findings!...

06 April, 2022

The Design Files Kids Art Awards 2022 winners here!

Just in time for the school holidays, The Design Files is proud to announce The Design Files Kids Art Awards 2022, proudly presented by Honan Insurance Group, alongside supporting partners Gro-To, Birkenstock and the Mercedes-Benz V-Class. Now in its second year, (listed to left and below,...

04 April, 2022

Science can help dogs enjoy their best life

A new TV series explores the journey of dogs, but science is giving us new insights into how we can help our canine friends thrive by Dr Mia Cobb Over the last twenty years, there has been a global explosion of science focused on our best four-legged...

30 March, 2022

5 tips to make swimming lessons fun for babies

As swimming lessons return across the country post COVID, the Australian Swim Schools Association would like to share the following tips for parents preparing for their children's first swimming lessons. While swimming lessons can start for babies from as young as eight weeks old, the most...

26 March, 2022

Research shows the Pandemic has definitely impacted children’s wellbeing

Research from Camp Australia, the nation’s largest provider of Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), has found children in Australia’s most locked down states – ACT, NSW and Vic – have been most impacted by the pandemic. These findings have highlighted the need to support young...

23 March, 2022

Sport for all? Why Australian sport needs to embrace informal participation

Ruth Jeanes,  Justen O’Connor,  Dawn Penney,  Ramon Spaaij, Dr Jonathan Magee, Dr Eibhlish O’Hara and Lisa Lymbery,  report on the need for informal sport opportunities in Australia Statistics show a continued decline in organised sport participation over the past decade, with the Intergenerational Review of Australian...

18 March, 2022

Helping children form positive food habits for life

Even more kitchen and garden goodness in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program for Early Childhood Perfect for little hands and curious minds, the Kitchen Garden Program for Early Childhood is a play-based, hands-on program that helps teach children about fresh, seasonal, delicious food. Setting up the program is...

23 February, 2022

Why data protection is a mental health issue for young people

Australia’s leading use of digital technologies in youth mental health services could help inform Australia’s Privacy Act review, with lessons for mental health services along the way Researchers Dr Piers Gooding, Dr Rys Farthing and Emily Painter report that in 2018, a Melbourne high school mistakenly...

16 February, 2022

Safer Internet Day – play it safe and fair online. 

February 8th 2022 is Safer Internet Day, eSafety  are calling on everyone to play it safe and fair online. There are lots of great ideas to be found when you go to the government website where the eSafety's education and training team has created a range...

08 February, 2022