Now that school holidays have begun, families can take part in ‘mini-escapes’ from home. Tourism Australia has launched a new series of immersive videos that explore Australia’s unique sights, sounds and textures with 8D audio*. Start planning your next adventure in Australia with the colour-inspired experiences! Australia is...
Airbnb is launching a new collection of Online Experiences - Field Trips - designed to broaden kids’ horizons by tapping into a network of experts based all over the world. Through these educational experiences parents can send their kids on a virtual trip of discovery with...
Are there new ways of thinking about technology that will make parenting easier? asks Prof Amanda Gordon Parenting in the age of technology was hard enough. We had to make so many decisions about phones, and screens, and apps, and snapchat, and Facetime, and tiktok and...
Looking to keep the kids entertained during the school holidays while also helping them learn about the environment? With over 35 environmental sustainability activities in the Junior Landcare Learning Centre, there is a lot to keep children busy. Every learning activity runs for 30 minutes with step-by-step...
Emma Ranie is determined to buck the norm by not planning activities for her children throughout the holidays. Left to their own devices, alone in the backyard for a couple of hours, the children have forgotten their ‘boredom’, and are deeply embroiled in creating an entire...
This mum discovers that the road to school holiday happiness begins with herself. ...
35 staycation ideas to help stay away from screen time and get your family fun back these holidays. There are ideas for all ages to keep them busy during the school holidays. Check out number 35 in case you decide that you want to keep...
Most adults will remember spending much of their childhood playing outdoors without much parental supervision, writes Avril Rowley. But fears for children’s safety plus the demands of modern life mean many parents don’t allow their children the same freedoms. We live in an age where people...
Learn2Swim Week returns nationwide for its seventh year 25 Sep - 4 Oct Last year, 19 children under five tragically drowned in Australia , 12 in backyard pools. To help prevent tragic deaths, Poolwerx and Kids Alive have partnered with Australia’s swim schools to offer free...
Michelle O'Shea, Hazel Maxwell and Megan Stronach look at what a parent needs to know about learning how to swim in Australia and why it's so important. Drowning is the third leading cause of unintentional death from injury worldwide. From July 2018 to June 2019, 276...
