Fast 5: Best Train Experiences, City Exploring + Christmas In July
Fast 5
What’s On
#1 What’s On This Week – CBD
NGV Under 5s – Eels! Traps and Tales (Wed 24 Jul) – Spark the imagination, generate new ideas, and share thoughts in these lively online sessions about art for children aged 3 – 5 years and their parents and carers.
Play Group & Soft Play (Fridays) – Play with your child and make community connections in a safe and fun indoor environment.
#2 What’s On This Week – North
Rhyme Time Coburg Library (Thursdays) – Enjoy a fun-filled session based on music and movement as you and your baby share rhymes and action songs.
Under 5s Art Classes (Fridays) – Sessions will explore the elements of art such as colour, shape, texture and pattern through material exploration and experimentation.
Collingwood Children’s Farm (Daily) – Experience a bit of the country in the city and watch the cows being milked, pat the goats and chase chickens.
#3 What’s On This Week – South
Songbirds (Mondays) – Songs, rhymes and stories to engage your budding bookworm’s mind and introduce them to the fun and rhythm of language at Southbank Library at Boyd.
Tiny Tots Storytime (Wednesdays & Fridays) – Enjoy singing, dancing, listening to fun stories and rhymes at St Kilda Library.
Cowderoy’s Dairy (Daily) – Retro milk bar turned cafe with visibility of the playground next door from the deck.
#4 What’s On This Week – East
Bounce Playdates (Weekdays During Term Time) – Extended toddler sessions offer little adrenaline hunters time to explore and play, while parents can choose to join in, or watch on from nearby.
Sing Baby Sing (Thursdays) – An introduction to songs and rhymes for you and your baby at Hawthorn Library.
Eastland Shopping (Daily) – Eastland has four interactive play areas designed to encourage creative thinking and fun, including a sculptural soft play area, stacked cubes for imaginative play, a challenging climbing net and a large-scale slide.
#5 What’s On This Week – West
MacKillop Playgroups (Tuesdays & Thursdays) – With a focus on multicultural families, the playgroups bring together children and their families of different cultures.
Mini Makers (Wednesdays) – Mini Makers provides masterclasses for kids ages 2 – 5, where they can explore science, craft, cooking, music, movement and more!
Toddler Time Williamstown (Fridays) – These active literacy sessions are specially designed for little people who like to move. Toddler Time will introduce language and literacy elements, through story-telling, music, movement and rhyme.
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Joyce Watts is a former intellectual property, IT and media lawyer turned serial entrepreneur.
As well as being the founder of TOT: HOT OR NOT she helps businesses with their SEO, email marketing & social media as BrightSmart.com.au; she owns an online bike store CycleStyle.com.au and develops and produces creative experiences for families via WheelieGoodFun.com. She used to publish another popular lifestyle and food blog called MEL: HOT OR NOT The decisive guide to Melbourne.
She lives in inner-city Melbourne with her husband, two children and seven bikes.
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