Early Years

Before you get started, download our challenges sheets and extra resources:

• A Game by Me – making a game using magnets.

  • Challenge Sheet – A Game by Me (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – A Game by Me (PDF)

• Bubble and Bubbles – making our own bubble wand using different shapes.

  • Challenge Sheet – Bubbles and Bubbles (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Bubbles and Bubbles (PDF)

• Build, Build, Build – making different types of structures like engineers.

  • Challenge Sheet – Build, Build, Build (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Build, Build, Build (PDF)

• Crazy Critter Zoo – making a zoo filled with critters of all shapes and sizes.

  • Challenge Sheet – Crazy Critter Zoo (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Crazy Critter Zoo (PDF)

• Dinosaur Roar – looking at a type of science called palaeontology.

  • Challenge Sheet – Dinosaur Roar (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Dinosaur Roar (PDF)

• Down Up, Down Up – building ramps that make balls go different speeds.

  • Challenge Sheet – Down Up, Down Up (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Down Up, Down Up (PDF)

• Explore and Look – using magnifying glasses to see items really close up.

  • Challenge Sheet – Explore and Look (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Explore and Look (PDF)

• I'm a Music Maker – making music with recyclable materials.

  • Challenge Sheet – I’m a Music Maker (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – I’m a Music Maker (PDF)

• Kids Own Hopscotch – making a jumping game using shapes, colour and counting.

  • Challenge Sheet – Kids Own Hopscotch (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Kids Own Hopscotch (PDF)

• Look Up in the Sky – being curious about the sky.

  • Challenge Sheet – Look Up in the Sky (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Look Up in the Sky (PDF)

• Mixed Dropper Art – being curious about colour.

  • Challenge Sheet – Mixed Dropper Art (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Mixed Dropper Art (PDF)

• My Marble Run – constructing a marble run.

  • Challenge Sheet – My Marble Run (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – My Marble Run (PDF)

• My World – being curious about what our world looks like.

  • Challenge Sheet – My World (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – My World (PDF)

• Nature's Window – being curious about botany and create a window from nature.

  • Challenge Sheet – Nature’s Window (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Nature’s Window (PDF)

• Paper Cup Pyramid – building a pyramid.

  • Challenge Sheet – Paper Cup Pyramid (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Paper Cup Pyramid (PDF)

• Pom Pom Racing – building a racetrack for pom poms and feathers to race along.

  • Challenge Sheet – Pom Pom Racing (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Pom Pom Racing (PDF)

• Robot Disco – using Bee Bot Robots to learn about steps and logic.

  • Challenge Sheet – Robot Disco (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Robot Disco (PDF)

• Shadow Puppets – imagine, create, perform and share a story using shadow puppets.

  • Challenge Sheet – Shadow Puppets (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Shadow Puppets (PDF)

• Sing My Song – sing and make up our own song lyrics.

  • Challenge Sheet – Sing My Song (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – Sing My Song (PDF)

• This is Me – using scissors to create a collage that shows who we are.

  • Challenge Sheet – This is Me (PDF)

  • Extra Challenge Ideas – This is Me (PDF)

Child Health Nurses are available to weigh, measure and answer any questions about children’s health, growth and development.

Please bring your Medicare card for Qld Health.

Sessions:

• Citylibraries Aitkenvale: 

  • 9am to 2pm on Tuesdays

  • 9am to 12noon on Saturdays

• Citylibraries Riverway:

  • 9am to 2pm on Fridays

Join Queensland Health as they discuss a range of parenting topics each month.

Please bring your Medicare card for Qld Health.

Sessions:

• Citylibraries Aitkenvale:

  • 9:45 to 10:45am on the first Tuesday of the month

View upcoming Parent Information Sessions.