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| Yeehaw! Join us for an evening of free family fun including a live performance by the Mucky Duck Bush Band! There will also be a free photobooth to capture those funny family moments like dad's dancing, and free sausage sizzle (plus sandwiches and muffins) and a free coffee voucher for each adult. Celebrate National Families Week at this fun annual event by bringing your children or grandkids (up to 10 years) and your best dance moves! Friday 17 May, 5.30-7.30pm
Len Packham Hall, Cordelia Ave, Coolbellup
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Looking for some parenting support? Join us for this free 6-week course - Bringing up Great Kids - supporting dads, mums and carers to understand their children's behaviour. Learn about early brain development, the origins of your parenting style, and how to respond to underlying feelings and needs while not neglecting your self-care. Tuesdays from 21 May to 25 June, 9.30-11.30am
Coolbellup Community Hub, Cordelia Avenue
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My Time returns to Tuesdays My Time is our free Aboriginal parent and grandparent support group. The group yarns about experiences and family connections, listens to engaging speakers, does fun craft and receives support. It's open to Aboriginal families at the Coolbellup Hub on Tuesdays during school terms from midday until 2pm. Lunch is provided, as well as a free creche for the children, and we offer free transport! Join us at Coolbellup Hub, 90 Cordelia Ave, Coolbellup. Registration for the free transport and creche is required, please click the link below for more information. | | |
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Froggy's Fun on the Green is starting later Now that the weather is a bit cooler, Froggy's Fun on the Green, our free outdoor playgroup, starts at 9.30am. No registrations are needed, just sign in on the day and join in the fresh air fun. Monday playgroup is at Manning Park, Hamilton Hill and Tuesdays are held at Nicholson Reserve, Yangebup. | | |
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Have you thought about becoming a Family Day Care Educator? Family Day Care Educators have a rewarding career working from home and are fully trained
and supported by the qualified and experienced Cockburn Family Day Care (FDC) Service team. For a free, no-obligation information package, please contact the Cockburn FDC Service
on 08 9411 3303 or send us an email. | | |
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Wondermums Connect Mothers of children with disability have formed a community peer-to-peer support group in Cockburn. If you are experiencing difficulty connecting with like-minded people, this group may be right for you. Supported by the City of Cockburn. See the attached flyer for all the details. | | |
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| | Free child development therapy day Concerned about your child's development (7 years or under), or awaiting diagnosis? Maaraka Dabakarn is a free therapy day where you can chat with a range of professionals, gather child development information, and ask questions. Siblings are also welcome as there is a childcare option. Sat 18 May at Cockburn Central. Registration essential | | Read more |
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| | Weekly sports clinics at Cockburn ARC Introduce your child to a new sport or skill with our basketball and multi-sport coaching clinics, designed for kids aged five to 12 during school terms. Our experienced coaches will help children develop their fundamental skills and all levels are welcome. Basketball runs on Mondays and Wednesdays. Multi-sports include basketball, netball and futsal. A full term is $115 and you can join at any time. | | More information |
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| | Pineview Community Kindy Day Prepare for a free day of sharing, creating memories and celebrating over 50 years of Pineview Community Kindy. Activities include Aboriginal storytelling, art stalls, sausage sizzle, and more! Sat 18 May, 30 Mopsa Way, Coolbellup, from 10am-2pm. | | More information |
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Participate in the Belonging Across Borders survey Calling all children 17 years and under from a multicultural background. The Commissioner for Children and Young People of WA's job is to listen to the voices of children and young people – including those who have moved to Australia from other countries and those who were born here but whose parents are from overseas.
She wants to hear about children and youth experiences and what would help other children and young people who come to Australia to live. Please ask your children or teens to fill out her survey, called Belonging Across Borders. No names or addresses are needed, and the survey closes on Monday 3 June. | | |
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New study findings about screen time in young children Recent research by the Telethon Kids Institute into 220 Australian families over two years shows young children’s language skills are reduced by 1000 words per day due to exposure to television, phones, and other screens. By using technology, the number of words spoken by, to and around a child was measured. The highest association between screen time and language skills was at age three. The study found the average three-year-old was exposed to almost three hours of screen time a day, which was over 1,139 fewer adult words, 843 fewer child words and 194 fewer conversations. The study couldn’t capture adult silent phone use, so screen usage could be affecting children even more. The authors suggest interventions should focus on reducing these barriers so that there is a language-rich environment including identifying different ways that screen time could facilitate parent-child interactions such as through interactive co-viewing. | | |
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