Playgroups
Songs, play ideas, parent guidance and everyday community moments connected to Spielwelt Playgroups.
These resources support families in the early years through playful language exposure, shared routines and welcoming first experiences.
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Verstecken: Hide and Seek
Good old fashioned Verstecken (hide and seek) is always a popular game with children of all ages. The best part is calling out, “Gefunden!” (found!) at the end. You can refresh your child’s memory of the rules and counting (and what it looks like at the GAP/Scout Hall) by watching our hilarious video of Truffle…
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Kochlöffelmännchen – Spoon People
Kochlöffelmännchen (spoon people) are easy to make. A wooden spoon and some craft items you might find around the house are all that’s needed. Tip: If you want to use your spoon again to cook with, just stick your craft items on with BluTac or similar. No need to restrict yourself to people: animals and…
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Nudelkette – Pasta Necklace
This wearable craft activity has it all — fine motor skills, threading, patterns, colours, counting and shapes. You can make a cool Nudelkette (pasta chain for a necklace, bracelet or anklet) at home with pasta and string or wool. If you like, you can even colour your pasta with coloured markers/textas. You can download Gerda’s…
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Sensory Game
Here’s another great game! It’s another good one for German vocabulary, too. Wie wäre es mit einem einfachen, aber lustigen Tastsinn-Spiel? (How about a simple but fun touch sensory game?) Du brauchst mindestens 6 verschiedene kleine Gegenstände, z.B. (You need at least 6 different small items, for example….) Minibuch (Minibook) Wollfaden (wool thread) Klebeband (sticky…
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Friederikes Pfannkuchen
At today’s GAP Morgenkreis Online, the Thursday Friday class talked about Friederike’s German pancake recipe. Now you can make them at home too! Whether you call them Pfannkuchen (the official spelling), Pfannekuchen or Pfannenkuchen, they are just as delicious. Zutaten (ingredients) 1 Tasse Mehl (1 cup flour) 2 Eier (2 eggs) 1 Tasse Milch (1…
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Seifenblasen – Bubbles (Part 2)
Did you enjoy part one of our bubble fun? Ready to ramp up your bubble production? Here’s part two: Bubble Socks! Diese Dinge brauchst du (What you’ll need): einen Behälter mit flachem Boden (a container with a flat bottom) einen Papp- oder Plastikbecher (hier wird später ein Loch reingebohrt) (a paper cup or plastic cup…
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Seifenblasen – Bubbles (part 1)
Too noisy indoors after yesterday’s craft? Time to get outdoors (or into the bath) to make some beautiful bubbles! Here’s another opportunity to read the German instructions together with your child. Lots of the bubble mix recipes online involve glycerin, but we assume nobody has that handy at home, so here is a simple home…
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Rattles and Shakers
Day 25 of lockdown in Canberra. Are your children driving you crazy yet? NEIN?! No? Well, perhaps it is time to ramp up the noise levels at home! We have made rattles and shakers at GAP and playgroup before, and the children enjoy them, so here’s how you can make them at home. You can…
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Playgroups are Wunderbar
Looking for more fun at home for your 0-5 year olds? Our German playgroups are now meeting over Zoom on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. GAP and Schlaumaeuse families with children 0-5years old have been invited to join them and share the love. The ACT Playgroups Association have lots of play ideas and regular live singing and…
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Fathers Day Card: Alles Gute Zum Vatertag
We are looking forward to Fathers Day on Sunday 5 September. Here is Gerda’s video showing how to make a lovely Fathers Day sun card. Hopefully you can play it straight from the link, but for best results, download it and then view it. You can download the pattern – either in colour or black…