Community Stories
Stories, memories and everyday moments shared by families, volunteers and the wider Spielwelt community.
These posts help show the people, relationships and traditions that make Spielwelt feel lived-in and connected over time.
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Lisa-Marie’s Bewegungsgeschichte
Former GAP teacher Lisa-Marie has produced a Bewegungsgeschichte for us all to enjoy! Children from the class of 2019 are sure to remember her, although I’m sure all the children will enjoy her story. Watch her video to hear her story and follow along with the actions. Parents can download Lisa-Marie’s story (as a PDF)…
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Mental Health During COVID
Are you finding the COVID pandemic is having a less-than-helpful effect on your mental health? There is help out there! Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing and Support Service is a dedicated website with information, advice and strategies to help manage your wellbeing and mental health during this time. #InThisTogether The Australian government’s Mental Health Commission has worked together with…
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Alle Leut Song
The GAP children will all be familiar with our end-of-the-day song, “Alle Leut’”. Here’s your GAP Director performing an updated version of Alle Leut (incredibly poorly) for you. (At least Truffle had an idea of what my singing might be like, and she’s run off!) Here’s the deal: You don’t judge me for my singing…
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Verstecken with Truffle
We tried to think of ways to keep the children familiar with the venue at GAP, and remind them of what it is like there. I hope you enjoy our game of Verstecken (hide and seek) with Truffle. Usually at GAP, after we do the roll call, we ask the children “wer fehlt?” (who is…
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Guten Morgen GAP Roll Call
A recorded morning greeting created for GAP children during home learning, with personal hellos for the Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday classes.
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Mail Lesson 2
One of our GAP families told us they went for a really long walk in their neighbourhood, looking at all the mailboxes they could find! They loved finding different styles of mailbox, and naming the shapes (Formen) they could see in German. Some children might like to identify the numbers they see as well. Truffle…
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Gerda Reads Heule Eule
The “Heule Eule” (howl owl) book by Paul Friester is an all time favourite in both GAP classes, Gerda has made a video of it for you! Email gap.director@spielwelt.org.au for the link (available to Spielwelt parents only). We are grateful to the publishers for their kind permission to share this with our members during the…
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Maus Tag – Mouse Day
By special request from one of our children, here are some mouse themed activities and a mouse story for you! Mouse Story:Here’s Opa Chris reading the German classic, Frederick die Maus. Mice Fingerprint Pictures:If you have paint or an ink stamp pad at home, you can decorate a piece of paper with loads of fingerprints. Once…
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Truffle Misses You Too
Some of the GAP children who remember Truffle (our playschool therapy dog) from last year have requested some photos of her. Here she is, just for you! Just like the teachers, Truffle is busy playing GAP-at-home, going for long walks, and she’s especially looking forward to seeing everyone when the GAP re-opens.
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Rabbits Lesson Plan 3
Frohe Ostern! Here are some lovely Easter ideas for you. Make bunny pancakes! Here’s the how-to video and recipe for you and your child to follow along. Here is a similar one auf Deutsch. Make bunny-ear head bands. Make a strip of paper to go around your child’s head, and staple some card/paper ears on it, like in our photo. …