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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Knetseife – Soap Playdough
Here’s a fun project for you, from GAP’s very own Lisa3. It’s an easy recipe with three ingredients you are likely to have at home. Follow along in German (and English). Mixe deine eigene Knetseife.(Mix your own Playdough Soap.) Mehr Spaß beim Händewaschen!(Make hand washing more fun!) Das Rezept (The recipe) Die Zutaten (The ingredients):…
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Zoom Wie Mama Und Papa
The children of Spiel und Spass playgroup enjoyed being just like Mama and Papa today… working from home during lockdown and having a meeting on Zoom! The children and their families shared stories, said guten Morgen to each other, and sang songs together. Our playgroup members can join us online each week. The meeting link…
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Raetselkiste – The Mystery Box
Mystery box (Rätselkiste) is a very popular routine in our GAP sessions. If you want to play it at home, here is a little “How to”: Find an empty box. You might like to use a cereal box or shoe box. Any box will do. Decorate it together if you like. Here is one of…
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Treasure Hunt Boxes
Looking for a fun activity to do while you are on your “allowed one hour of outdoor exercise” with your child? Eager to learn/maintain your German? Keen to be green and ready to recycle household waste and then be attentive to the natural world around you? Want an activity involving both fine and gross motor…
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Raising Children in More Than one Language
The ACT Bilingual Education Alliance recently held an online seminar for families and educators helping to raise children in more than one language. This informative seminar with Dr Mandy Scott (a linguistics researcher at the ANU and undoubtedly Canberra’s foremost expert on bilingual education) outlined the benefits, approaches and challenges, and then a wealth of…
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Explaining the Pandemic and Covid Testing to Children
There is a superb book for children about coronavirus and the pandemic, covering lockdowns and all sorts of great topics here. Even if you don’t want to purchase the book, you can use the “Take a Look Inside” link on that page. Switch the view to full screen view and read it on screen together…
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Spielwelt During Canberra Lockdown 2021
Spielwelt is putting its programs on pause during the ACT lockdown. We plan to reopen when ACT public schools reopen for all children. Already counting the days in lockdown? Here are the many Spielwelt remote learning pages with lots of activity ideas suitable for young children learning or maintaining German at home. For Spielwelt the…
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Office for Hire During COVID
If you need a quiet private office (that isn’t in your own home) during the COVID school closures, check this out! The Turner Scout Hall (at 11 Masson Street, in Haig Park, Turner ACT) has two single offices available now for hire until ACT schools open again. You can hire one of our offices on a daily basis ($50/day)…
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Excursion to Capital Scraps Community Compost
The Monday-Tuesday GAP children enjoyed an excursion to the Capital Scraps Community Compost in Haig Park, today. With the help of many parent helpers, we walked through Haig Park, then crossed Northbourne Avenue to the Braddon side of Haig Park, and within a few short meters, we arrived at the community compost collection point. Brook…
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Behind Every Great Organisation
Behind every great organisation, there is an even greater committee. And driving our great committee this year is a really great president. The year 2021 is Tobias’ second year on the Spielwelt committee, and he’s guiding us all well through another year of covid, policy updates, capital improvements, special events like the lantern walk, considering…