Touch & Go is a tactile collaborative dancing game for children aged 2-3 and their carers, created by Sally Chance (Founding Artistic Director of Restless Dance Theatre and Sally Chance Dance). The experience will be at Sydney Opera House...
Ashleigh Barton is a bestselling children’s author from Sydney, Australia. Her latest book, Solomon Macaroni and the Cousin Catastrophe, is out now. I know I’m not alone when I say that I loved writing as a child. It was my...
Avocado Smash, a charming trio made up of classical singer Jo, pianist Su, and dancer Fatima, not so much “smashed” onto the Sydney children’s music scene last year, as sang, strummed, keyboarded, and danced on with their bright and sensitive...
This post contains affiliate links. We were given a copy or Raising Readers for review purposes by University of Queensland Press. Raising Readers I was raised a reader on the lap of my book-loving mother, and if there is one...
When our second baby was a newborn, our then 4 year old ended up watching so much TV, and I had a giant dose of Mama guilt about all that screen time. Enter Kinderling Radio, first their wonderful selection of...
Benny Time is a children’s musician, daycare educator, and dad (and my neighbor!). When I wanted to start writing my children’s music review series, he gave me a lot of insight as to where to begin. A bigger advocate for...
We’re not at all screen averse in the family Artsplorer, yet somehow despite my kid having her fair share of app-ing (educational ones!) and Netflixing, and myself having logged plenty of Kindle hours, I never thought to turn the iPad...
I am so excited to share this interview with Susie Rugg, the mastermind behind the brilliant Handy With Scissors blog. Where most of us see filler for the recycling bin, Susie sees quirky, colorful works of art, unlike anything you’ve...
Tim McGarry is one of the Creative Directors and founders of Monkey Baa Theatre, a Sydney-based theatre producing shows for young people, ages 3 – 18. The company operates in residence at the Lendlease Darling Quarter Theatre, and tours...