Activities for 5 – 8 year olds
What does a great start usually look like between ages 5 to 8?
Explore our range of activities below.

0 – 5 years
Child and Family Learning Centres

0 – 8 years
Libraries

3 – 5 years
Storytime

0 – 5 years
Launching into Learning
Fun videos and more that you can access at home
We have a new series of videos on reading with your child available on our Learning in Families Together page.

0 – 5 Years
Nursery Rhymes

0 – 8 Years
We Love Country

0 – 8 Years
Maxi visits videos

0 – 5 Years
Launching into Learning Online

0 – 4 Years
Playing together videos

0 – 5 years
Fun with sounds
Here are some more activities to try at home

6 – 8 years
‘Nice or nasty’ card game

3 – 8 years
Balloon volleyball

1 – 5 years
Bath time for toys

6 months – 6 years
Becoming a butterfly

18 months – 8 years
Brew a special garden potion

4 – 8 years
Bucket golf tournament

2 – 8 years
Build a city

18 months – 8 years
Build an animal kingdom

2 – 8 years
Clever cubbies

18 months – 8 years
Create abstract art

4 – 8 years
Creative art for kids

2 – 8 years
Don’t stop the music

1 – 8 years
Dress-up box

5 – 8 years
Exercise dice

2 – 8 years
Fairy homes and secret gardens

2 – 8 years
Feely bag guessing game

0 – 8 Years
Festive ornaments

3 – 8 years
Finger gym

2 – 8 years
Fun with cars and ramps

3 – 8 years
Grow a home garden

4 – 8 years
Hand and finger workout

18 months – 5 years
Hide and seek with teddy

6 – 8 years
I spy…3-dimensional shapes

18 months – 8 years
I want to be a farmer!

1 – 5 years
It’s pouring fun in our house!

1 – 8 years
Kids in the kitchen: play dough

0 – 5 Years
Launching into Learning Online

18 months – 5 years
Let’s guess that sound

1 – 8 years
Magic mirror painting

6 months – 6 years
Making music in the kitchen

0 – 8 Years
Maxi visits videos

2 – 8 years
Memory game – what’s missing?

5 – 8 years
Number patterns in the street

0 – 5 Years
Nursery Rhymes

2 – 8 years
Our family portrait

3 – 8 years
Put on a puppet show

5 – 8 years
Roll ’em up building game

3 – 8 years
Sand stories

1 – 5 years