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