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Sleep Tips for Children
Getting enough sleep is as important for your child as eating well and being active.
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Eating well while breastfeeding
Mothers are likely to have a lot of different feelings in the early days of breastfeeding – being hungrier and thirstier might be two of them!
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Managing Risky Play
Risky play is exciting and fun and is also important for your child’s development:
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Screen time for young children – how much is OK?
Too much screen time can affect how children grow and develop. It can also get in the way of children learning to play with others and learning new skills like walking, jumping, and catching a ball.
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Nursery Rhymes
0 - 5 YearsNursery Rhymes are a great way to have fun with your baby or little one. Children love them and they are great for their learning and development. From words, to maths, to body movements, Nursery Rhymes offer it all. Even singing just two or three times a day can make a big difference in building […]
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Top tips for a healthy pregnancy
Did you know your baby uses your stores of vitamins and minerals to grow? This means that you need to eat well before and during your pregnancy for the health of you and your baby.
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Getting baby off to a solid start
Starting solid food is a big step for babies. Most babies are ready for solid food at around 6 months of age.
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Preparing your child for a dental visit
There’s lots of things you can do to make your child feel comfortable (even excited!) about a visit to the dental clinic.
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Returning to work and breastfeeding
If you’re heading back to work and still planning to breastfeed, there are probably a million questions running through your head!
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Top tips for packing a healthy lunchbox
Children are at school for a big part of their day. It’s important that they have enough food and energy to grow, play and learn. Tasmanian Dietitian, Alison, shares some handy tips for packing a nutritious (and yummy!) lunchbox.
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Five tips for talking about food and eating
We want our kids to have a good relationship with food and eating.
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Top tips for keeping kids road safe
It’s never too early to start teaching kids about road safety.
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Tips for Picky Eaters
Does it feel like your child won’t eat anything you give them? Don’t worry! Most kids will be picky at times.
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We Love Country
0 - 8 YearsWe love Country is a book about exploring Country using our senses.Join Nanna and her grandchildren as they share their connection to Country. Written and illustrated in Lutruwita/Tasmania, it features native animals and plants and places that may feel familiar. Screech and Scratch, two yellow-tailed black cockatoos can be spotted throughout the story. Can you […]
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Festive ornaments
0 - 8 YearsChildren are small for such a short time. Capture a memory by making a Christmas salt dough ornament of their hand or finger print. A great gift idea for grandparents as well! Your child will learn how to follow a recipe and explore their creativity. What do I need? 2 cups of flour ½ cup […]
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Wrap it up!
3 – 8 yearsHave fun pretending to wrap presents! Use some recycled boxes of different sizes, and newspaper or old wrapping paper.
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Maxi Visits videos
0 - 8 YearsWelcome to our new Maxi Visits video series! Join Maxi as he visits places for fun, learning, health and development.
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Music time with baby
One of the best things about singing with your baby is that they don’t care if you can sing in tune – they just love to hear you sing!
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Playing with light and shadows
Playing with shadows is something your child might enjoy the next time you are looking for a great learning activity.
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Backyard obstacle challenge
We all know how much our children need exercise! Not only does it develop their muscle strength, coordination and control, but if they don’t get the chance to be regularly active, they can start to get a little stir crazy.
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