Category: Artsplorers Learn

What is the NSW Active & Creative Kids Voucher? (Updated 2024)
February 15, 2024 No Responses

What is the NSW Active & Creative Kids Voucher? (Updated 2024)

In 2018, the NSW Government introduced the Active Kids Rebate, which parents have been able to use to offset the cost of sports, swimming, and other activities. Starting January 1, 2019, NSW parents were also be able to claim the...
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How to Make the Arts A Part of Your Family’s Everyday
March 14, 2023 No Responses

How to Make the Arts A Part of Your Family’s Everyday

Given how amazing the arts are for kids - for all of us, actually - my belief is that the arts should be part of a family’s every single day. This is not as difficult, time consuming, or expensive as it might sound!
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RIBBIT RABBIT ROBOT Book Week Costumes by Victoria Mackinlay
October 17, 2020 No Responses

RIBBIT RABBIT ROBOT Book Week Costumes by Victoria Mackinlay

Here are three quick and easy Book Week Costume ideas for Ribbit Rabbit Robot.
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How to Support the Arts When the Arts Are Going Dark
March 15, 2020 No Responses

How to Support the Arts When the Arts Are Going Dark

We are all trying to figure out how COVID-19 is going to change our lives: Will schools be cancelled (if yours hasn’t, already)? Is working from home an option? How much of a pantry stash do we need? By now,...
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How to Tell Your Child a Story: Storytelling Made Easy!
February 21, 2019 No Responses

How to Tell Your Child a Story: Storytelling Made Easy!

When my daughter was about 3, she started asking me to tell her a “talking story.” She didn’t want a story out of a book, but rather for me to make up a story for her. There’s something rather magical...
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How We Find Great New Kid’s Books
August 30, 2018 No Responses

How We Find Great New Kid’s Books

Up until a couple of years ago, I was squarely in the “classics and best sellers” camp when it came to how I bought children’s books. I bought a lot of Dr. Seuss and sometimes I’d pick up a book...
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What Your Arts Teacher *Really* Wants You to Learn
September 9, 2017 No Responses

What Your Arts Teacher *Really* Wants You to Learn

Most students who take an arts class are not going to become professionals in the field. There are so many more lessons in all of the arts to learn! Who better to talk about this than the folks who are...
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How I Talk to My Pre Schooler In An Art Museum
March 16, 2017 2 Responses

How I Talk to My Pre Schooler In An Art Museum

We, in my family, are frequent flyers at Sydney’s art museums. In our own ways, we all love poking around the galleries, seeing what’s new, and rediscovering pieces we’ve seen before. On weekends, there are often activities on for kids,...
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The Sporty Kid’s First Ballet Class
February 16, 2017 2 Responses

The Sporty Kid’s First Ballet Class

It continually amazes me that, despite both of her parents’ more cerebral tendencies, our mini-Artplorer has a natural inclination towards athletic pursuits. She loves the down and dirty, and she feels the need, the need for speed. That part of her...
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Joey Jig Music For Real Beginners
August 11, 2016 No Responses

Joey Jig Music For Real Beginners

    “A one woman Wiggle!,” says the effervescent Alicia Wolfe, when asked to describe what she does for a living, running Joey Jig Music Classes For Real Beginners. Wolfe started her company Joey Jig in February 2012. From humble beginnings...
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