MartUK

Does anyone know what age kids can go to playgroup please? I've only been able to find threads on pre-school or kindy which covers from 4 up.

Arriving in Brisbane in 6 weeks, our eldest is 3 in Sept and the youngest will be 4 mths when we arrive. Over here our eldest has gone to a kind of pre-playgroup from 18 mths and our local playgroup starts at 2 yrs 9 mths (he couldn't go til Sept due to summer hols). We also go to a toddler group and there's a mother and baby group too. Starting to twitch at the thought of being stuck at home with them all day as the 1st question I get every day is "Where we going today mummy?". Please tell me there's lots of groups for pre-schoolers and their stir crazy mums :scared: .

Lane

tabby

Hi

my daughter (Emily) goes to kindy and she is 2 1/2 and also my nephew who is 1 has been going since around 6 weeks old.

We live in Brisbane and we have looked round a few kindy's and they all have 3-4 rooms for ages from 6 weeks ish to pre school age (4)

http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/br...preschools.htm for more info

It get quite confusing as people call it diffrent things for example the centre we go to is daycare and preschool but everyone calls it kindy !!!

tabby

btw ..... which part of brissie you moving to ???

68MEVY

Well I'm on the GC but the kindy my daughter goes to takes babies from 6 weeks old up to the end of the year they turn 5 in.
There are day care centres around aswell which take babies right through to teens, few and far between though.
As for play groups, there are plenty around. Our local library has info on them all so it's probably worth trying yours.

Marie

MartUK

Not sure yet, only have a short-let for 3 weeks to start with when we'll be looking around to find somewhere more permanent and to be quite honest don't even know where to start.

Is kindy like playgroup or more like a nursery/minder? Also need something like a toddler/mother & baby group I can go to as well so I can start making friends. Thought the library may be a good place to start once we find a place to stay.

Lane

CHnJ

Both are available. Some of the Gold Coast High Schools have playgroups where students learn childcare, and they can be a good place to meet mums.

elksa

Kindy is very different to the playscools in UK. My son is 3 and absolutley loves it. I don't know about other kindys but hes opens about 7.30am, and closes at 6.30pm. They take their morning & afternoon snack, and their lunch. Also he takes he's bedding as they have afternoon sleep too. Its alot more educational, as well as the usuall paintings, singing, stories and playing. The fee is around $44 per day.. wether your taking them for the morning or the full day. They also have magazines there so you can see what else is going on in your area for you and your kids ie.. parent & toddlers, music lessons ect. Best of luck. xxxx

CHnJ

You also get a lot of the fee back from the government as a rebate (although it can take about a year and a half to come through.)