Learn through play at your library! Join these FREE, fun guided activities for young children and their carers that support early childhood development through play.
- Book your ticket
- Arrive at your library
- Be welcomed into the Play ‘n Learn session
- Share play activities with your child
- Share songs and learning together as a group
- Pack-up together and say goodbyes
- Continue to Play ‘n Learn at home!
Play 'n Learn sessions run during WA school terms.
Willetton Library Tuesdays 10-11am
Cannington Library Thursdays 10-11am
(during school terms).
Bookings recommended, please view dates and book using the link below.
We will see you in the library soon!
Baby Play is a FREE session for babies aged up to 12 months and their caregivers.
As well as building connections with your baby, play is an important part of your baby’s development.Through a range of sensory activities uncover exciting ways to interact with your baby and build beautiful connections together. From discovering emotions, learning about sight, touch and smell, to working on fine motor skills, play is their way of discovering the world and how they fit into it.
- Tummy time and crawling
- Mirror play and peek-a-boo
- Baby sign and early communication
- Support and social interaction (with other babies and adults)
- Discussion of developmental milestones
Sensory Play is a FREE session for children aged 2-5 years and their caregivers.
Engage your senses: See, Touch, Smell, Taste, Hear.
Join us for a range of fun guided activities for young children and their carers that support early childhood development through play.
In these sessions you and your child will have the opportunity to explore a range of sensory activities centered on a theme.
Let's support early brain development with shared sensory activities:
- Shared songs and sensory activities
- Gross and fine motor skill development
- Opportunities for independent, shared or parallel play.
These sessions engage the development of emotional maturity, independence and physical well being. With parallel play, sensory input and a welcoming atmosphere. From discovering emotions, learning about sight, touch and smell, to working on fine motor skills. Play is their way of discovering the world and how they fit into it.
Play 'n Count is a FREE session for children aged 3-5 years and their caregivers.
Learn through play at your library!
In this session, you and your child can engage in a range of activities to help develop early numeracy and STEM skills (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics):
- Counting and number recognition
- Learning shapes
- Measuring and building
- Learning about everyday tools
It is important to know that we use these concepts in our everyday like. Simple opportunities include: naming measurements while cooking, pointing out road sign shapes while out and about or asking children to use colour recognition to find matching socks, toys or flowers.
Play 'n Create is a FREE session for children aged 3-5 years and their caregivers.
In this session, you and your child can engage in a range of guided activities that promote physical and emotional health and development through:
- Imaginative play
- Musical instruments, songs, dance and rhythm
- Creative visual arts and crafts
- Games, sharing and movement.
Play provides a wonderful opportunity for children to express themselves in a variety of ways. All children are different and you may find they gravitate to certain activities more than others. Your child may prefer to role play alone with figures, act out dramatic role-plays for the family or create masterpieces for the fridge.
Play 'n Discover is a FREE session for children aged 3-5 years and their caregivers.
Play and explore the world around you! In this session you and your child can engage with a range of activities to learn about their social and physical environment.
- Creation and exploration of play town and world map
- Describing natural materials in discovery tray activities
- Learning about our environment, cultures and abilities
Children are discovering new things every day through play. They learn about the world around them, how things work and what makes them feel safe and secure.
Play 'n Sing is a FREE session for children aged 3-5 years and their caregivers.
In this session, you and your child will have the opportunity to engage in a range of activities to help develop their early literacy skills and a love of books.
- Developing early writing skills
- Story-telling with puppets
- Alphabet recognition and sight words
- Sharing stories and books
Talking, singing and reading can be used as a way to explain new concepts to children, teach them about the world and develop critical creative thinking.
Children at the library:
We are dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming environment for people of all ages.
For our youngest members, guidelines are in place to ensure their safety. Responsibility for monitoring the safety of children in the library, primarily rests with the parent/caregiver.
- children under the age of 13 years must be supervised by a guardian at all times while in a City of Canning Library (siblings 16 years + are deemed suitable to supervise).
- we ask guardians to remain with children under the age of 8 in activity areas for the duration of events.
- children who do not meet the required age for specific activities/events may have their ticket cancelled.
Canning Libraries' Play 'n Learn programming is informed by:
And is facilitated by City of Canning Libraries staff and
volunteers.