Children and families
These activities are a great way to learn new skills and stay healthy. The activities are educational, healthy and fun. All of these classes are free for the community.
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Multi-sports and Mindfulness for Kids |
KineticKids | To help our community to stay happy and healthy, KineticKids will be uploading multi-sports or mindfulness activities weekly from 9am Mondays between the 20th April and 22nd June 2020. Visit the activity link at a time convenient for you. All activities will be available online until at least the 30th June 2020. | KineticKids online activities |
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Salt Fitness daily workouts for sporty kids |
Salt Fitness and Consulting | Channel your child's energy by working on various elements of fitness specific to their favourite sports. | Salt Fitness daily workouts for sporty kids |
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Children's meditation |
Sleep Easy Relax | Try out this guided meditation for children’s visualisation for sleep and dreaming. | Meditation for children |
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Yoga for children |
Cosmic Kids Yoga | Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation designed for children 3 years and over. | Yoga for children |
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Fitness Blender kids workout |
Fitness Blender | Play fun games throughout this 25-minute workout. | Fitness Blender kids workout |
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Learn how to draw |
Art for Kids | All you need is paper and colour pencils. | Learn how to draw |
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Learn Ballet |
The Wiggles: Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio | Dance along and learn the basics of Ballet with your Wiggly Instructor - Emma | Learn ballet |
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Kids storytime and song - 'Snap! Went Chester' and 'Row Row Row Your Boat' |
First 5 Forever | Enjoy this pre-recorded story-time at home, any time. The First 5 Forever team from Logan City Council's Libraries share picture story books and songs for your young children. | Kids storytime at home |
| Logan Library online - Kids | Access Logan Libraries online services | Logan City Council Libraries | Logan Libraries - Kids |
| Logan Library online – Teens | Access Logan Libraries online services | Logan City Council Libraries | Logan Libraries - Teens |
| NASA at Home | Let NASA bring the universe into your home | NASA | NASA at Home |
| Visit Mars | Visit the surface of Mars on NASA’s Curiosity rover | Access Mars | The real surface of Mars |
| Visit The National History Museum | Visitors can take a self-guided tour of select exhibits and areas within the museum. | National Museum of Natural History | National History Museum tour |
| Visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Visit MetKids and discover The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Made for, with, and by kids | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | MetKids discover |
| Visit the zoo | Enjoy live stream cameras from Melbourne Zoo and Werribee Open Range Zoo | Zoos Victoria | Animal House - Bringing the zoo to you |
| Meet a koala | View live webcams and watch koalas 24/7, as well as dingo pups, platypus and even reptiles | Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary | Koala cams |
| Get creative - virtual art exhibition, mask making and more | Join the Children’s Art Centre and explore art and artists from around the world. Play fun games, watch cool videos and get creative with make-at-home activities | Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art – Children’s Art Centre | Children's Art Centre |
| Watch puppycam | Watch a live puppy cam. There’s a host of other animal cams too. | Explore | Explore - Puppy playroom |
| Go on safari | Watch a live stream from Kenya of African animals visiting a watering hole. | Explore | Explore - African animals |
| Visit a farm | Take a virtual farm tour | Farm Food 360 | Farm Food 360 |
| Visit an aquarium | Experience the wonder of the ocean no matter where you are | Monterey Bay Aquarium | Monterey Bay Aquarium |
| Create your own music | Create music, melodies, rhythms and more | Chrome Music Lab | Chrome Music Lab |
| Take part in a science lesson | Watch science videos and take part in activities on a variety of topics | Mystery Science | Free easy science for remote learning |
| Conduct your own science experiments | Instructions for how to create your own musical instruments, rockets and more | Street Science | Street Science |
| Learn a language | Learn another language. There’s a variety of languages to choose from. | DuoLingo | Learn a language |
| Get moving | View a variety of movement and mindfulness videos | GoNoodle | GoNoodle - Movement powers change |
| Learn about science and geography | Play games, learn interesting facts and compete in a variety of online quizzes. | National Geographic Kids | National Geographic Kids |
| Play games, do craft activities or cook in the kitchen | Play games, do craft activities or cook in the kitchen | Highlight Kids | Highlight Kids - Crafts and recipes |
| Go back in history | See historical photographs and documents from locations around the world. | What Was There | Go back in history |
| Learn about the earth and climate | This NASA program covers a range of topics like weather, climate, plants and animals. | NASA Climate Kids | NASA Climate Kids |
| Family workout | POPSUGAR Fitness |
Get your heart rate up in your living room with this fun family workout. |
Family fun cardio workout |
| Printable colouring in pages | Crayola |
Stay creative at home with printable colouring in pages. |
Crayola - Free colouring in pages |
| Wonderful Me activity booklet | Logan City Council |
This journal is perfect for people aged 9 to 12 years. It is a creative way for young people to explore more about themselves. |
Wonderful Me |
| Healthy fruit kebabs for kids | IndigenousGovAu |
Learn how to make healthy fruit kebabs. |
Making fruit kebabs for kids |
| Yoga for Kids | Squish the Fish |
Join this cosmic kids yoga adventure and learn all about having your own adventures. |
A cosmic kids yoga adventure |
| KRANK colouring in competition | Logan City Council |
Colour-in the image of KRANKenstein for your chance to win a $100.00 Gift Card and a KRANK merchandise pack! |
KRANK colouring-in competition |
| Longboarding Lockdown Session Week 1 | Longboard Family Inc. |
Have a longboard at home? Join us while we navigate through this lockdown season on our longboards to keep our mind and body healthy in isolation. In this first video you will be able to learn how to set up and maintain your longboard and do a little mindfulness session with our team. |
Longboarding Lockdown Session Week 1 |
| Soccer at home | Ginger Sport | Soccer games that parents can play at home with their children, using household items. | Games that parents can play at home with their kids by using items from around the house. |
| Kids workouts to do at home | The Body Coach |
This fun interactive workout is great for children of all ages! Learn great tips to stay healthy and active in just 5 minutes! |
Kids workouts to do at home |
| We've got this! Online support for parents | Enriching Communities Pimpama | Join childhood and education experts weekly each as they share their knowledge online to help parents of students learning at home. There will be a range of topics covered with links to helpful resources for parents to access. | Online support for parents |
| Virtual story time | Logan City Council Libraries |
Take your children on an interactive journey and discover the story of Wajin: The Gaurdian of Scrubby Creek. |
Our words our stories |
| Learn with ABC TV Education | ABC TV Education | New and exciting resources are being added every day to help children, families learning from home. Resources are available primary and secondary education as well as for parents and teachers. | ABC TV Education |
| Longboarding Lockdown Session Week 2 | Longboard Family Inc. |
Have a longboard at home? Join us while we navigate through this lockdown season on our longboards to keep our mind and body healthy in isolation. In this second video you will learn how to balance, push, brake and turn. |
Longboarding Session Week 2 |
| Dance with electricity | Logan Together |
Local teacher and educator Jon Wheatley's character Jonny Jupiter has a wide range of songs and dances he has filmed for Logan audiences. All songs, dances and sessions are linked closely to the Australian curriculum and the sessions Jonny Jupiter is sharing are designed for two to seven-year-olds. |
Dance with electricity |
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Getting active with Logan coaches |
Logan Together |
Coaches Angie, Nick and Jay are dropping a number of workout routines especially designed for kids to Stronger Together Logan each week. They will be released a few afternoons a week - offering the perfect active way to shake off the day and jump into some activity. |
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| Adaptive Gymnastics - 3 to 4 years | FunFit Gymnastics | Join an adaptive gymnastics class from the comfort of your own home. This activity is funded by the Move it Logan program and Sport Australia. | Adaptive Gymnatics 3 to 4 years |
| Water filtration experiment | Hurricane Stars Club | Learn how to do a simple water filtration experiment at home. |
Water Filtration Activity for Kids |
| Activities for Everyone | Stronger Together Logan | Get active everyday with activities from local Logan coaches. |
Stronger together Logan |
| Art workshop | Logan East Community Neighbourhood Association |
Join this 4 week art program and learn some new skills. The first video is an introduction and outlines what equipment you'll need to join in. There'll be three more videos uploaded each Monday until the end of June, which will take you through different mixed media art projects. |
Logan East Community Neighbourhood Centre Facebook page |