In Australia, community playgroups are seen as the ‘soft touch’. But a research project in Tonga is finding the benefits can last a lifetime. ...

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• 2017
• July

New research by the Telethon Kids Institute has found children who attend playgroups achieve better early primary school outcomes. ...

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• 2017
• March

National Playgroup Week, the annual event run by Playgroup Australia, will take place across the country from 20 March to 27 March. ...

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• 2016
• March

It’s hoped a new therapeutic playgroup being trialled in Perth will help parents and caregivers cut through the stress and become more confident. ...

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• 2017
• November

We have all heard of the phrase ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ but unfortunately in contemporary western society that ‘village’ can be hard to find. ...

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• 2019
• January