First Steps

Today we decided to check out the First Steps Family Resource Centre.  Our playgroup in Karratha was called First Steps Play Group (FSPG) so we thought we should check this place out.  Fortunately Friday is all day drop in for all ages so we came on the right day.

There were a lot of similarities to First Steps Playgroup.  The room was about half the size, obviously all indoors, with a messy room for painting and a tray of sand.  There were heaps of toys and about 10-15 children plus two facilitators, one of which was called Michelle!  There were probably more grandparents than parents although the grandparents were relatively young, a couple of them told me that they had given up work to babysit their grandchildren, plus there were a couple of babysitters there with kids.  One difference to FSPG was that it was all about the children; parents shadowed their kids and played with them on the floor, no coffee and cake for Mums!

There was Halloween craft to make, free play then we sang songs and did Halloween Simon Says.  After that we washed our hands and ate a snack of cup cakes because on the last day of the month they celebrate birthdays.  All this was provided free of charge.  The resource centre is government funded and every day there are different classes for different age groups from birth to 6 years with some sessions run at the pool and the gym each week.  Hopefully this First Steps will be as friendly as Karratha’s First Steps.