Koorie Kits

The Koorie Playgroup Kit has been developed to encourage development of quality Koorie playgroups for children aged 0-4 years and their parent or caregiver including aunties, uncles, nanas and pops.




Contents

  • Playgroup Victoria A to Z Koorie playsheets
  • Koorie Playgroup Kit Handbook
  • Koorie Playgroups DVD (2008 Enhance TV ATOM Awards finalist)
  • Guide for Establishing and Running Supported Playgroups for Aboriginal Families ( VACCA)
  • Koorie Culture: A Guide to Implementing a Culturally Inclusive Curriculum in Early Childhood Services (VAEAI) 
  • Koorie Totems booklet  
  • Little Fellas Big Voices CD
  • Koorie Play Book
  • Seven posters

And the following products from Yarn Strong Sista, Sharing Culture: Indigenous Perspective through Play (YSS):

  • Aunty Wendy Happy To Be Me CD 
  • Kootear The Echidna book
  • Aussie Toddlers Can boardbook  
  • What I Wanna Be book 
  • Kookaburra finger puppet  
  • Wooden toys (recycled timber wombat, snake and echidna) for bush tale play 

Development

The Koorie Playgroup Kit was developed in consultation with:

  • Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc (VAEAI)
  • Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA)
  • Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
  • Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) 
  • Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC)
  • Best Start, Indigenous Reference Group, Darebin
  • Victorian Aboriginal Community Services Association Ltd (VACSAL)
  • Koorie Early Childhood Education Program Coordinator
  • Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) 
  • Save the Children Australia
  • Community Child Care Association, Resource and Development Unit (CCC).

Funding for production of 50 kits was provided by Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR).

Purchase

Non Koorie playgroups, agencies and organisations can purchase a kit at $200 each.  To find out more call Cath toll free 1800 171 882 ext 102 or email cath@playgroup.org.au.



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