Children's activities

Our Baby Rhymetime sessions focus on improving essential Early Development Social, Communication and Literacy skills in your child, promote bonding and are fun for both parent and child. Our Pre-School programs are created to perfectly compliment the state-wide Better Beginnings program.

For children aged 0 to 2 years, Baby Rhymetime sessions offer a fun and educational experience for both young ones and parents.

Each Baby Rhymetime session will help your child to develop early literacy skills through simple rhymes, action songs and stories.

Sessions subject to public holidays or library closure. No bookings required.

These sessions are suitable for children aged 2 to 5 years and include stories and songs. Pre-school Storytime is a fun way to introduce your child to books, stimulates their imagination and is a great way for your child to make new friends. 

Can't make a weekday? We also have Saturday Songs and Stories, every Saturday from 10.00am for children 0 to 5 years.

Sessions subject to public holidays or library closure. No bookings required.

Sensory sing and play is an inclusive program of songs and sensory play based learning in a small group setting.

During the session you and your child will experience a variety of sensory play activities and rhymes to help build a foundation of early literacy skills.

Suitable for babies 6-18 months and their caregiver.

Bookings essential

Book now Stirling Libraries - Scarborough: every Thursday 9.30am - 10.00am

Book now Stirling Libraries - Dianella: every Friday 1.30pm - 2.00pm

For over ten years Better Beginnings has been improving the lives of young West Australians and their families. 

Better Beginnings focuses on developing literacy skills in children 0-4 by fostering a love of stories, rhymes and being read to. Through Better Beginnings, children pick up many of the concepts relating to reading and writing before age five, and this gives them a head start once they start school. Good Literacy skills are clearly linked to better life outcomes in later life.

Every child born in Western Australia is entitled to receive a Yellow book bag at birth containing their first board book and helpful information about reading to your child.  At the age of two your child receives an Orange Sing-and-Grow book bag and another Green bag once they reach Kindergarten. Better Beginnings is delivered by the State Library of Western Australia through public libraries throughout the state, together with Child Health Nurses and schools. 

Our Baby Rhymetime and Pre School Storytime sessions have been developed alongside Better Beginnings with special focus on delivering these early learning concepts. Librarians that conduct these sessions have regular training in early years program delivery.

Better Beginnings is funded via a tri-partite alliance between the Government of Western Australia (including Royalties for Regions), Western Australian local governments and Rio Tinto.

An independent evaluation of the initial pilot program by Edith Cowan University demonstrated the program's positive impact on the attitudes, behaviours and practices of parents around early literacy. Their longitudinal evaluation of the Better Beginnings program demonstrates that Better Beginnings is having a significant positive impact on early reading practices, attitudes and beliefs across Western Australia.

The LETS program helps children and their families to improve and practise English in a fun, educational environment.

LETS includes songs, rhymes and stories which develop children's confidence. LETS helps children develop skills they will need when they start school.

The LETS program runs for eight weeks, with a different theme each week. Parents and Children participate and improve their English together!  Dianella, Osborne and Mirrabooka offer LETS, alternating during school terms.

Stirling Libraries - Dianella starting Tuesday 2 May 2023, 10.30am - 11.30am 

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This is a free, peer-based club for those who want to learn how to code. Coding is a fun and great way to meet people, and is quickly becoming an essential life skill. You can play games, work out puzzles and write your own programs.

Suitable for ages 7 - 17.

CoderDojo is being run in the Innovations Lab at Mirrabooka Library every Wednesday during school term. 

Bookings essential

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Stirling Libraries - Scarborough hosts Portuguese Songs & Stories provided by Projeto Cabana and Musicando na Australia with the support of Livros for Kids Australia to the Portuguese-speaking community or whoever wants to learn Portuguese. It's a great opportunity to gather with other Portuguese-speaking families, expose children to Brazilian culture and language and hear some childhood stories. The sessions are mixed ages and held all in Brazilian Portuguese.

• Date/Times Monthly, on the first Tuesday of each month 9.00am – 10.00am
• Venue Stirling Libraries - Scarborough
• Booking projetocabanainfo@gmail.com
• Cost Free.

Join us for weekly songs and stories in Chinese language.
Sessions are aimed at children aged 2 – 5 years old and their parents/carers and feature interactive stories, songs, and rhymes in the Chinese (Mandarin) language. 

• Date/Times Weekly (school term only), on Wednesday 10.30am – 11.00am
• Venue Stirling Libraries - Dianella
• Cost Free.

No bookings required

One of the best things in life is learning something new every day.

Children's University is a program that rewards kids for what they learn outside the classroom in places like public libraries, zoos, museums and art galleries. 

Students enrolled with the Children’s University get their ‘passports’ stamped when they visit recognised Learning Destinations, and are recognised for hours of activity through formal University certificates at on-campus graduation ceremonies - complete with official regalia!