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Tales and Trails story trail – each park featured showcases a story written and illustrated by Queensland authors as part of The Stories for Little Queenslanders series published by State Library of Queensland.
Share, Create & Taste this National Reconciliation Week
Celebrate the culturally and linguistically diverse mosaic that makes up our vibrant and thriving community.
Join in the fun of the StoryArts Festival, meet extraordinary authors and illustrators, create amazing art and write brilliant stories at the Family Program.
Discover the magic of stories and make new friends as we explore a different theme every month. Have fun with music, movement, stories and rhymes – guaranteed to make you smile.
Ages 18 months – 5 years. Bookings essential.
Build language through rhymes, songs, stories and movement with our older babies.
Ages 6 months – 2 years. Bookings essential.
Share rhymes, songs and stories to support your baby’s early language learning. Four week program for babies and parents / carers.
Ages 0 – 12 months. Bookings essential.
Build and boost your child’s love of language through stories and block play. Meet other parents in a caring and supportive environment.
Ages 0 – 5 years. Bookings essential.
All aboard for stories, songs and rhymes at this special First 5 Forever event at the Workshops Rail Museum. Bookings essential.
Nurture your child’s love of language and stories at your local Bunnings store.
Ages 0-5 years. Bookings essential.
Nurture your child’s love of language and stories at Riverlink Shopping Centre.
Ages 0-5 years. Bookings essential.
Spark your child’s creativity with songs, books, movement and play.
Ages 0-5 years. Free Drop In Event
Spark you child’s creativity with songs, books, movement and play.
Ages 0-5 years. Free Drop In Event.
Nurture your child’s love of language and stories at your local shops. Bookings essential.
Nurture your child’s love of language and stories at your local park. Learn about your local environment through a fun activity provided by the Environmental Education team.
Ages 0-5 years. Bookings essential.
Follow the Trail, Read a Tale, Have an Adventure! Discover Is This Your Egg? written by Ella Kris and illustrated by Emma Cracknell as you follow the trail through the Ipswich Nature Centre. Find the pages along the trail as you learn Meriam Mir language words from the eastern islands of the Torres Strait.
Follow the Trail, Read a Tale, Have an Adventure!
Discover The Little Queenslanders’ Alphabet Book written by Sophie Beer as you follow the trail along John Nugent Way Bridge. Find the pages along the path as you learn about unique Queensland places and animals.
Build, Learn and Play
Nurture your child’s love of creativity and make new friends while enjoying stories and block play.
Ages 0-5 years. Free Drop In Event
Unwind And Have Some Afternoon Fun
‘Switch’ up your Friday afternoons and take your gaming to the next level with consoles, board games, trivia and more.
Challenge Your Inner Geek
Build skills to code through fun challenges with Scratch, Spheros, Ozobots and more. No coding experience needed.
Join us for traditional stories with a twist, told by the Ipswich Libraries First 5 Forever team.
Watch as the team demonstrates ways of introducing classic nursery rhymes to your kids.
Tales and Trails is an interactive outdoor reading experience developed in partnership with Nature Play Queensland.
A printable early years learning activity pack to use at home with your child.
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Listen as the First 5 Forever team bring some favourite stories to life with the help from some very clever Ipswich kids.
Inspire your child’s love of reading by looking through the First 5 Forever Stories for Little Queenslanders collection.
Join our local Community Champions as they share one of the Stories for Little Queenslanders.
Dive Into Books is a pool-side storytelling program developed in partnership with Kids Alive – Do the Five and hosted by Just Sports N Fitness.
Since launching in 2015 there have been more than 2.5 million attendances at First 5 Forever activities in public libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Centres across Queensland.
Discover how Library programs can be tailored to suit your school or group. Organise a visit to one of our libraries or have the Public Programming team come to you.
Let our First 5 Forever team bring the magic of stories, songs and rhymes to your playgroup or community group.
Draw along with Emma as she demonstrates how to draw one of her favourite Australian animals, using materials that you have at home.
Every month compete in the ultimate Makerspace Challenge to test your skills and win amazing prizes!
Challenges change regularly and can be completed using the technology and software currently available in the Ipswich Libraries Makerspaces.