Little Labs understands that children learn by doing. That's why in our workshops whatever we do, the children do.

No boring demonstrations.

Everything is hands on.

Children have access to real lab equipment, and are encouraged to hypothesize, ask questions, draw conclusions, and be active contributors to their own learning.

All Little Labs programs are aligned with the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework.

Kindergarten and Early Learning

Slime Science!

Discover the world of atoms and chemistry in this slimy experience. Kids will use a variety of scientific equipment such as beakers and flasks to create three different types of slime, each with unique properties. From super-stretch slime to artificial snot, learning about chemistry with Little Labs is hands on, exciting, and just a little messy! (lab coats provided)

VEYLDF Outcomes:

1.2 Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency.
2.1 Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation
4.2 Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesizing, researching and investigating.

Bugs Alive!

Get up close and personal with some of Australia's best creepy crawlies while learning and fostering a respect for the life that is all around us. In Bugs Up-Close, children will use microscopes to explore the massive world of the truly tiny. Children will have the opportunity to engage with some of Australia's strangest mini beasts and 8-legged friends!

Your service has the choice of receiving your own mini-beast to look after at the completion of the workshop.

VEYLDF Outcomes:

2.1 Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation.
2.4 Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment.
4.3 Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another.

Jurassic Adventure

Dig for dinosaur fossils and discover the truth about these amazing creatures and the strange world they lived in. Using the tools of the trade, kids will peek back in time 65 million years ago, and uncover fossils just like on a real dig site! Kids will be given the opportunity to further identify the fossils they find and learn all about how these dinosaurs lived. Let's take a trip back in time, and become paleontologists for a day!

VEYLDF Outcomes:

1.4 Children learn to interact in relation to others with care, empathy and respect.
2.1 Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation.
4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials.

Mysterious Magnets

Explore the amazing forces of magnetism as we make objects mysteriously float and move using some spooky science. A series of challenges and games will allow children to explore magnetism in a safe and exciting way while experiencing first-hand some mind-boggling science. Learn how magnets repel and attract, what north and south poles are, and how we use magnets in everyday life.

VEYLDF Outcomes:

1.2 Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency.
2.3 Children become aware of fairness.
4.2 Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.

Kitchen Chemistry

It's amazing what you can do with some basic, everyday household items. Create color changing pH indicators from cabbage, experiment with some fun chemical reactions, and get involved with some science you can do at home! Explore chemical and physical properties through reactions in this very hands-on and colorful workshop.

VEYLDF Outcomes:

1.2 Children develop their emerging autonomy, inter-dependence, resilience and sense of agency.
4.1 Children develop dispositions for learning such as curiosity, cooperation, confidence, creativity, commitment, enthusiasm, persistence, imagination and reflexivity.
4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials.

Microscope Madness

The world of the microscopic will come to life as children use both classical and digital microscopes to explore the world around them. Children are encouraged to be active investigators, choosing what to explore and discover. From everyday objects, to invisible life, this experience is the bee's knees (We've got some of those too!)

VEYLDF Outcomes:

2.1 Children develop a sense of belonging to groups and communities and an understanding of the reciprocal rights and responsibilities necessary for active community participation.
2.4 Children become socially responsible and show respect for the environment.
4.3 Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another.
4.4 Children resource their own learning through connecting with people, place, technologies and natural and processed materials.