FairyWren Steiner Playgroup in Tasmania offers a beautiful home~like environment where the treasures of parenting and childhood can be discovered, enjoyed and nurtured. Fairy Wren Steiner Playgroup is 15min South of Hobart in Tasmania, We offer families with children between birth and three years a warm and nurturing environment where children have the inner space to move and play, and parents bui
ld a supportive, connected community. Each playgroup meets once a week during the school term and is facilitated by a Steiner trained playgroup leader, who guides the group through the morning/afternoon activities including stories, songs, bread making, free-play, and parents have the opportunity to create a handcrafted toy for their child. Our cottage is a warm and inviting early childhood space within the grounds of Tarremah Steiner School. Our toys are made from natural materials that nurture the child’s imagination and creativity while the enclosed garden is a haven for outdoor exploration. In 2024 we offer the following sessions:
Thursday 9 am - 11.30 am
Babies and Toddler Group (birth - 2 years)
Thursday 12.40 pm - 2.40 pm (3 years)
Friday 9 am ~ 11.30 am (2 - 3 years)
The consistent rhythm of the playgroup session provides an environment in which children feel safe to enter their dreamlike imaginative play. Adults have the opportunity to help with morning tea preparations, learn new craft skills to take into the home, and enjoy the company of other adults. We strive to achieve a balance between the social needs of the adults and an awareness of what is happening around the children. ENROLMENT
Application for Enrolment Form: https://www.tarremah.tas.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Playgroup-Enrolment-App-2024.pdf
07/11/2025
🌿 Nature Stories in Playgroup 🌿
In our playgroup, our stories follow the rhythm of the seasons. As the world outside changes, so too do the tales we tell — bringing gentle pictures of nature’s life for the children to experience.
This week, the children met The Little Wattle Baby, who danced in the soft spring rain beneath her wattle bloom. Through simple stories like this, told with natural materials and quiet gesture, the children come to know the world around them — the rain, the blossoms, the sunlight — in a way that feels familiar, safe, and full of wonder.
Each story is a reflection of what the children see and feel in their daily lives — the weather, the garden, the bush — so their inner and outer worlds can grow together in harmony. 🌼
03/11/2025
30/10/2025
Spring has sprung at Tarremah! 🌸🌿
Join us on Sunday for a day of wholesome fun for the whole family — children’s activities, craft stalls, live music, food, and the warmth of our school community. Come celebrate spring with us!
13/10/2025
✨ Term 4 is here already — and we have exciting news! ✨
Fairy Wren Playgroup is 🌱🌸growing🌸🌱! We’re delighted to be welcoming even more families, with a new 🌈Baby and Toddler Group🌈 now meeting on 🧡Thursday mornings🧡 in the Hall foyer.
The holiday period has been a hive of activity 🐝🐝🐝 as we prepared this beautiful new space — ready for 🌾play, songs, breadmaking and shared moments of joy🤗.
This term we’ll be crafting sweet crowns for our children, and enjoying the gentle lead-up to the festive season together 🌟🎄.
The gentle rhythm of our mornings, and the joy we share, become part of the children themselves — small seeds of warmth and trust carried within. 🌿💛
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There’s a special kind of magic in the air when the children receive their little balls of bread dough. With flour-dusted fingers, they shape their buns — some carefully, some with wild delight — before placing them on the tray ready for the oven.
As the smell begins to drift through the room, one or two little voices will ask with shining eyes, “Are the cwunchy buns weddy?”
After a gentle wait, we gather to enjoy them warm and golden for morning tea — a moment of simple joy, shared.
Our playgroup spaces are intentionally calm and nurturing, with soft hues that offer rest to the senses. Toys made from natural materials invite open-ended play and rich imagination. Parents engage in simple craft, sharing quiet companionship while the children explore nearby.
Rain or shine, we venture outdoors — jumping in puddles, collecting treasures, and greeting the world in all its changing moods.
These gentle rhythms anchor us, nourish connection, and let childhood unfold as it’s meant to — slowly, simply, beautifully.
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Our playgroups are for parents and children from birth to Kindergarten age. Each playgroup meets once a week and is facilitated by a Steiner trained playgroup leader who guides the group through the morning’s activities including stories, songs, circle games, bread~making and free play, both indoors and out.
Our cottage is a warm and inviting early childhood space within the grounds of Tarremah Steiner School. Our toys are made from natural materials while the garden is a haven for outdoor exploration. Each family is asked to bring a piece of fruit for our shared morning tea.
Toddler Group Mondays: 9.15 - 11.15am
Our toddler group is for parents with newborns and children up to 2 years. This group offers a calm and nurturing environment for parents to gather, meet and share inspirations. Parents and babies are held in a space of warmth, reverence and acceptance.
Children of this very young age are not developed socially yet. Imitation is the key to developing participation. Parents are the role models as they sing, craft and bake while children weave in and out always able to return to the safe lap of a parent.
Mixed Age Group: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays - 9.15 am - 11.15 am
Our mixed age playgroups offer a warm, play-based program for families with children between birth and school readiness.
We begin our morning with a greeting circle followed by a short nature-based story and circle games. After washing our hands each child is given a piece of dough to make a bread roll to be enjoyed warm and delicious with morning tea. Inside free-play is a precious time for the children to enter deeply in self-directed play while the adults engage in purposeful tasks. Have a cuppa, create with your hands, read or help with morning tea preparations.
Morning tea is a social coming together as a group. A candle is lit and we sing a short song of gratitude. A bowl of fruit is given to each child followed by our warm bread buns. After morning tea it’s time to play outside... A song will call for the toys to be packed away before we come together onto the verandah for our farewell song and bread to take home.
We invite you to join us for a relaxed, joyful time to connect with your child and with each other. To enrol contact Karen on 0488 230 164
