• make new friends
  
• have new experiences
  
• gain self confidence
  
• develop physically, socially, emotionally and intellectually
  
• develop their skills of cooperation through music, group singing, free play and snack time
  
• develop verbal and non verbal communication skills through their contact with other children and adults
  
• develop fine and gross motor skills
  
• gain better body control, hand to eye coordination, spatial awareness and balance when they play with balls, sand, blocks, puzzles, playdough, paint and paste
  
• discover shape, size, texture, quantity and consistency when they play with dough and clay
  
• learn to recognise colours, develop fine motor skills and express emotions by experimenting with paint, collage, chalk, crayons and stamps
  
• extend their experience of literacy in a social environment.

• "Friendship."
  
• "The playgroup has been going for years and there's a good supply of toys, play equipment, books and a great outdoor area."
  
• "It's giving my child some stimulating experiences in a relaxed, informal setting."
  
• "It opens up the community to you. Before I went to playgroup I had no idea where the best places were to go locally for a good children's doctor or that you could go to the hall down the road for immunisations."
  
• "I want to meet people who've got children the same age as mine."
  
• "I'm not ready to hand over my child to someone else yet. I'd rather be there and be involved."
  
• "It's affordable."
  
• "I'm an army wife and we move around a bit. Playgroup is more like an extended family or support group to army families."
  
• "I feel comfortable with the other women at playgroup; it used to be a mother's group. I can say anything to them and still feel I'm okay."
  
• "I like getting out of the house each week away from the mess."
  
• "It's good to see how other parents solve problems with their children. We've only got one child but we'd like to have more. There's one woman at playgroup who's got four children. She's a good person to talk to sometimes."
  
• "This is my fourth child and playgroup is a special time each week I can spend just with her."
  
• "I'd like my child to get to know some kids he's likely to go to kinder with."

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