Touch and Connect

To celebrate Deafblind Awareness Week, we are hosting three interactive sessions for kids, led by Vision Australia.  

Our regular sessions of Baby Bounce and Toddler Tales will be transformed into Touch and Tune and Sensory Storytime. Kids will learn about and experience accessible rhymes and sensory storytelling using touch, sound and Auslan.  

Audio descriptions will be provided during Sensory Storytime, and Auslan interpretation, braille books, tactile books and sensory toys will be provided throughout.  

Program:  
10.30am - 11am Touch and Tune (0 – 18 months) 
Sing and/or sign along with much-loved songs and rhymes and feel tactile song cards. 

11am – 11.30am Craft activity 
Using yarn and cardboard shapes, craft your own woolly cardboard creation to take home. 

11.30am - 12pm Sensory Storytime (18 months – 5 years) 
Move your body and watch, listen and/or feel the classic story, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. 

All are welcome. Book now.  

Please note: a parent or carer must attend this event for the entire duration with their child/children. 

Presented by Vision Australia and State Library Victoria as part of Deafblind Awareness Week. 

About Deafblind Awareness Week 

Every year Australians celebrate Deafblind Awareness Week from 22 June to 28 June. The purpose is to provide awareness, support and recognition of those living with deafblindness in Australia. The week of celebrations coincides with Helen Keller’s birthday on 27 June.