At Little Scholars School of Early Learning, we’ve always believed that a love of reading begins in early childhood. Books open up new worlds — helping children grow their language, imagination, creativity, and confidence, all while building the foundations for lifelong learning.
That’s why we’re so proud to have Street Libraries at every one of our Little Scholars campuses. These special little libraries make it easy for families and our wider community to share books, stories, and the joy of reading together.
A Street Library is a small, community book-sharing box where anyone can take a book, leave a book, and connect through the joy of reading.
Each of our Street Libraries is filled with a rotating collection of books for all ages that families can borrow, read, and pass on. If yourself or your child has outgrown a favourite story, you can leave it behind for another reader to enjoy.
It’s a simple idea, yet it encourages lifelong learning, strengthens community connection, and brings a little extra magic to our campuses.
Reading plays an essential role in every stage of early childhood education. When children listen to stories, explore illustrations, and talk about what they see, they’re building vocabulary, comprehension, and a love of storytelling.
At Little Scholars, books and story time are woven into our daily learning experiences. Our Street Libraries extend this practice beyond the classroom — inspiring families to read together at home and making books accessible to everyone.
Even a few minutes of shared reading each day can make an incredible difference to a child’s language development and school readiness.
One of our favourite parts of this initiative is seeing children excitedly check the shelves to see which new books have arrived.
The Street Libraries give families the chance to discover new stories, revisit old favourites, and create meaningful moments together. Each shared reading experience builds not only literacy skills but also a sense of connection — between parents, children, and the joy of learning.
Our Street Libraries aren’t just for Little Scholars families — they’re for everyone. Neighbours, friends, and passers-by are all welcome to explore the shelves, borrow a story, or leave one behind.
This shared space reflects one of our core values at Little Scholars: community. Through these small acts of generosity, a book once loved by one child can easily become another child’s new favourite adventure.
Our Street Libraries are open and ready for everyone to enjoy. You can:
Every book shared helps keep our libraries thriving and supports early childhood literacy across our community.
While our Street Libraries may be small in size, their impact is anything but. By sharing stories, encouraging family reading, and connecting our community, these little boxes of books nurture a love of learning that will last a lifetime.
Next time you visit your local Little Scholars campus, stop by our Street Library. You might discover a new favourite story — or share the perfect one with a friend.
Take a book. Leave a book. Share the love of reading.
Frozen Dreams. The easiest slime recipe you will ever read. We have a fun activity for you to try at home, particularly for all the Elsa fans! Dreams really do come true with this Frozen-inspired homemade playdough.
Simply add them all together, and remember go to town with the blue food colouring as this is when the Frozen dreams come to life.
Simply follow these steps! Pour 1 cup of water in a large bowl and then add in 1 teaspoon of blue colouring and mix it together. Add in 1 tablespoon of cream tartar, then add in 1 cup of flour along with the 1/2 cup of salt. Mix together all the ingredients and start kneading! You will then have the consistency of playdough, if you want to loosen the texture, add in a little oil. Feel free to add sparkle!
Christmas Dough Cinnamon goodness. The easiest slime recipe you will ever read.
Make your house smell just like Christmas and allow the children to really get into the festivities. You can be as creative as you like with this recipe! Think of everything that smells and looks like Christmas.
Simply add them all together, and remember don’t be shy on the cinnamon. It is the main component in this recipe!
Simply mix all the ingredients together till it forms a dough. Add some flour if the mix is too wet. Oh, and don’t skimp on the cinnamon. Make it rain cinnamon!!! This is the part where you can add whatever Christmas props and edible goodness you want! We would suggest adding in chocolate cookies and nibbles for more deliciousness. Now it’s time to PLAY!
Red Velvet Edible Deliciousness. The easiest slime recipe you will ever read.
For all of you who have a real sweet tooth, we have a super delicious Red Velvet edible slime recipe. We had a blast making this one, now it’s your turn to make (and eat) it. Simply add them all together, mix and hours of fun.
WARNING best to do on an outside table because this stuff can get everywhere.
Simply combine 1/4 cup of the instant choccy goodness and 1/2 cup of cornstarch and mix well with a whisk. Be sure to break up all the clumps, because once you add the water it is harder to dissolve them. Now stir in 1/3 cup of very warm water until you can no longer mix it with the whisk!
Add in another 1/2 cup of cornstarch and start kneading the ooey, choccy slime with your hands until it is smooth and all the cornstarch is incorporated.
The consistency of this slime mixture comes up somewhere between a playdough and a slime, and just a little tip from the edible slime experts themselves (that’s us) add in a little oil to loosen up the texture.
Icky Sticky Fluro Goo. The easiest slime recipe you will ever read. Next time you are at the supermarket simple grab some of the Elmers Clear Glue.
Simply add them all together, mix and hours of fun.
WARNING best to do on an outside table because this stuff can get everywhere.
Taste Safe Foam. Everyone is always looking for a Taste Safe Foam recipe that is super simple. So we found one. Seriously sensory friends, this one is Foamazing! Who knew canned chickpea juice could be handy.
Chickpea can juice AKA Aquafaba is essentially the water that chickpeas and other legumes have been cooked in. It’s most commonly used in recipes as a egg white replacer. So once whisked, has very similar properties to a meringue.
Simple! About 1 cup of chickpea juice (about 2 cans ) and 1/2 teaspoon of Creme of Tartar, straight into your stand mixer with a whisk attachment.
TURN IT UP! Once the form starts to form, you can add a dash of colouring if you like. Let it whisk until stiff peaks are formed. Voila! That easy.
Super Simple Bread in the bag Recipe. We have a deliciously fun project for you to try this weekend with the children!
How to make bread in a bag! This quick homemade bread recipe is made with minimal kneading and we can confirm ourselves…. it’s tasty!!!
Let us hold your hand and help looking for a child care centre. Leave your details with us and we’ll be in contact to arrange a time for a ‘Campus Tour’ and we will answer any questions you might have!
Let us hold your hand and help looking for a child care centre. Leave your details with us and we’ll be in contact to arrange a time for a ‘Campus Tour’ and we will answer any questions you might have!
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