For The Love Of Play Podcast – Season One Out Now!
For the Love of Play is a podcast by Playgroup Victoria exploring childhood, family, community and belonging. Play is an inherent thing within all of us and in this podcast, we talk with a variety of people – about what play is, how it helps people grow, how it brings us together, how it helps us to get out of our comfort zone and how it lets us work through challenges while nurturing our families and authentic selves.
Whether you are a parent, carer, educator, or just someone curious about childhood, community and culture – come along with us as we explore, live, learn and grow through play!
Join Us For The 2026 Playgroup Conference
The Playgroup Conference brings together various members of the early years community and those who interlink to learn, connect and share.
DATE: 25th – 26th March 2026
LOCATION: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre – South Wharf
The power of collaboration, big and small, creates stronger, more connected communities, families and children. At the 2026 Playgroup Conference, we will celebrate playgroup, with a focus on why people are, scientifically and anecdotally speaking, Better Together.
Playgroup Stories
Raywood Playgroup
Little Farmers Playgroup
Boorai Playgroup
Interviews
Hannah Moloney
Jane Caro
The Mik Maks
What’s On
The 2026 Playgroup Conference – Early Bird Tickets Now On Sale!
25th – 26th March 2026
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre – South Wharf
The Playgroup Conference brings together various members of the early years community and those who interlink to learn, connect and share. The power of collaboration, big and small, creates stronger, more connected communities, families and children. At the 2026 Playgroup Conference, we will celebrate playgroup, with a focus on why people are, scientifically and anecdotally speaking, Better Together.
ALL Come Out to Play! – Professional Development Training Sessions
2025 Training Dates Now Live!
ALL come out to Play! Embedding Gender Equality in the Early Years is a FREE and informal evidence-based professional development session. Our professional development sessions run for 75 minutes and cover the importance of promoting respectful relationships and gender equality in the early years. Online and In-person options are available. Find more information below!
Booking is essential!
Peep Learning Together Programme – Professional Development Training Sessions
Spaces available for 2025 training sessions
The Peep Learning Together Programme empowers parents to make the most of everyday learning opportunities. Singing, sharing books and stories, talking about a wide range of ideas, thoughts and feelings – these interactions all contribute to enriched learning. The Peep Learning Together Programme Training is for practitioners who work with parents and babies/young children. We love running this training and can see the benefits for those who participate!
Upcoming training sessions available for practitioners across Australia:
Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd October
Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th November
Playgroup in the News
19 March 2025 | WIN News Ballarat: National Playgroup Week Play Day
Programs and Projects
Partners and Sponsors
Playgroup Victoria acknowledges the traditional owners of country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community and we pay our respect to them, their cultures and to the elders past and present.
