{"id":16473,"date":"2011-10-19T09:07:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T23:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=16473"},"modified":"2011-10-19T09:07:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T23:07:20","slug":"romp-and-stomp-your-way-into-melbourne-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=16473","title":{"rendered":"Romp and Stomp your way into Melbourne Museum!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Romp and Stomp your way into Melbourne Museum!<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Celebrate Universal Children\u2019s Day and join Weedy the Seadragon, PG Bear and ThingleToodle for <em>Romp &amp; Stomp Fun Day for Children, <\/em>at Melbourne Museum on Wednesday 26 October 2011.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With over 2000 attendees last year, <em>Romp &amp; Stomp Fun Day for Children <\/em>is a day of fun filled activities designed for children aged 0\u20135. Activities on the day are both fun and educational, and include performances, activities, special appearances and storytelling. The day also provides the opportunity for parents and carers to access information about early childhood services and networks.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Romp &amp; Stomp Fun Day for Children <\/em>is presented by Melbourne Museum in partnership with a group of organisations interested in early childhood education, including Early Childhood Management Services, Playgroup Victoria, Kindergarten Parents Victoria, Berry Street, Gowrie Victoria, Save the Children, HIPPY (Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters) Australia, Toy Libraries Victoria, VicRoads and Metropolitan Fire Brigade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since beginning in 2003, <em>Romp &amp; Stomp Fun Day for Children <\/em>has proven to be one of the most popular Children\u2019s Week events for young children and their parents, carers, and grandparents. It is celebrated on Universal Children\u2019s Day, with activities designed to emphasise different aspects of early childhood learning. The 2011 event theme is \u2018Forest Alive\u2019. All activities are included with Museum entry (Children FREE) and run from 10am to 3pm, and include:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Baby Play \u2013 <\/strong>Parents and their little ones relax and have fun with toys presented by Playgroup Victoria.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Active Play \u2013 <\/strong>Join Playgroup Victoria\u2019s for active play.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make your own shield<\/strong> \u2013 be inspired by the Aboriginal shields on display in Melbourne Museum and make your own shield with Kindergarten Parents Victoria.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Firefighters are Friends<\/strong> \u2013 Dress up and play in official mini Metropolitan Fire Brigade outfits.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Book Making \u2013<\/strong> delight with your child as they create and publish their very own story book with Berry Street\u2019s Early Learning is Fun program.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Still Life Drawing<\/strong> \u2013 Join Gowrie Victoria in learning about the Museum objects around you and drawing what you see.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>ECMS Creative Craft, Story Time and play tables\u2013<\/strong> Become a forest creature with your own hand-crafted headband, listen to stories and allow your imagination to go wild with forest themed play tables provided by Early Childhood Management Services.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The <\/strong><strong>Sand Pit \u2013 <\/strong>Dig and mess about with some fabulous sand toys presented by Toy Libraries Victoria (Inc).\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live Exhibits \u2013 <\/strong>chat to<strong> <\/strong>Melbourne Museum\u2019s animal keepers and meet some live animals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHAT: <\/strong>Romp &amp; Stomp Fun Day for Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>10am\u20133pm, Wednesday 26 October 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE: <\/strong>Melbourne Museum, Nicholson Street, Carlton<\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information, visit museumvictoria.com.au and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rompandstomp.org.au\/\">www.rompandstomp.org.au<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romp and Stomp your way into Melbourne Museum!\u00a0 Celebrate Universal Children\u2019s Day and join Weedy the Seadragon, PG Bear and ThingleToodle for Romp &amp; Stomp Fun Day for Children, at Melbourne Museum on Wednesday 26 October 2011.\u00a0 With over 2000 attendees last year, Romp &amp; Stomp Fun Day for Children is a day of fun<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=16473\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16474,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16473\/revisions\/16474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}