Learn Auslan with our cute and adventurous Platypus friends and their besties, Pip and Annie, plus Froopies, Weggies, Matcheroo cards and more.
The Platypus Playhouse range of learning tools is designed to help build Auslan skills for your child, your family, carers and friends.
Pip and Annie, their Besties, plus Froopies and Weggies, Matcheroo cards and more will facilitate playful, engaging opportunities for your child to begin to communicate and develop basic contextual connections with you, siblings, carers, little friends and playmates.
Over the last few decades, research has shown how a child's brain is geared up for learning. Children's brains grow rapidly from birth to eight years, making this the opportune time for developing brain pathways for learning.
Early experiences affect a child's learning outcomes and life opportunities in numerous ways, including:
Research and consultation with the Victorian Deaf Education Institute, Deaf interpreters, and Early Learning Educators, has informed the development of our Platypus Playhouse resources.
To help parents narrow their search for knowledge and information, we have curated a catalogue with recent scientific papers, all in plain English and all about deafness. Research is often very technical, using medical and academic terminology.
To start you off, we have provided some easy-to-read summaries of the benefits of learning Auslan through play.
