Purposeful Play with Nicole Pates and Maggie Dent
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Are you a parent of a baby or toddler or little one under five? Need some warm, no-pressure advice on how to play in ways that are fun, engaging, and boost your baby’s development and nurture connection? Perhaps you want to better understand how incredibly fascinating the first five years of life are? Or you want practical tips on how to manage modern technology with your children?Boundless Books in partnership with City of Vincent Library brings you a conversation between two parenting gurus: paediatric physiotherapist Nicole Pates and author, educator and podcaster Maggie Dent.
Together they'll introduce Nicole's new book, Purposeful Play: From Birth to Walking, which features simple, fun, research-backed ways to play with newborns, rollers, crawlers, and toddlers. With over 100 stage-based ideas, most which need nothing more than household items and some floor space, Nicole’s book will empower parents and carers to engage and connect with babies in fun, rich and meaningful play without having to spend lots of money or getting lost in the world of too much information also succumbing to the pressure of the consumer world.
Maggie has been passionate about early childhood since the beginning of her career as a parenting educator and she will sprinkle her commonsense throughout the conversation and offer practical reassurance about how you can relax more, connect more and have more fun with your little one.
Parents and educators are genuinely worried and confused about the role of screen time and technology. The discussion will also explore the new book that Maggie has co-authored with Kirra Pendergast called Digital Freedom: a guide to less screen time for safer, happier and healthier families. There are ways that we can use tech for good, and ways that we can prevent tech causing harm for our children of all ages – and ourselves.
Books will be available for purchase at the event, and there will be a signing at the end.
Tickets to this event are free but registrations are essential.
About Nicole Pates:
Nicole is a Titled APA Paediatric Physiotherapist with a Master’s in Paediatric Physiotherapy and currently serves as Chair of the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s National Paediatric Group. She’s a passionate advocate for children’s health and wellbeing. She contributes her expertise to both national and international advisory panels, including the Healthy Digital Child Expert Advisory Panel, the Autism Health Roadmap, and the Ehlers-Danlos Society’s Paediatrics International Consortium. Nicole is also a sought-after speaker at physiotherapy and paediatric health conferences.
About Maggie Dent:
Commonly known as the ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie Dent is a much-loved and trusted voice for parents, families and educators across Australia and beyond. She has dedicated her career to strengthening families and communities. A bestselling parenting author, educator and podcaster, Maggie brings particular insight to the early years, adolescence, resilience and the unique journey of raising boys. The author of 10 major books, she also hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and presented six acclaimed seasons of the ABC podcast, Parental As Anything. A dedicated advocate for safer digital futures, Maggie's most recent book is called Digital Freedom: A guide to less screen time for safer, happier and healthier families.
Date
Wednesday 16 September 2026 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+08)Location
City of Vincent Library
99 Loftus Street, Leederville WA 6007
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