Taipei City Playgroup Outing: Playspace, Jan. 5

[kelly]

Dear Parents,
Looks like there will be rain this Thursday, so lets go to Playspace this Thursday for some indoor fun.

Time: It opens at 10:00am and we generally stay until 1:00pm.

Location: located at No. 22, Lane 265, Alley 20, Xinyi Road, Section 4.
Tele: (02) 2784 - 0326

Website: http://www.playspace.com.tw

Admission
NT$250 for 3 hours per child (one adult per child for free)
Also, you can still use your prepaid bulk rate cards if you have any hours left on it, or you can purchase one with 10 hours on it and it costs NT$1,000.

Description
Playspace is great for infants starting around 6 months and for little ones up to 5 years old. It features matted and padded areas for infants, educational toys, wooden blocks, puzzles, a sand and water room, climber, tunnel, books, a dress-up and house play area, and an arts and crafts area.

I will not be there, but I'm sure that several of you will attend as this is a great indoor play center on a rainy day!

Sincerely,
Kelly

[sandman]

Is it structured in any way? Does it have on-hand helpers or whatever? I need a reason to go there and pay, rather than just put a raincoat on the sprog and let him play in his usual places.

[asiababy]

Sandman,

Playspace is part of a kindergarten set up sisters who lived in the US for some time. It's not really their main money-making venture, but of course it must bring something extra for them. It has a wonderful large, covered sandpit and waterplay area, art space (you can get paper from the lady at the counter), lots of dressups and roleplay stuff, a block room with wooden dollhouse, trainset and fishing games. drawers the kids can open to explore smells and touch (like beans, coffee, different spices), toy vehicles... They change the layout and playgear a few times each year. They play very nice music there, too, not the usual deafening stuff you hear at the more commercial playspaces.

Of all the playspaces I have been to over the years, this is my long-standing favorite. It's kept very clean and my kids could play there safely and happily for several hours as long as I took a snack for them.

[sandman]

Sandman,

Playspace is part of a kindergarten set up sisters who lived in the US for some time. It's not really their main money-making venture, but of course it must bring something extra for them. It has a wonderful large, covered sandpit and waterplay area, art space (you can get paper from the lady at the counter), lots of dressups and roleplay stuff, a block room with wooden dollhouse, trainset and fishing games. drawers the kids can open to explore smells and touch (like beans, coffee, different spices), toy vehicles... They change the layout and playgear a few times each year. They play very nice music there, too, not the usual deafening stuff you hear at the more commercial playspaces.

Of all the playspaces I have been to over the years, this is my long-standing favorite. It's kept very clean and my kids could play there safely and happily for several hours as long as I took a snack for them.

That sounds pretty nice. Always useful to have a rainy day option.
Is it a walk-in place or do you need to register, make reservations, etc?

[asiababy]

That sounds pretty nice. Always useful to have a rainy day option.
Is it a walk-in place or do you need to register, make reservations, etc?

It's a walk-in. Over the school holiday period, it pays to call or check their website before heading over because they close for a week or two. Our playgroup has been meeting there on occasion for the past ten years, so they treat us pretty well. They also have regular flea markets and you can rent a blanket space to sell your used toys and things.