Incursions provide children with the opportunity to explore meaningful learning experiences in the comfort of their early childhood service. The following provides a directory of incursions for your early childhood service.
Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is a great framework for designing activities that support young children’s learning. The following article provides activity ideas for the Sensorimotor Stage and Preoperational Stage.
Showcasing children’s work creatively can boost their confidence and make them feel valued. The following article provides information on Showcasing Children's Work, Showcasing Children's Work Outdoors, Showcasing Ongoing Projects, Showcasing Collaborative Projects and more.
Creating an Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) curriculum plan involves several key steps to ensure it aligns with the framework’s principles and supports children’s learning and development. The following article provides a step by step guide on writing the EYLF curriculum plan.
The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) planning cycle is a structured process that helps educators plan, document, respond to, and support children’s learning. The following article provides information and examples of each of the 5 stages of the EYLF planning cycle.
The theme of this year's Children's Week is Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) - Article 24 Children have the right to a clean and safe environment. The following article provides information on Article 24, Practical Strategies To Achieve A Clean and Safe Environment For Children and more.
The Australian Government will support a 15% wage increase for the early childhood education and care (ECEC) workforce through a worker retention payment. The payment will support a wage increase of 15% above the modern award rates over 2 years. The following provides information on Eligibility, Conditions, Workplace Instruments and more.
While the function of a learning curriculum is to lay out what is going to be taught to children, pedagogical approaches covers all the ways how such a curriculum can be taught. In the early childhood context, the most effective pedagogical approaches are learner centered, active and permit a scaffolding of learning. The following article provides information on EYLF and Pedagogical Approaches, Examples Of Pedagogical Approaches, How To Implement Pedagogical Approaches In Early Childhood, and more.
Hosting a fundraising event can be a great way to meet additional or unexpected costs incurred at your service. What’s more, it helps children to learn to be giving and provides a sense of accomplishment at contributing to an event. The following article provides a variety of fundraiser ideas for your early learning service.
Phonological awareness covers the child’s ability to recognize and use the spoken parts of sentences and words. The following article provides information on the main stages of the development of phonological skills in children.
Providers of childcare care or early childhood educational services are required to get their service rated for quality by regulatory authorities. Quality ratings are provided after assessments against the seven quality areas outlined in the National Quality Standard or NQS. If your service has been rated ‘Working Towards’, here it what means and what you can do to improve your rating.
Age-appropriate cooking is one of the most effective ways to instil healthy eating in children. They will be more open to eating nutritious foods and practise positive mealtime habits if they are involved in the making of such foods themselves. The following article provides strategies for engaging children in cooking in the early childcare setting.
Holistic approaches in early childhood include a spectrum of teaching goals and practices that facilitates all aspects – physical, emotional social as well as academic – of a child’s growth. The following article provides strategies for implementing a holistic approach.
