Understanding and supporting children's behaviour has been funded through the NSW Department of Education's Sector Development Program. This program will consist of six live webinars plus follow-up Q&A webinars with Dr Louise Porter and Sandi Phoenix.
Early Learning Matters Week is on from the 17th to the 21st of October. The aim is to recognise the contribution the early childhood industry has on children's development and well-being and how important the role of early childhood educators are in their role of supporting and promoting learning to children.
Consequences are one of the most effective principles of behaviour management in ECEC settings, as they show children the probable results of their own actions. There are two types of consequences used most often – natural and logical. The following article provides information on Natural consequences, How To Use Natural consequences, Logical consequences and more.
Both the Principles and Practices of EYLF place great significance on the nature of child-educator interactions. The following article provides information on What Are Positive Interactions, Developing Positive Interactions, Strategies and more.
The Australian Birds Colouring Pages enable children to recognise and colour popular Australian birds. These colouring pages can be painted, collaged and more. These are great for children to begin identifying Australian birds.
The Australian Birds Posters are great to share with children and show Australia's different types of birds. These can be great to display in the outdoor environment and see if birds can be identified from the poster. These can also be used to identify birds for the Aussie Backyard Bird Count that takes place from the 17-the 23 of October.
The free Munch and Move eLearning program training contains videos, interactive activities and reflective practice questions which will provide you with the knowledge, skills and resources to embed healthy eating and physical activity into your service.
As part of Brighter Beginnings, the Health and Development Checks for children in early childhood education and care (ECEC) program is a partnership between the Department of Education and NSW Health to provide free development checks to children in the preschool environment.
Play is a process that is freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated. In this sense, children’s play happens when children determine and control the content and intent of their play, following their own instincts, ideas and interests, in their own way for their own reasons. The following article provides an overview of the different roles of educators in play and how each can be best performed in an ECEC setting.
This counting astronaut rhyme song teaches the concept of ordinal numbers to children. Children can use their fingers to count for each verse and it's a catchy little fingerplay song as it rhymes.
Stars In Space Counting enables children to add the correct number of stars corresponding to the number on the planet. This helps children with identifying numbers, supports number recognition and one to one correspondence.
The stars provided can be cut out and glued or laminated onto the space mat. These can also be used as playdough mats once laminated for children to create their own stars to match to the number.
Planet Cutting Lines enable children to cut along different types of lines to practice their cutting skills. Cutting along different lines enables children to practice their hand-eye coordination, practice holding the paper and scissors correctly and confidence in using the scissors to cut.
