On Tuesday the 7th of March from 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, the NSW Minister for Education & Early Childhood Learning (the Hon Sarah Mitchell MLC) and the NSW Shadow Minister for Education & Early Childhood Learning (Prue Car MP) have agreed to engage in a free virtual town hall for NSW's future for children, parents, educators/teachers within the early childhood sector.
Dinosaur Shapes Match enables children to match shapes to the dinosaurs. This is a great way for children to create dinosaur pictures using different shapes.
Dinosaur Shadow Match encourages children to examine the different shapes of various objects and match them to their correct shadows. It helps children with visual memory and enables children to sort based on the similarity and differences of different objects.
The Developmental Sequence Of Phonological Skills Posters gives examples of the key stages of specific phonological awareness. These are great to display in the writing and reading area and for Educators to understand the sequence of phonological skills.
Children are naturally curious about their surroundings; this is most often expressed in the way they tinker with things, explore what happens next and ask questions about the world. Such innate inquisitiveness provides the ideal base to build hands-on exploration activities so that children not only have fun discovering but learn concepts and theories by applying them in real life. The following article provides information on leading children in hands-on exploration.
The federal government has been urged by the United Workers Union to provide funding for a 25% pay increase in this year's budget.
On the 3rd of March, wildlife is celebrated worldwide for the UN World Wildlife Day. The following provides free Printables that will enable you to celebrate World Wildlife Day at your service and activities that can be implemented into the curriculum for children.
For centre-based services, some centres calculate ratios across the whole service, not by individual rooms. The term used is "under the roof".
The Animal Songs Posters have songs about wild animals. These are great for children to learn about different animals.
The Feed The Giraffe Letters is an alphabet activity that enables children to recognise lowercase and uppercase letters by feeding the giraffe the correct letters. This is a great alphabet and letter recognition game for children.
Animal Tracing Dots enables children to trace the dots to complete the animal picture. These are great for children to develop their pre-writing skills and for hand-eye coordination.
An Educator from a Gold Coast early childhood centre, discovered a red-bellied black snake curled up behind a child's backpack, initially thought it was a toy snake until she saw it breathing.
In Norway and most other Scandinavian countries, children nap in the outdoors. According, to research outdoor sleeping not only promotes better daytime sleeping, but it also increases the duration of sleep. With Australia's serene climate, it's a great way for services to explore outdoor sleeping.
The Animals Alphabet Posters provide the name and image of an animal for each letter of the alphabet. These are great to display within the learning environment and for children to recognise the names of different animals and the letter they start with.
