Free Kinder will be available for both 3 and 4-year-old kindergarten programs from 2023. All early childhood education and care providers that deliver a funded kindergarten program in Victoria are eligible to receive Free Kinder funding from 2023, subject to meeting specified terms and conditions.
The following webinar Early Childhood Inclusion Step 1 – Observation and Planning for Inclusion, will be held on Tuesday 16 August at 7pm. In this 90-minute webinar, you will be guided through the process of taking observations that will assist you in planning for the inclusion of a child or children with disabilities or developmental delays within your early childhood service.
Aggression is a type of behaviour that is triggered by the intention of causing harm to another person who wishes to avoid that harm. Violence is an extreme subtype of aggression, a physical behaviour with the intention of permanently injuring another person. The following article will provide information on What Is Aggressive Behaviour, Prevention Strategies, Intervention Strategies and more.
The Tracing Lines Practice Worksheets enable children to trace over various lines. This will support children to develop the correct method of learning to write letters and numbers and practice holding a pencil correctly.
At its simplest, child-initiated learning is one that is chosen and started by the child. This type of learning is the purest form of child-centred learning and constitutes one of the most important approaches in the educator’s toolkit of teaching strategies. The following article provides information on the Characteristics and Benefits Of Child initiated Learning, How Educators Can Facilitate It In Their Settings and more.
The Rainbow Collage Sorting Mats enable children to sort the different coloured objects into the correct coloured sorting mat. This is great for children learning their colours and to help children to identify objects of different colours in their everyday environment.
Spontaneous play is exactly what it says – play that happens naturally, without any prior planning or being directed by anyone outside the play. In the early childhood context, spontaneous play is usually child-initiated and directed though it can include adults as well. The following article provides information on spontaneous play benefits and how educators can support it.
The Doctor Dramatic Play Posters are great to add to the dramatic play area when children engage in doctor play. The posters provide information on basic procedures and equipment that doctors and nurses may use during a visit to the doctors or hospital. These can also be used as a discussion to help children understand what happens and to what to expect when going to the doctor.
Due to a rising teacher shortage, more early learning centres are operating without enough qualified early childhood teachers, which could jeopardise the federal government's promise to make daycare more affordable.
Early childhood educators are represented by the United Workers Union (Union), which has called for a strike on September 7 in protest of the wages and working conditions in the industry.
Play School has collaborated with SNAICC, Koori Curriculum, Reconciliation Australia and the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council to create ‘Play School’s Yarning and Dreaming’ available to watch on Thursday 4th August at 9 am.
