Chole Ngyuen, 4 years old, swallowed tiny, magnetic balls while playing and was rushed to hospital. She was saved. Parents want to warn others about the dangerous and fatal incidents that could be followed by playing with tiny, attractive magnetic balls.
Even for the most accomplished of new graduates, the transition from educational to professional context can be challenging. Not only is the new educator thrust into the hurly-burly of everyday teaching, but is expected to adjust to an entirely unfamiliar ecosystem of the service. If you are facing a similar prospect, here are a few strategies for a new educator starting in early childhood services, to help you give your professional best.
Variety Livvi’s Place Glenfield in Sydney is a playground and supports all abilities through its inclusive play offerings. It has won the national award for Playground Design and Development Award and has become more popular and getting admiration from lots of children in Sydney.
Colour Sorting Cut and Paste provide children with colour sorting cards for primary and secondary colours. Children can cut out the matching objects and paste them onto the correct colour sorting cards. This is great for children learning their primary and secondary colours.
A perilous incident has taken place on 9th March, Wednesday, at a bus stop in the lane cove area, in Sydney's North Shore. A boy, 11 years old, a student of Lane Cove Primary school was allegedly attempted for abduction by an unknown person. The parents of the said boy reported this terrifying accident through Lane Cove West Primary School’s skoolbag app. Police also confirmed the news of this minacious activity. It is the boy’s witty action and intervention of another parent that stop the mishap from being conducted.
Early childhood services are among the most demanding professional situations. Being responsible for the care and learning of toddlers and young children often leaves caregivers and educators vulnerable to highly physically and emotionally stressful moments over the day. If you find yourself often struggling to cope, here are some tips on managing stressful moments.
Learning environments are spaces that facilitate the all-round development of children through developmentally appropriate routines, program plans, tools as well as opportunities for play and exploration. The indoor environment, playground, outdoors are some common learning environments that should be welcoming and understanding of the needs, backgrounds and abilities of all children.
Parenting in war is difficult and challenging. Being a parent, they have to ensure their safety as well as make them relax from anxiety. Every child has the sense to understand bad things going around. They also feel anxious and stressed because of this unnatural situation around them. Parents, on one hand, need to tell the truth so that they can realise the reason for the abnormal atmosphere around them, and on the other hand, they should not tell them so much that they could feel frightened and scared. Too much frightfulness anxiety tension may cause permanent damage to their development process.
CMV or Cytomegalovirus is a viral infection quite common in the general population. In healthy people, it usually runs its course with little more ordinary flu symptoms like mild fever, sore throat and swollen glands. In fact, people may be unaware that they have been infected. However, in pregnant women who become infected with CMV for the first time, the virus can lead to their infants developing a severe form of congenital CMV infection.
The Monster Letters Posters are great for children to recognise different letters of the alphabet. These colourful posters can be used as a room display or set up in the book corner. They can be also used to create different words for different themes.
Australian researchers have developed a screening tool to find out the children who are on the autism spectrum. This seems to be the most successful tool to detect autism around the world. A study of more than 13,500 Victorian children found the la Trobe university tools most effective in the world.
The Fish Bowl Alphabet Match enables children to match the correct letter fish into the correct fish bowl. This activity supports children in recognising the letters of the alphabet, improves their concentration and memory as well as practice visual discrimination.
Learning emotional regulation in the early years is not only important to become better-adjusted adults but has been found directly related to higher levels of academic achievement in later life. An integral step in emotional regulation is the identification of unhelpful or negative emotions like anger.
StrongSafeFabulous is hosting an Early Childhood Educators Webinar series this March. These webinars will explore how educators can create more inclusive environments for LGBTIQA+ families, practical ways to promote inclusion, and a basic overview of all things LGBTIQA+.
