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 Mindful praise helps children develop intrinsic motivation and confidence by focusing on effort, creativity, and problem-solving rather than just the outcome. Here are some alternatives to saying "Good job!".

Here are some ideas on how to make your Yarning Circle more meaningful and to help reframe the sharing time while keeping the children engaged.

Rough-and-tumble play—often called play fighting—is a form of physical, high-energy play that helps children develop social, emotional, and physical skills. It includes activities like wrestling, chasing, tumbling, and playful grappling, but without aggression or intent to harm.

 A: When analysing observations, selecting the right learning outcome depends on several factors:

Self-care is essential for early childhood educators in Australia, as their work can be emotionally and physically demanding. Prioritizing well-being helps prevent burnout and enhances the quality of care provided to children. The following article provides information on Practical Self-Care Tips, Self-Care Activities, Self Care Routines, Self Care During Lunch Breaks, Self Care During Different Stress Levels and more. 

Actively managing waste in an early learning service is essential for sustainability, cost efficiency, and environmental responsibility. Here are some effective strategies to implement waste management:

The My Outdoor Classroom Nature Passport package supports educators in taking children outdoors for enriched play-based learning. It includes five outdoor classroom activities (supported by lesson plans) and explores the value of play.

On Thursday, the 8th of May, it is Outdoor Classroom Day, a global movement to inspire and celebrate outdoor play and learning. The following provides activity ideas and resources that will help you celebrate Outdoor Classroom Day at your service and can be implemented into the curriculum for children.

Ice Cream Number Counting helps children to recognise numbers 1 to 10. Children need to add the correct number of ice creams to the corresponding number. Number recognition is important for children because it promotes confidence and encourages flexible thinking. It allows children to create a relationship with numbers and be able to talk about math as a language.

Let's Learn Numbers 1 to 10 enables children to complete a worksheet based on numbers 1 to 10. Each worksheet encourages children to trace the number, colour the correct number of objects, and answer the corresponding question.  These are great pre-writing and number recognition practice tasks that will help children in number skills. 

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