Sand and water each provides children with many learning experiences. While playing with sand, it provides children with options to shape, rake, shovel or build with the sand. Water gives the children options of splashing, pouring and mixing.
Show and Tell gives children an opportunity to stand up in front of their friends and speak about a topic that interest them or share something that they love. It builds confidence and helps children develop effective communication skills.
Woolworth are offering of up to $1,000 grants to early childhood services for environmental projects that focus on sustainable food production, improving waste management practices or enhancing native habitats.
Educators from a childcare centre, have shamed a mum over the items she packed for her toddler's lunch and even confiscated the toddler's chocolate muffin.
Languages of our Land is an active learning Interstitial series sharing and teaching the Aboriginal language of Yugambeh, located in South East Queensland.
Collecting work samples from each child is an effective documentation strategy that educators can save for portfolios. These samples can relate to the child's development or link to curriculum objectives.
ACECQA has developed a poster series to support and promote educator wellbeing.
Photo Observations are a perfect visual tool to capture a child's learning during an experience and provides an insight into the child's skills and development.
Reading books supports children to become emergent readers, it teaches sharing and involvement and develops early literacy skills. The Take Home Book Program guides families in building, confident and fluent readers and builds positive relationships between home and preschool.
For services where families provide lunchbox and snacks to their child for the day, the following free webinar will offer tips and strategies on how can provide healthy lunchbox messaging that recognises family food values and practices.
