With the new national child safety reforms kicking in on 1 September 2025, early childhood services like yours have a real opportunity to lead the way. Here’s a clear, practical roadmap to help you and your team feel confident and prepared:
A: In terms of best practice, not every single piece requires a long, formal reflection, but each should invite at least a moment of intentional consideration.
Here are some thoughtfully crafted critical reflection prompts to help you explore and strengthen relationships with children, aligned with Quality Area 5 of the NQS.
Children’s agency is all about empowering children to make choices, express their ideas, and influence decisions that affect them. It’s not just a buzzword—it’s a cornerstone of respectful, rights-based early childhood education. The following article provides information on Why Is Children's Agency Important, What Are Effective Strategies For Fostering Children's Agency, What Are Some Practical Way To Promote Agency In Children, ACECQA’s Guidance On Supporting Agency and more.
Helping toddlers and preschoolers build emotional vocabulary is like giving them a toolbox for life—they learn to name what they feel, which helps them express themselves, regulate emotions, and connect with others. Here are some engaging, developmentally appropriate strategies and games to teach emotional vocabulary.
Join Dr Mary Anne Hall for this free 30-minute live Webinar, on Tuesday the 24th of June, presented by EPEC Education, which offers practical and compassionate strategies to help leaders build stronger, more resilient teams.
An Individual Learning Plan (ILP) in early childhood is a tailored document that outlines specific goals, strategies, and supports for a child, particularly one with a disability, developmental delay, or unique learning needs. The following article provides information on What Does An ILP Include, Benefits Of Using An ILP, When To Use An ILP, When Is It Not Appropriate To Use An ILP, Creating An Effective ILP, ILP Sample and more.
Here’s a thoughtful set of critical reflection questions you can use to evaluate and enrich cultural displays in your service.
A “feelings toolbox” is a collection of strategies, visuals, and resources that help children recognize, express, and regulate their emotions. The following article provides information on What Is A Feeling Toolbox?, Benefits Of A Feeling Toolbox, Feeling Toolbox Tools For Different Age Groups, Effectively Implementing A Feeling Toolbox, Examples For Using The Feelings Toolbox in Real-Life Scenarios and more.
Language and literacy experiences for preschoolers aged 3 to 5 are all about sparking curiosity, building confidence, and laying the foundation for lifelong communication. Here’s a mix of engaging, developmentally appropriate ideas you can weave into your program.
Here are some thoughtfully framed critical reflection questions you can use with your team or in professional discussions to unpack the AEDC 2024 findings.
Autism Awareness Australia (AAA) and the ECEC Professional Learning program have launched a short, online, fee-free microskill course designed to give NSW early childhood professionals the tools they need to better support autistic children in their service.
