Building positive relationships with families is essential, and simple, thoughtful greetings go a long way in creating a welcoming environment. The following article provides tips for educators on how they can approach drop-offs and pick-ups effectively.
Positive phrases play a crucial role in children's growth because they help nurture their emotional, social, and cognitive development. The following article lists 30 positive phrases that educators should say to children.
Engaging parents in early childhood activities is a wonderful way to build a strong community and support children's development. The following article provides a list of Activity Ideas For Parents in early childhood settings.
Workplace bullying is a serious issue that can have significant impacts on an individual's mental health, job satisfaction, and overall well-being. The following article provides information on How To Handle A Workplace Bully, What To Do If Someone Is Ignoring You At Work, What To Do If Someone Is Being Disrespecting You At Work, What To Do If Someone Is Gossiping About You At Work, What To Do If Someone Is Yelling At You At Work and more.
The role of an educational leader in early childhood settings in Australia is multifaceted and crucial for the development and implementation of high-quality educational programs. The following articles provides information on Position Description For An Educational Leader, Skills Of An Educational Leader, Educational Leader Allowance, Supporting Educators, Motivating and Inspiring As An Educational Leader and more.
Self-regulation can be understood as a suite of skills needed to control and manage one’s own emotions and behaviours in a wide range of setting. Learning self-regulation in the early years has been consistently linked to not just better adjusted adults but also higher levels of academic achievement in later life. The following provides strategies to support children’s self-regulation in the learning environment.
In early childhood, positive relationships with teachers are extremely important for intellectual, social and emotional development. Indeed research shows that secure attachments formed in early years do not just prepare the foundations for positive relationships in adulthood but predict positive life outcomes as well. The following article provides strategies on how Educators can build relationships with children.
Effective communication is key to building positive relationships with children and facilitating their learning. However, if our words are to have the desired impact, they need to be adequately complemented with non-verbal cues. This is even more pertinent in the early childhood contexts when young children are yet to fully acquire language. The following article provides strategies for using non-verbal communication with children.
The first few years in a child’s life are when values, ideas and attitudes take shape as the result of their experiences, adult responses and wider cultural influences. This is the time when positive role models can convey powerful lessons on gender equality and interpersonal behaviour which have the potential to impact adult life choices. For such reasons, the following article provides information on Traditional Bias, How Men Are Important, How To Encourage Men To Join The ECE Setting and more.
Working as a childcare professional can be a challenge especially when dealing with behavioural problems which may arise. The techniques we use when dealing with… Read More
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As a parent, your behavioural expectations of your child can be higher than what is actually developmentally appropriate for your child's age.
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As Educators when communicating with Parents (through verbal or non-verbal communication), there will be times where we need to discuss issues or concerns that may… Read More
Challenging Behaviour is when a child does something that hurts themselves and/or other people.
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It's always difficult to bring up behavioural issues with parents, it can be nerve wrecking to tell a parent that their child misbehaves but that… Read More
All children deal with anger on a daily basis. Thinking about it as a child, there is a lot to be angry about. Elder people… Read More
It is important to understand that your child behaviour problems could not just be from attention seeking. There are many factors to take into consideration… Read More
Rubin’s and his associate’s studies have done much to clarify the developmental levels of children’s...
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