Come along with Little Ted and Kiya as they prepare for their first day at primary school. This episode reflects some of the common experiences for children starting school for the first time, sharing helpful ‘tried and tested’ strategies to incorporate at home and in early learning settings.
Day for Daniel 2024 will be held on Friday, October 25th. This day is Australia’s largest child safety awareness and education event, organized by the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. Participants are encouraged to wear red, educate, and donate to promote child safety and honor the memory of Daniel Morcombe.
The Emergency Helpers Program aims to prepare children between the ages of 3-5 years for emergency situations. The following article provides a downloadable FREE resource booklet for Educators with program lessons on emergency situations.
Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is a great framework for designing activities that support children’s growth at different stages. The following article provides Activities That Link To Child Theorist Erik Erikson and Linking Eriksons Theory To The EYLF.
Teaching preschoolers about space can be a fun and engaging way to spark their curiosity and imagination! The following provides a variety of experiences for children can engage in.
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me is a free story for Educators to download and read to young children. It is a story about a young girl named Monica who dreams of playing with the Moon, moon begins to shrink teaching Monica about moon phases.
The Australian Dental Association is offering a free dental children's storybook Guardians of the Gums available to download. Created together with BeeHealthy Stories and SugarByHalf, the story tells the battle faced by the Guardians of the Gums as they protect the teeth from sugar and bacteria.
Numerous native animals of Australia are unique to our planet. Each of them has unique qualities that enable them to endure amid the vast wilderness and severe weather of Australia. The following article provides Videos and Printables on native Australian animals, their lifecycles and reproduction, how they behave in the wild and how the environment can affect wild animals and their habits.
Toddlers have a greater understanding of the world around them by this stage. Their cognitive development (also known as intellectual development and thinking skills) continues… Read More
Infants begin to develop trust when parents begin to fulfil their needs. Such as changing an infant's nappy when needed, feeding on request and holding… Read More
Beginning at birth the construction of thought processes, such as memory, problem solving, exploration of objects etc, is an important part of an infant’s cognitive… Read More
Toddlers want to do more on their own and do not like it when you begin to establish limits on their behaviour. Tantrums can become… Read More
Your preschooler is now able to focus their attention more accurately and is less influenced by distractions. The intensity of questions increase as your child… Read More
Toddler advance and gains new skills in Gross Motor Development milestones achieved throughout earlier years. Co-ordination and challenges that could not be performed before such… Read More
At this point preschoolers begin to interact effectively with others. Play becomes more innovative and organized and “boyfriend” or “girlfriend” begins to emerge. Preschoolers have… Read More
John Dewey is often seen as the proponent of learning by doing – rather than learning by passively receiving. He believed that each child was active,… Read More
From now, babies begin to identify and respond to their own feelings, understanding other's feelings & needs and interact positively with others. A baby's social and… Read More
At this age, preschoolers make big progress in gross motor skills such as running, jumping, balancing and climbing. Their movement becomes agile and more controlled… Read More
When you were little were you ever afraid of the dark? Or small creepy insects?...
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Phonological awareness covers the child’s ability to recognize and use the spoken parts of sentences...
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Having a solid grasp of developmental stages will help you evaluate children's play and learning...
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