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FDC Compliance Responsibilities For QA1

FDC Compliance Responsibilities For QA1

The aim of Quality Area 1 is to ensure that the educational programs and practices of educators are child-centred, stimulating and maximise opportunities for enhancing and extending each child’s learning and development. In the school-age care context, the aim of…
Communicating Effectively With Staff

Communicating Effectively With Staff

Effective communication can be understood as communication between two or more persons wherein the intended message is successfully delivered, received and understood. Since so much of the work in an early childhood education and care setting consists of listening, understanding…
Strategies To Comfort A Crying Toddler

Strategies To Comfort A Crying Toddler

Emotional or physical distress can add to the challenges of caring for children in a service setting. Toddlers' brains are not yet developed to rationalize situations and regulate the emotions they feel. The following article provides strategies you can use…
Working With Mixed Age Groups In An Early Childhood Setting

Working With Mixed Age Groups In An Early Childhood Setting

Mixed-age groups refer to settings that bring together children aged three to five years old. Since children at different points in this age range may have different skills and abilities, working with mixed age groups may require service providers and…
Creating A Literacy Rich Environment For Children

Creating A Literacy Rich Environment For Children

The EYLF explains literacy as the children’s “capacity, confidence and disposition to use language in all its forms”. Thus literary includes not only talking, listening, viewing, reading and writing but a range of modes of communication including music, movement, dance,…
Waivers In NSW ECEC Services

Waivers For NSW ECEC Services

A waiver enables a service that is non-compliant with the National Regulations or an element of the National Quality Standard to be taken to be compliant, or not required to comply, during the period that the waiver is in force.
Research On Gender Equity In Popular Early Childhood Picture Books

Research On Gender Equity In Popular Early Childhood Picture Books

In practice, it has been found that educational resources like story books, often fall short of representing such gender equity. In respect to this, a study titled ’Gender Equity in Early Childhood Picture Books: A Cross-Cultural Study Of Frequently Read…
Intentional Teaching

Intentional Teaching In Early Childhood Settings

The Early Years Learning Framework outlines Intentional Teaching as one of the major practice guidelines to promote children’s learning. Intentional teaching involves actively planning and acting with specific goals or outcomes for children’s learning in mind. The following provides information…
Play Therapy

Play Therapy In Early Childhood

Play comes naturally and effortlessly to young children. It is self-driven, active and intrinsically enjoyable. Along with helping children pass through appropriate developmental stages and negotiate their way through the immediate environment, the play also enables the externalization of feelings…
Inquiry-Based Experiences, Inquiry Based Examples

Inquiry Based Learning For Toddlers

Inquiry-based learning is an experiential educational approach in which learners are encouraged to explore, question and arrive at their own conclusions. Asking questions is an important aspect of an inquiry-based approach but toddlers and very young children may not have…
tragic events children, coping with tragedy

Guidelines For Talking To Children About Tragic Events

It is the duty of adult caregivers to ensure that young children are exposed to only age-appropriate media content. However, it may not always be possible to keep news about tragic events like natural disasters or accidents, happening both near…
engaging families and parents in education

Engaging Families In Early Childhood Education

Research indicates children have better chances of achieving positive developmental and life outcomes when their families are constructively involved in their learning across settings – ranging from home and early years services to schools. Here are a few strategies for…
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