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The Value of Play Based Learning In Early Childhood Services

The Value of Play Based Learning In Early Childhood Services

Play-based learning uses playful experiences in which children have some degree of agency and control as opportunities for teaching a range of skills and competencies.
Art With Babies and Toddlers

Art With Babies and Toddlers

Few things can hold a baby in rapt attention or wring out a squeal of pleasure from a toddler as a palette of colours, paints and brushes. Art with its many sensory experiences has been found to aid brain development…
Developing and Enhancing Literacy in Children

Developing and Enhancing Literacy in Children

Literacy skills cover the ability to read and write words, sentences and language. Since such skills are not just the basis of effective communication but also determine future academic progress, it is important to support literacy skills from early childhood.
Benefits Of Risk Play For Children

Benefits Of Risk Play For Children

Though as educators, we tend to value the well-being of children above everything else, there may be some merit in encouraging a bit of risky play in the early years.
Introducing STEM To Children In Early Childhood Settings

Introducing STEM To Children In Early Childhood Settings

STEM refers to an integrated learning approach that introduces Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics through play-based activities.
Using Floorbooks With Children In Early Childhood

Using Floorbooks With Children In Early Childhood

Floorbook is a documentation approach that uses a large book with blank pages for children to record different aspects of their learnings in small groups or as a whole group.
Encouraging Kindness in Young Children

Encouraging Kindness in Young Children

As Educators all over the world find out every day, there are certain life skills which fundamentally determine how well children will learn within their learning environment. One of the most important life skills children learn to develop is kindness.
Primary and Secondary Teachers Now Recognised As ECTs in Early Childhood Services

Primary and Secondary Teachers Now Recognised As ECTs in Early Childhood Services

The ACEQCA Board decided to extend and amend it's transitional measure by enabling primary and secondary teachers to be "recognised as an equivalent ECT" until the end of 2023.
Public Holiday Information For Educators In Australia

Public Holiday Information For Educators In Australia

This is the list of 2022 public holidays for each state and territory in Australia. Public holidays can be different depending on the state or territory you're in.
Managing Positive COVID-19 Cases In NSW ECEC services

Managing Positive COVID-19 Cases In NSW ECEC services

NSW Health has advised that people who are symptomatic or are household contacts of a positive case may rely on the results of a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT), instead of awaiting the results of the PCR nose and throat swab…
Managing COVID-19 In Early Childhood Services

Managing COVID-19 In Early Childhood Services

The best way to deal with a positive case when it happens is to be as prepared as possible before it happens. The following provides information for early childhood services in NSW that includes Managing Positive Cases, COVID - 19…
Classification Levels For ECT's That Do Not Hold Or Not Required To Hold Registration In Early Childhood Services

Classification Levels For ECT's That Do Not Hold Or Not Required To Hold Registration In Early Childhood Services

For ECT's employed as an Early Childhood Teacher in a service and are on the Educational Services Teachers Award and who do not as of 1 January 2022 hold proficient teacher accreditation/registration and are not subject to a requirement to…
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