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The Cycle of Planning

The Cycle of Planning

The Educators’ Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework recommends that educators use the cycle of planning to support children’s continual learning and introduce meaningful learning opportunities. The following article provides the steps in the planning cycle.
Guidelines For Documenting In Early Childhood Settings

Guidelines For Documenting In Early Childhood Settings

According to the Educators’ Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework, documentation is the practice of recording and creating evidence of learning and the learning progress, helping make it visible. The following provides guidelines for documenting in early childhood settings.
How Educators Can Promote EYLF Learning Outcomes

How Educators Can Promote EYLF Learning Outcomes

To support children achieve learning outcomes from the EYLF Framework, the following list gives educators examples of how to promote children's learning in each individual learning outcome. These can be used when assessing children's learning, critically reflecting on the experiences…
Guidelines For Documenting In Early Childhood Services

Guidelines For Documenting In Early Childhood Services

According to the Educators’ Guide to the Early Years Learning Framework, documentation is the practice of recording and creating evidence of learning and the learning progress, helping make it visible. Though documentation is mandated to meet regulatory and pedagogical purposes,…
Educators Guide To Critical Reflections

Educators Guide To Critical Reflections

Critical reflection has been explained in the EYLF as reflective practices that focus on implications for equity and social justice. In the context of childcare, it involves examining and analysing events, experiences and practices from a range of perspectives to…
Activity Ideas To Promote EYLF Outcome 5

Activity Ideas To Promote EYLF Outcome 5

Experiences in early childhood settings build on the range of experiences with language, literacy and numeracy that children have within their families and communities. The following article provides activities to promote each of the sub-outcomes of EYLF Outcome 5 -…
EYLF Practices And Strategies To Implement Them

EYLF Practices And Strategies To Implement Them

The Early Years Learning Framework outlines a set of eight pedagogical practices for educators to draw upon to promote children’s learning. These practices range from macro aspects like building relationships and curriculum decision-making to daily interventions like teaching and learning. …
EYLF Principles

EYLF Principles And Strategies To Implement Them

The Early Years Learning Framework outlines five principles that reflect contemporary theories and research evidence concerning children’s learning and early childhood pedagogy. These principles are meant to underpin practice so that all children are supported to make progress in relation…
Linking Art To The EYLF Learning Outcomes

Linking Art To The EYLF Learning Outcomes

Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia embeds art in many significant ways to foster the holistic development of children. Here are the main curriculum connections of art in the early childhood learning framework.
The Planning Cycle To Document Children's Learning

The Planning Cycle To Document Children's Learning

In Australia, early education and care programs and practices are governed by the National Quality Standards (NQS). In this Element 1.3.1, states that “Each child’s learning and development is assessed or evaluated as part of an ongoing cycle of observation,…
Documentation Services Require To Implement The Child Safe Standards

Documentation Services Require To Implement The Child Safe Standards

The Child Safe Standards recommended by the Royal Commission provide a framework for making organisations safer for children. They have been accepted by the NSW government. Based on extensive research and consultation, the Standards provide tangible guidance for organisations to…
Event Sample Observations In Childcare

Event Sample Observations In Childcare

Event sampling is a useful observation technique for observing behaviours. It can be used to identify the child's response of certain behaviours, triggers and interactions.
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