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.
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When children apply paint to paper, glue things together, or pound a lump of clay, they experiment with colour, shape design and texture.
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