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Early Childhood Teachers (ECT) Award Wages in Australia

Early Childhood Teachers (ECT) Award Wages in Australia

When working as a qualified Early Childhood Teacher (with a university degree) within a service, your rate of pay will come from the Educational Services Teachers Award, 2010. This Award is specifically for Early Childhood Teachers employed as the ECT…
Creating A Multicultural Environment In An Early Childhood Setting

Creating A Multicultural Environment In An Early Childhood Setting

As an early childhood educator, you are entrusted with shaping children for the future. Creating a multicultural environment in the learning space is one of the most effective ways of helping children prepare for this world as they learn inclusive…
Developmental Stages Of A Child's Writing

Developmental Stages Of A Child's Writing

The development of writing skills depends on a variety of physiological and environmental factors. Children have to develop fine motor skills as well as hand-eye coordination to be able to write. Also, their awareness of sounds and prints in the…
Phonemic Awareness in Young Children

Phonemic Awareness in Young Children

Phonemes are the basic units of a spoken language and awareness that language is composed of these small sounds is termed phonemic awareness. The following article provides strategies for building phonemic awareness in young children.
Sensory Processing In The Learning Environment

Sensory Processing In The Learning Environment

Sensory processing is the effective understanding of various environmental stimuli through the sense organs and their corrective interpretation in one’s brain. The following article provides strategies on how you can help improve sensory processing in the early childhood learning environment.
International Yoga Day Activities For Children

International Yoga Day Activities For Children

On 21st June, it is International Yoga Day. It is a day to highlight the importance of Yoga and its benefits for our mind and body. The following provides a list of free printables, activities and templates that can be…
Calm Down Box For Children

Calm Down Box For Children

A calm down box has a variety of sensory tools that a child is encouraged to use when they are feeling frustrated, intense anger to calm-down emotions.The following article provides a list of self-regulates that can be included inside a…
Benefits Of Yoga For Children

Benefits Of Yoga For Children

Like adults, children have to deal with their own stress in life. Moving house, starting a new school, preparing for a new sibling - these are all stressful events that affect children. Children need a way to manage stress and…
Portfolios Making Learning Visible and Accessible

Portfolios Making Learning Visible and Accessible

Child portfolios are a form of pedagogical documentation that includes learning samples like artwork, writings, educator observations, individual and group learning stories and photographs - a visual aid of children's learning and development. The following article provides information on the…
Strategies To Boost Confidence In Children

Strategies To Boost Confidence In Children

Confidence is crucial for setting and achieving goals in all stages and areas of life. However, confidence is not something that one child is born with more than others; rather confidence grows as a result of positive experiences and adult…
Developing Number Sense And Strategies To Teach Numeracy In Early Childhood

Developing Number Sense And Strategies To Teach Numeracy In Early Childhood

At its simplest, numeracy is the knowledge, disposition and confidence to use mathematics in day-to-day life. While it is easy to think of mathematics only as complex statistical and algebraic concepts, the fact is children are already using basic mathematics…
Project-Based Learning In Early Childhood

Project-Based Learning In Early Childhood

Project-based learning is an educational approach in which students acquire knowledge and skills by working for an extended time on a project or task. The following article provides information on What Is Project Based Learning, the Key Elements of Project…
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