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Salvador Dali Art Projects For Children

Salvador Dali Art Projects For Children

Salvador Dali was a famous Spanish artist known for being unconventional in both his creations and appearance. His paintings, sculptures and films often have a dream-like quality about them, often because the bizarre landscapes or actions depicted cannot happen in…
Unstructured Play Materials For Children

Unstructured Play Materials For Children

Unstructured play materials refer to those play materials whose uses are not predetermined by educators. Also known as of heuristic play materials, the scope for play with unstructured materials is thus unlimited, allowing children to develop agency, skills and imagination.…
Importance Of Puzzles In Early Childhood

Importance Of Puzzles In Early Childhood

Playing with puzzles has a significant impact on a child's physical skills, developing fine motor skills through the coordination of small muscles. Children who have developed fine motor skills tend to find it easier to write, draw and learn to…
Active Supervision In Early Childhood Settings

Active Supervision In Early Childhood Settings

Children need safe and positive environments to learn and grow. To ensure this, services and educators need to ensure effective supervision at all times. The following article provides information on the different aspects of supervision, ranging from regulatory requirements and…
Aggressive Behaviour And Violence In Children: Prevention, Intervention and Support

Aggressive Behaviour And Violence In Children: Prevention, Intervention and Support

Aggression is a type of behaviour that is triggered by the intention of causing harm to another person who wishes to avoid that harm. Violence is an extreme subtype of aggression, a physical behaviour with the intention of permanently injuring…
Child Initiated Learning

Child Initiated Learning

At its simplest, child-initiated learning is one that is chosen and started by the child. This type of learning is the purest form of child-centred learning and constitutes one of the most important approaches in the educator’s toolkit of teaching…
Spontaneous Play In Early Childhood

Spontaneous Play In Early Childhood

Spontaneous play is exactly what it says – play that happens naturally, without any prior planning or being directed by anyone outside the play. In the early childhood context, spontaneous play is usually child-initiated and directed though it can include…
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…
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…
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…
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