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Transition To School Statements

Transition To School Statements

To support preschool children transition to school, it is recommended that preschool educators complete a transition to school statement which is sent to the child's school. The Transition to School Statement gives a snapshot of a child’s strengths, perspectives, and…
Literacy Activities For Children In Early Childhood

Literacy Activities For Children In Early Childhood

A literacy-rich environment is one that gives children numerous opportunities to engage in emergent literacy experiences in a meaningful and authentic way. The following provides a list of literacy activities for children that can be incorporated into an emerging literacy…
Sustainability Practices in Childcare

Sustainability Practices in Childcare

Sustainability in early childhood education is an important part of the curriculum and should be incorporated into each and every service setting. Creating natural environments and proving natural materials in one way for sustainability to occur. This article will provide…
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…
Incorporating Creative Play In The EYLF Learning Outcomes

Incorporating Creative Play In The EYLF Learning Outcomes

Play provides opportunities for children to learn as they discover, create, improvise and imagine. Creative play in children immerse themselves in their imaginary worlds they become whatever they want to be. Also known as role play, and pretend play, the…
Incorporating Natural Elements In Outdoor Spaces

Incorporating Natural Elements In Outdoor Spaces

Outdoor spaces hold great significance in early education and care settings which is why they are highlighted in Learning Environments, one of eight pedagogical practices put forward in the EYLF. It further says that Outdoor learning is a feature of…
Using Music, Rhythm And Movement To Enhance Children's Self-Regulation

Using Music, Rhythm And Movement To Enhance Children's Self-Regulation

The early years are a time of dizzying changes which affect not just the physical growth of the child but also their emotions, communication, sense of self and relationships with the surrounding world. Research has found music, especially through attributes…
Strategies to Promote Positive Behaviour In OOSH Services

Strategies to Promote Positive Behaviour In OOSH Services

The years between five and twelve are a time brimming with activity for children – they are developing close friendships, getting stronger in body and mind as well as widening their circle of hobbies and interests. While all this exploration…
Supporting Children's Transition To School

Supporting Children's Transition To School

Among all the changes that impact a child’s early life, one of the most significant is the move from early education and care setting to a full-time school. The change not only involves entirely new people and places but longer…
Natural and Logical Consequences

Natural and Logical Consequences

Consequences are one of the most effective principles of behaviour management in ECEC settings, as they show children the probable results of their own actions. There are two types of consequences used most often – natural and logical. The following…
Positive Interactions With Children

Positive Interactions With Children

Both the Principles and Practices of EYLF place great significance on the nature of child-educator interactions. The following article provides information on What Are Positive Interactions, Developing Positive Interactions, Strategies and more.
Educators' Role In Play

Educators' Role In Play

Play is a process that is freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated. In this sense, children’s play happens when children determine and control the content and intent of their play, following their own instincts, ideas and interests, in their…
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