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Dear Users, Can you believe it? Its already been 6 years since Aussie Childcare Network was born! Today, we are celebrating the 6 years anniversary of Aussie Childcare Network and I want to this take this opportunity to thank all our users and members who have supported us over the years! A website cannot survive without its users and therefore…

We have now created a MS Word version of the Weekly Play Based Program and Learning Outcome Based Program templates and have also updated the pdf files of these templates. These are our first templates that were released back in 2012 and I frequently get requests from educators wanting to edit some elements like the headings, input keys, etc.. Therefore…

Transitions help move children from one experience to another. For example: from free play to clean up time or from group time to lunch time. Transitions can be chants, songs or short stories. You can use transitions to introduce the children to music, rhythm and rhyming. Over the past few days we have added a few transition songs in our…

The Report of Achievements is our latest new template for educators which is a 7 page report that can be used as a half yearly and yearly report to highlight the goals a child has achieved throughout the year. The goals are based on each of the 5 learning outcomes from the Early Years Learning Framework. Each page consists of…

We have created 8 new "Tracing Pictures" Pre Writing Skills worksheets which is now available to download to all our users. Both educators and parents can use these worksheets with preschool children to encourage and develop writing.

The "Thank you For The Memories" template is now available to download in MS Word format. It is available for educators in LDC, FDC and OOSH centres. This template is an end of year template to be given to each child. It has a pre written end of year poem that describes how educators may be feeling while saying goodbye…

Diwali "Festival of Lights" is celebrated in India on Tuesday 10th & Wednesday 11th November. It is one of the largest and brightest festivals in India. One of the many ways to celebrate Diwali is by bursting fireworks and lighting lamps. Here are some new craft experiences to start your Diwali celebrations at your centre or at home. 1) "Firework…

The "Reflections Of Our Day" and "Reflections Of Our Week" templates have been updated and these are now available in MS Word format as well. These templates are for educators in LDC, FDC settings and OOSH settings and links to EYLF and MTOP frameworks. These templates are used to evaluate and document planned and unplanned experiences which occurred throughout the…