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Where should a parent start?
There is a lot of information around for families, but where should you start? As an educator where would you go to provide information to families? Or families do you know where to go to get up-to-date, reliable and helpful information? Raising Children Network – the Australian Parenting Website – http://raisingchildren.net.au/ This website is an … Continue reading
Young Children and Technology
The idea that children should not use technology as they are too young and would use it too much is false, as children have positive technological experiences daily, sometimes without their parents or guardians even noticing. There are some simple ideas that all parents and guardians should follow when allowing their children to use technology. … Continue reading
Is it just Long Day Care?
What are the different types of early childhood settings? Early childhood settings across Australia has has many different services available. The most common settings would be Long Day Care and Preschool settings, which initially come to mind when thinking about early childhood settings. Yet, there are many other types of early childhood services to cater … Continue reading
National Quality Framework – NQF
The National Quality Framework aims to raise quality and drive continuous improvement and consistency in education and care services through: a national legislative framework a National Quality Standard a national quality rating and assessment process a new national body called the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority. The NQF is a document created to … Continue reading
Pedagogy and play
When we talk about play we are referring to children’s active involvement in their learning. Good morning bloggers and passionate early childhood advocates! So straight after I posted my post onto our blog I was thinking that most of you probably wouldn’t have understood what I was talking about! So I thought today I would … Continue reading
The Early Years Learning Framework – Belonging, Being and Becoming
Australia’s National Curriculum for Early Childhood http://www.deewr.gov.au/Earlychildhood/Policy_Agenda/Quality/Documents/Final%20EYLF%20Framework%20Report%20-%20WEB.pdf Only introduced in 2009, the Early Years Learning Framework has been exciting, yet for many scary also. The curriculum which is basically made up of three aspects; principles, practices and outcomes, is a guideline for educators in their work with children. Principles – cover the basic philosophy … Continue reading
Theory and curriculum
A wide array of educational philosophies circulate through the field of early childhood. Some professionals adhere to more of a behaviorist theory approach as developed by John B. Watson and B. F. Skinner. Others hold to the more unstructured maturationist theory popularised by Maria Montessori. A mix of maturationist and constructionist ideas supply the base … Continue reading
Cognitive Development
Cognitive development is the construction of thought processes such as the ability to remember events, problem solve and decision making from an early age through to adolescence and adulthood. Early childhood is not only a period of amazing physical growth, it is also a time of remarkable mental development. Cognitive abilities associated with memory, reasoning, … Continue reading
Social Development
Social development refers to the ability to form attachments, play with others, cooperate, share, form an identity and understand their play within a social environment. The more children interact together the wider their experiences of different lifestyles and attitudes. When children are provided with opportunities to share meaningful information about their life, family, important things … Continue reading
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