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October 18, 2023

The Mindful Educator’s Guide to Sensory Play Materials

Squishing, rolling, squeezing – is using food in sensory play wonderful or wasteful? For young children, sensory play is more often than not, a daily play experience or invitation setup in early education environments. Yet, when food is chosen as the sensory material, even the most open-minded educators pause to reflect and second guess their CONTINUE READING…

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September 21, 2023

Uncover Children’s Schema Play With An AI Assistant

Welcome back to the second part of our interesting series on the wonders of children's play schemas. PART 1 HERE , we explored the recurring patterns in children's play—those intriguing schemas that tell us so much about how each child interacts with the world.We also touched on how understanding these patterns can significantly extend and CONTINUE READING…

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September 5, 2023

An Educators Guide To Children’s Schema In Early Childhood

As an early childhood educator, have you ever noticed a child endlessly filling containers or obsessively lining up objects? These behaviours likely reflect “schemas” – patterns of repeated actions that reveal how a child engages with the world. Understanding and supporting play schemas can transform your teaching by providing unique windows into each child's strengths, interests, CONTINUE READING…

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August 23, 2023

How to implement EYLF v2.0 Quality Improvement Planning

How can early childhood educators implement continuous quality improvement with the Early Years Learning Framework?The journey of evolving practice and making meaningful improvements never ends when it comes to enriching early learning and development outcomes for children. That’s why the updated Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) Version 2.0 offers such a valuable opportunity for services CONTINUE READING…

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August 19, 2023

Ignite Early Learning Through STEAM Play Activities

Practical Ideas for Incorporating STEAM Concepts into Play What if we could turn ordinary moments into extraordinary learning adventures? With a dash of creativity, we can infuse science, technology, engineering, art and maths concepts into children's play-based explorations. No need for fancy gadgets or formal lessons – Simple interactive STEAM play allows children's natural curiosity to CONTINUE READING…

AI For Education, sensory food, sensory fun, sensory play, SPD

August 4, 2023

How AI Can Help Uncover and Support Children’s Sensory Preferences

Supporting sensory regulation in early childhood is crucial for young children's participation and early learning, and fortunately, recent AI innovations are unlocking new possibilities, equipping busy educators with smarter methods to identify and support these children through enhanced observation, evidence-based planning and modified environment setup.For example, Maria was an energetic and bright 4-year-old who loved CONTINUE READING…

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Sensory Play

SENSORY PLAY

The World Around Us

WORLD AROUND US

Fine Motor Fun

FINE MOTOR FUN

Connecting With Communication

CONNECTING WITH COMMUNICATION

Outdoor Play

OUTDOOR PLAY

Inviting Imagination

INVITING IMAGINATION

Toddler Play

TODDLER PLAY

Let's get Moving

LET'S GET MOVING

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Simplify Planning For 0 - 2 Years.

Find out how to observe, include the child's voice and forward plan meaningfully and effectively for babies and toddlers when they don't yet speak or ‘do any WOW moments'. Created especially for educators working with younger children to simplify planning cycle steps without impacting on the regular nurturing and wellbeing routines necessary in the baby and younger toddler age group

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Step By Step, Simple Critical Reflection

This Reflection Journal doesn't just give you a space to write reflections – it gives you the ideas, prompts and guidance so you understand HOW to reflect across different areas step by step and most importantly HOW to organise and use that information in your forward planning, professional development and then set realistic goals you can confidently achieve.

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Access a library of specially designed, easy to use templates created by The Empowered Educator that YOU can personalise and edit in Canva to suit your specific early years role. New tutorial videos + templates EVERY month for subscribers!

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Use this PDF guide to simplify your planning cycle so that you don’t need to double up on your documentation.

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