Inspiring ideas, training and resources for early learning.
I’ve noticed a gradual return to more natural outdoor play areas for children across the past few years which is wonderful but I know it can seem overwhelming when it comes to designing or revamping the outdoor environment when you can’t afford a landscape designer or huge labour costs. For those that can afford to work with a landscaping team…
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Gardening with children can help to encourage a connection with the senses and a love of nature while also providing many opportunities to learn new skills, gain confidence and develop responsibility. And best of all…it’s fun and gives them another reason to enjoy some active play outdoors! Even if you don’t have a green thumb or lots of space for…
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Setting up opportunities for open ended sensory and fine motor play doesn’t need to be difficult or overly complicated. The activity I’m sharing today is one that evolved after my girls pulled out the box of pebbles and gems along with a *ahem* small container of milk container lids. I often read comments on social media telling other educators that…
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Putting in place a child care marketing strategy is often thought of as a time consuming and expensive process that educators, leaders and directors often only want to focus on 1 or 2 times a year …then complain when nothing seems to work and the vacancies remain! To keep your family day care service or early learning centre viable, enrolments…
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Have you ever considered using an educator welcome pack orientation to start off on a positive footing with new educators? I have worked across many community, family and early learning management roles in the past 30 years and one thing I can say for sure is that no matter the role everyone has different philosophies, work ethics and expectations. Interpretation…
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Organising educator paperwork and finding a workable rhythm can save a whole lot of time for early years educators when it comes to showing evidence of a documentation chain and the steps taken to support and extend a child’s learning journey. This is the first post in my new ‘Educator Organisation Series’. I’ll be sharing some simple strategies, tips and…
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