As I walked in the gate of my twins preschool the other morning I was wearing my own family…
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Analysis, Reflection and Evaluation in Early Childhood Programming.
Australian early childhood educators are expected to develop and follow a planning cycle as well as meet EYLF (Early Years…
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Effective and Safe Green Cleaning for Home and Daycare!
As a parent and also an early childhood educator I feel a great responsibility to ensure that not only my…
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Ideas for promoting and advertising a home day care business.
I never underestimate the importance of promoting and advertising my day care business in the community…and neither should you. I know…
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Understanding Observations, Reflection and Linking in Early Childhood Settings.
I still remember learning about child observations when I was studying my Diploma over 25 years ago now. The best…
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Child Portfolios in Early Childhood Settings – Are they Necessary?
One of the questions I am most often asked by other educators working in the early childhood profession with the…
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A Day in the life of a Mum and Home Educator…..and 10 Strategies to Stay Sane!
When I first went back to work as an educator running a registered child care service from home I knew…
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Introducing Sustainability to Children….Ideas and Inspiration!
Sustainability is a funny word, it’s one of those that has only recently entered our everyday vocabulary and yet for…
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Making Glow Jars & Mother’s Day Shopping via Quicksales!
It’s probably a little late to be sharing a Mother’s day gift idea with you but I was so pleased…
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You know you are ready to be a home educator when…..
I think you have to be a special sort of person to work as a family day care educator…You really…
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A Parent’s Guide to Choosing Quality Child Care (part 2) …..Home Based/Family Day Care
A few weeks ago I shared my guide to choosing Centre Based Care. This week I’m sharing a few things…
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How to Increase Communication & Belonging for Parents….
Do you worry about how to increase or create more opportunities for parent communication and belonging? As not only an…
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