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Each year on September 23 we celebrate International Day of Sign Language, raising awareness of just how valuable sign language is in our communities. Signing doesn’t just provide a crucial support for deaf individuals to communicate, but it can also play a meaningful role for children and educators in early childhood education, and people with […]

The Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Relief Package has been announced by the Australian Government to address potential challenges faced by childcare providers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ECEC Relief Package is intended to support childcare centres to remain open and keep educators within their jobs. Quality early childhood education and […]

Achieving an NQS Rating of ‘Exceeding’ is the goal for most childcare centres when undergoing their assessment under the National Quality Framework. Your NQS Rating helps your early learning centre to recognise that you are delivering a high standard of education and care. In addition, your NQS Rating can have an impact on your centre’s […]

A focus on wellbeing in the workplace is vital for individuals working in childcare. It’s important that educators have the support, tools and opportunities needed to foster positive feelings which can then flow through the centre, especially in times of seasonal stress! There are always going to be times that are more stressful than others. For […]

There’s no other time of year that has brings about the level of excitement in children that Christmas does, is there?! Coming up with fresh and fun Xmas activities each year can be tricky, so we’ve compiled a few that children will love — and so will the environment. Creating a healthy and happy future […]

Tracking enrolments, attendance and fees, documenting children’s learning, staff development and effective hiring are vital when running a successful childcare service. Thankfully technology that has been developed, sometimes specifically for the child care industry, helps make the administration of early childhood more streamlined and efficient for everyone. In this article, we’ve flagged some great tools […]

The first five years of life are fundamental to a child’s future. The most crucial period of rapid brain development takes place during these early years and lays the foundation for children’s health, happiness, growth and wellbeing. The first five years are also when a child will likely spend time in early childhood education services, […]

Separation anxiety is a normal part of development for children and while it doesn’t affect all children, it is pretty common. So if you are working in childcare jobs it is likely that you will come across varying degrees of separation anxiety in children as young as babies through to primary school age. It’s important […]

All adults were children once and just like adults, children’s temperament and personalities can vary a lot. That’s why learning how to understand temperament can be useful. When assessing a child’s temperament, there are nine basic temperament traits to consider. These temperament traits are: Activity level: how physically active a child tends to be Distractibility: […]