Building Effective Relations with Colleagues and Families in Childcare The childcare profession offers numerous opportunities to build rewarding positive relationships with children, colleagues and parents. Building collegiality in childcare is…
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Celebrating Crazy Hair Day Celebrating Crazy Hair Day has become an annual event on the Jumpstart calendar. Besides being a lot of fun for children and childcare staff, Crazy Hair…
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Making the transition from home into childcare can be quite a trying time for both parents and children. While some children take to their new environment with ease, others have…
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It has now become customary to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land. A children’s acknowledgement of country helps children to gain an understanding of the rich Aborignial heritage that…
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Any time teaching is done on an individual or small group level, the teaching will have elements of intentional teaching within it. There are five key features of intentional teaching…
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The stages of play in early childhood follow a logical pattern. This pattern is best explained by Mildred Parler’s thesis on the six stages of play. Parler’s stages of Play…
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