Reflections upon the challenges and joys of working in Early Childhood.
Tales and resources about teaching in the early years
Founder: Wendy Bell
Professional memberships:
Early Childhood Australia
Social Justice for Early Childhood
Australian Research Alliance for children and youth (ARACY) including Early Years Chapter. Community Childcare Cooperative (CCCC)
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early
01/12/2021
Fresh out of my Wednesday art class the absolutely insanely difficult . To make it more stressful somehow he managed to achieve this in watercolours! Absolutely a genius and well deserving of masterpiece reputation people!
28/11/2021
North Sydney for a couple of days…
06/11/2021
05/11/2021
Timely advice
Also brilliantly describes some of the reasoning behind my blog name
How to Foster Resilience in Kids - Child Mind Institute A caring community can help kids recover from trauma in as healthy a way as possible and foster resilience.
28/08/2014
25/08/2014
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25/08/2014
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24/08/2014
Are you a member of Australian Research Alliance for Youth and Young Children (ARACY)? They are the peak research body for issues surrounding youth and young children. They have a specific early childhood section.
Also excellent for professional development Community Child Care Co-operative, Early Childhood Australia, Not Just Cute, Janet Lansbury - Elevating Child Care, The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Independent Education Union (NSW & ACT IEU), united voice, Institute of Early Childhood, KU Children's Services, Raising Children Network, Childhood 101, Inspired EC, Teacher Tom, Teachers Are Teachers, Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, Teach Preschool, and let the children play to name a few. Most of these are free, the rest will have membership options that suit your financial situation (just ask) and remember it's all related to your work so tax deductible
Welcome to ARACY - Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) ARACY Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth Collaboration Evidence Prevention CAARS The Nest Sustained Nurse Home Visiting Protecting Children Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect Children and Media Parental Engagement New Investigators Network Australian Fatherhood Research Network Know…
23/06/2014
There is currently a great free Edx course on offer about managing challenging behaviour in early childhood settings... While it states it started on June 10 you can start it now if you like as it's all online. It's a tricky subject that I'm sure all of you have faced at some stage so it's always great to have some evidence based advice
Positive Behavior Support for Young Children Learn the evidence-based models to promote social-emotional development for young children.