For The Love of Early Childhood

Initiating and sustaining rich conversations with children supports responsive and meaningful interactions. It enables you to build trusting relationships with children, which engage and support each child to feel secure, confident and included. How will you embed meaningful conversations into your daily practices this week?
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Developing a strengths-based approach with your team is integral and ensures you get the best out of everyone. There is always space to build capacity and strengthen areas for improvement, but ultimately, the way to do this is to utilise the capabilities each team member already shows. This week, I encourage you to discover new strengths within your team and celebrate them as you delegate roles and responsibilities.
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You are still an 'intentional' teacher when you watch, observe and identify.
Our little ones are still developing an understanding of who they are in this great, big world. Allowing them to interact with it at their own pace as they develop their curiosities is such a privilege, and ultimately, it honours the child.
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Being a new Educational Leader can often be a daunting or overwhelming task. Take a breath and let's start this journey together. Here are some tips to get you started as you enter into this new role. If you need any support or mentorship, contact me today!
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"Every moment together is an opportunity to connect, talk, and play."
I encourage you to take 7 minutes out of your day to transform the way you think about the first five years of life...

Molly Wright: How every child can thrive by five | TED "What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaki...

Building trusting, secure, respectful, and compassionate relationships with children enables them to respond positively to our teaching strategies. As we begin our week, let's remind ourselves of the power our interactions with children have on their learning and engagement.
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Take a moment to critically reflect on your expectations as a teacher, educator, parent, health professional or early learning service.
Are the learning opportunities you provide children meeting and supporting their developmental capacities?
What is the result on the individual child, groups of children, and the adult when the expectation can't be met due to age-related capabilities? Is anyone being disadvantaged?
How can you alter your practices and programs to support each child's ability to focus?
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Before instructing, guiding, supporting or teaching, we need to first ensure we are a safe space for the children in our care. Let's strive to promote feelings of safety and security when children are in our presence. Here are some helpful suggestions you can use to ensure children feel safe and supported when expressing their feelings.
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What do you say to children to promote feelings of safety and security in your context?
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