Sticks & Stones Education

05/04/2026

🌿 NEW RESOURCE FOR EDUCATORS & FAMILIES 🌿

After months and months of writing, refining, and drawing on nearly 30 years in early childhood…

✨ It’s finally here. ✨

Developmental Milestones
aligned with the EYLF 2.0 & National Quality Standard

This is the resource I wish I had years ago.

Not just checklist…
Not just theory…

But something that actually brings it all together in a way that makes sense in real practice. It's a companion!

📖 Inside you’ll find:

✔ 165 pages of content
✔ Developmental milestones from birth to 5 years
✔ Clear links to EYLF 2.0 learning outcomes
✔ “When to seek help” guidance for early intervention
✔ Family engagement ideas you can actually use
✔ Connections to developmental theorists (without the overwhelm)
✔ Beautiful, practical pages designed for real educators

This is for:

👩‍🏫 Early childhood educators
👶 Families and caregivers
🏡 Family day care providers
📚 Students and new educators

Because understanding development shouldn’t feel like decoding a policy document.

It should feel like:
🌿 clarity
🌿 confidence
🌿 connection

💛 Created with love by Sticks & Stones Education

👉 Link in Comments! (because that's how Facebook likes it!)

📣 I’d love your support:
Like • Share • Tag an educator who needs this

And truly… thank you for being part of this community.
This one means a lot. Grab it while it's on sale!

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04/02/2026

ECE FRIENDS - You need to register for the Summit. Our voices matter.

If you’ve registered for the Early Childhood Education Summit 2026, this is your reminder to complete the Educator Voices Survey.

Survey responses are guiding — shaping priorities, strengthening the evidence, and informing the demands that will be taken forward. Every response adds weight to the collective voice advocating for change.

If you’ve already registered, your survey link has been emailed to you. Please take a few moments to complete it and add your voice.

If you’ve completed the survey, we also invite you to join the Early Childhood Education Summit Facebook Community and, if you would like to - upload a short video (up to two minutes) directly onto the page, sharing one issue that matters to you and why. This is another way to ensure what is important is heard, seen, and carried forward.

This Early Childhood Education Summit has been made possible through volunteered time, shared resources, and collective care, in collaboration with the University of Sydney.

👉 Links to the official webpage and Facebook community are in the comments on Facebook and in the bio on Instagram.

“It matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with.”
—Donna Haraway (2016)