Elevate Early Childhood Consultants

12/03/2018

For those of you looking for something interesting to watch/listen to, heres a great list of TED talks about Early Childhood Education.
My personal favourite is of course 'How Schools Kill Creativity – Ken Robinson'.

TED conferences bring the world’s greatest minds together to share revolutionary progress and exchange creative ideas. Some of the best TED talks have been devoted to ensuring that the next generation embraces the values that TED represents: innovation, creativity, and globalization of information...

22/02/2018

22/02/2018

We can sometimes get caught up in the emotion of a situation and forget to take a step back, in order to see the bigger picture.

We often also have higher expectations for our chidlren, than we do the adults around us. This article provides some great things to consider about children's behaviour.

Many of kids' so-called "naughty" behaviors are developmental and human.

21/02/2018

Emotional presence with children can often be overlooked, simply because we have never been introduced to the concept.

Have a read of the following blog for further insight!

I have recently been discussing the concept of emotional presence with children in the early years. Unfortunately its not common practice, nor what we are taught during our studies, so its no wonder its such difficult concept to grasp.

21/02/2018

Its been busy few days, meaning the page has been a bit on the quiet side.

I had the pleasure of delivering a workshop to the team at Harmony Yarrabilba yesterday! It was great to spend some time with such dedicated Educators, in order to support a shared understanding around a RIE® inspired approach in early childhood!

15/02/2018

When we can accept people for who they are, and stop holding people accountable to our own personal beliefs and values, we begin to build better relationships and connections. This is equally as important for the adults in our lives, as well as the little people.

14/02/2018

Take time to value what children can do, rather than expect them to be onto the ‘next’.

14/02/2018

Children learn best when they are surrounded by, and in, rich and meaningful experiences and environments.

Their knowledge and understanding of concepts, such as colours, develop when they are exposed to whole language in context.

Pennie Brownlee explains wonderfully, in this article, how children learn their colours.

"When a child can put the right paint brush back into the right pot of paint they know their colours."

13/02/2018

I’m fortunate enough to have had the pleasure of a wonderful mentor over the last two years. Over this time I have learnt many things, one of which is to enjoy the present moment!

13/02/2018

Creating a sense of belonging can be one of the biggest challenges as we start a new year with young children, so how do we support an authentic sense of belonging?

As we begin the start of 2018, those of us who work in Early Childhood begin to consider how we can best support the new little people coming into our care. Regardless of whether these little people are completely new to care and our services, or whether they are moving through the service into a ne...