Welcome to Part 2 in my programming series for educators and early childhood teachers! If you missed Part 1 you might like to catch up here first. Programming and planning is stressing a lot of early year’s educators out at the moment and that is unfortunate because it really doesn’t have to be so difficult – and I’m going to show…
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Interviewing new parents for your Family Day Care Service – 5 Top Tips to ensure your success!
One of the most important elements to running a successful and profitable home based child care service is the initial interview you organise and conduct with prospective clients (parents/carers/families). There is a reason I call them clients – you are running a business, not interviewing for new friends. This might sound a little harsh but its an important distinction -you…
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Early Childhood Programming Made Simple but Effective – Part 1
Programming and planning is stressing a lot of early year’s educators out at the moment and that is unfortunate because it really doesn’t have to be so difficult – and I’m going to show you why in my new programming series for educators.I see a lot of conversations in the educator Facebook groups about templates and cheat sheets. I’m often…
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Children’s Handmade Gifts for Father’s Day
Father’s Day is upon us again here in Australia and I thought it would be nice to share a collection of gifts made especially for Dad’s by children. I think it is easy to get caught up in the current commercialism of special celebrations and forget that it is an opportunity for children to express their love – and what better…
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Social & Emotional Skills – Strategies and Activities for Teachers
Children can have a difficult time understanding their emotions and the way certain events make them feel in the early years of life. As educators and parents it is our responsibility to help and support them to manage their emerging and often confusing emotions. Recognising emotional responses in our own bodies is a learned skill and takes time and lots…
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Sensory Painting for children – Exploring texture through art
I love to find ways to incorporate sensory learning into everyday children’s play and this simple salt paint activity is not only budget friendly but a whole lot of fun too! So what did we use to make the paintings have a raised and bumpy texture? SALT PAINT! We are doing a lot of activities with salt lately as the…
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