Bringing you the best of the web…
Welcome to another ECA WebWatch filled with fantastic links and resources.
- Encouraging early literacy.
- Free advertising for your Under Eights Week event.
- Developing children's problem-solving skills.
- An exciting new way to share resources.
- Creating healthy environments for young children.
Plus the latest news and quality-assured books from Early Childhood Australia.
Education and literacy
How to nurture a growing reader
This page is part of the Reading is Fundamental website. It lists 12 top tips for parents and carers to instil a love of reading in young children.
Picture book agenda: The role of gender
A fascinating article from Early Childhood Australia's Every Child magazine that explores the ways picture books influence children's perceptions of gender.
Developing problem solving skills
Problem solving and mastery (Supporting Best Practice)
Four links from Early Childhood Australia's Supporting Best Practice web directory which provide fantastic practical ideas for encouraging and supporting children's problem solving skills.
Healthy environments for children
Playing it safe: Childproofing for environmental health (PDF)
As part of Early Childhood Australia's commitment to sustainability and reducing global warming, we are working to help early childhood carers and educators make the world safer for children.
This brochure from the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment clearly sets out everyday areas of danger and recommends ways to reduce hazards for young children.
The National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education Standards
This site provides 16 standards of high-quality care in plain and simple terms: from upholding the rights of children to facilitating community involvement.
Under Eights Week 2007: Making a Splash
18–25 May
The clock is ticking down to this year's Under Eights Week – don't miss out on free advertising for your event on the Under Eights Week webpage.
Under Eights Week is organised annually by the Early Childhood Australia Queensland Branch to support schools, kindergartens, childcare centres, family day care schemes, libraries, councils and other organisations across Queensland to create fun and informative events for children and parents.
Register your event now.
Early childhood news
Read the latest on the Early Childhood Australia news page.
Latest child development news:
Australian parenting website
The Raising Children Network is a comprehensive and practical source for information on parenting – including activities for children from birth to eight-years-old.
Find and share new resources
Social bookmarking is an innovative new way to tell the world about the best resources and websites. It's like bookmarking a webpage – except you can also share your favourites with others online.
There are six different bookmarking sites you can use to share pages: simply click one of the icons you'll find at the bottom of Early Childhood Australia webpages or follow these easy instructions.
Early Childhood Australia books
Discover the best early childhood resources, quality assured by Early Childhood Australia, in our online catalogue.
Creating readers: Over 1000 games, activities tongue twisters, fingerplays, songs and stories to get children excited about reading is a huge compendium of activities designed to make learning to read fun and exciting.
Everyday learning in the backyard is your guide to everyday ways of encouraging and supporting children's growth and development, as they explore all kinds of outdoor environments.
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