Welcome to the July ECA WebWatch (Half-way through the year - already!)
Our feature link this issue is greatly relevant for all early childhood services.
A unique, risk-free offer from Early Childhood Australia:
Give your parents the acclaimed Everyday Learning Series – for FREE!!
Find out how your early childhood service can take advantage of this amazing deal: www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/edl or 1800 356 900 (freecall)
Everyday Learning Series – ECA's special offer to services
Having strong relationships with families is crucial to the quality of a childcare service and to its success.
To enhance service–parent relationships, Early Childhood Australia has come up with a way to offer parents the Everyday Learning Series as a built-in benefit of using your service.
And it won't cost your service anything. More details online www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/edl
Other topical links:
ECA Position Statement on Consulting with Young Children
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has a number of articles which protect children's rights to participate and to have their views taken into account.
Early Childhood Australia's position statement outlines principles for interacting with children in a professional manner.
Safe Sleep–SIDS (Supporting Best Practice)
To support Red Nose Day this Friday, here are 3 links from
ECA's Supporting Best Practice web directory which focus on Safe Sleep/SIDS.
Why high-quality child care matters
This recent article from Canada examines the link between high-quality child care and early learning outcomes. High-quality child care is essential!
Little scientists: Tips for teaching children math and science through hands-on experience
These simple yet wonderful tips offer rich learning experiences in maths and science. Young children will be delighted to engage in these hands-on experiences from the kitchen to the outdoors.
Life course model (PDF)
This flow chart shows the positive and negative influences on a child's safe and healthy development – from birth, through childhood, and into adolescence. Parents and professionals will find it helpful to consult this life course model from time to time.
Early Childhood Australia books
The complete learning spaces book for infants and toddlers gives busy teachers 54 ideas for creating an effective learning environment for very young children (up to 36 months).
Everyday learning in the kitchen reveals the wealth of learning opportunities that exist in the common kitchen. Parents and carers will love getting involved in everyday activities which stimulate children's senses, thinking and coordination skills.
Everyday learning about maths helps parents and carers introduce young children to the delightful examples of maths in the everyday world around them.
All books are quality assured by Early Childhood Australia.
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ECA WebWatch - July 2006. Early Childhood Australia.
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