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  • Every Child – Vol. 26 No. 3 2020
    • Editorial
    • REFLECTION – Care comes into focus amid the challenges of COVID-19
    • ENVIRONMENT – In our garden
    • COVID-19 – Early learning services will be vital (free article)
    • FEATURE – Bound to be an activist
    • COVID-19 – How children and families are coping with the pandemic
    • REFLECTION – Thirty years of listening to children: Are we there yet?
    • FEATURE – Building understanding through play
    • RECONCILIATION – Everyone is welcome, everyone belongs
    • WELLBEING – Understanding imitation and educator wellbeing
    • FEATURE – Supporting children’s capacity to contribute
    • PROFILE – Influencing the early childhood profession
  • Every Child – Vol. 26 No. 2 2020
    • Contents
    • Editorial
    • A passion for quality
    • Connecting with families in challenging times
    • Early learning beyond the pandemic
    • Forever thankful to you (free article)
    • Getting the most out of online learning
    • Inspiring children’s ideas to grow
    • More than pretty pictures
    • Planting the seed of caring for Country
    • Self-care in the COVID-19 world
    • Supporting children through the pandemic
    • The language of friendship
  • Every Child – Vol. 26 No. 1 2020
    • Contents
    • Editorial
    • Beginning a mindfulness journey
    • Challenging a teacher’s social boundaries
    • Children’s meaning-making of Widjabul Wia-bal Country
    • Government’s priority to improve preschool participation
    • Growing up in the best of health
    • How a village raised a top leader
    • Perspectives on … Educating in uniform
    • Technologies and pretend play (free article)
    • The fundamental value of democracy
    • The outdoor space
    • Tribute to June Wangmann
  • Every Child – Vol. 25 No. 4 2019
    • Contents
    • Editorial (free article)
    • A career sparked in childhood
    • A garden for the young and the young at heart
    • A holistic look at wellbeing (free article)
    • Bite size pedagogy
    • Children’s voices in the rainforest
    • In their shoes
    • Pedagogical documentation as a tool for change
    • Perspectives On … uniforms for educators
    • Rewarded for enriching early learning
    • The dynamics of mathematics in children’s pretend play
    • The importance of kindness and inclusion in early childhood
    • The philosophy of ditching the desk
    • Walking a slow path for long-term change
  • Every Child – Vol. 25 No. 3 2019
    • Contents
    • Editorial (free article)
    • Addressing trauma and disadvantage in the early years
    • Challenging a traditional way of engaging with multicultural practices
    • Devoted to education and care
    • Effective leadership: Why is it so important? (free article)
    • Good mornings in the garden
    • Leadership quotes
    • Perspectives on … homework in OSHC
    • Planting the seeds of learning
    • Responding to children’s behaviour
    • Rethinking relationships with families
    • The significance of critical reflection: Unsettling ‘old ways’
    • Where the big kangaroos once roamed
  • Every Child – Vol. 25 No. 2 2019
    • Contents
    • Editorial (free article)
    • An Aboriginal perspective in Bronfenbrenner’s remodelling
    • Finding identity on their terms
    • Keeping children safe: Reviewing child-protection practice
    • Living and breathing early learning
    • One journey towards reconciliation
    • Perspectives on … graduation ceremonies
    • Rain, rain here you stay
    • The curious world of two-year-olds
    • The gift of feedback
    • To sleep or not to sleep?
    • We must value all children
    • What’s the ‘big ideas’? (free article)
  • Every Child – Vol. 25 No. 1 2019
    • Contents
    • Editorial (free article)
    • Aligning Bronfenbrenner’s model with UNESCO’s dimensions of sustainability
    • Every Child profile: Julie Rutups
    • Learning to babble: Why children are essential to social justice and reconciliation
    • My reflections on reconciliation (free article)
    • Our trees: From observation to quality improvement
    • Perspectives on… group time
    • Planning cycle deconstructed
    • Rhythms of rest: Creating spaces for wellness in our routines
    • The rights of the child in a world of expectations, plans, goals and intentions
    • Then, now and in the future
  • Every Child – Vol. 24 No. 4 2018
    • Contents
    • Editorial (free article)
    • AISWA Study Tours to Scotland’s Forest Kindergartens
    • An ‘overwhelmingly positive’ experience
    • Are all families visible? Exploring LGBTQI+ families in early childhood
    • Challenging behaviours: Could giftedness be a factor?
    • ECA welcomes a new mental health in education initiative … Hello Be You!
    • Ensuring real progress for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
    • Families learning together! The Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY): An intentional curriculum for children and families
    • Finding your identity as a leader in early childhood—an organisation’s approach to developing leadership skills
    • How mentors support and shape new educators: A perspective from a mentee
    • Keeping Aboriginal voices close: Finding a third space in which to teach (free article)
    • Learning and teaching in community
    • Learning to unlead: The practice of love and hope as a revolutionary approach to leading
    • Quirindi Preschool leading community change: Rethinking, reducing, re-using and recycling
    • Self-determination, strong and proud Aboriginal identities and resilience
    • THE Pod initiative by Investing In Our Youth
    • The Self-Reg early childhood educator (free article)
    • What’s in a name? Being a childhood professional
  • Every Child – Vol. 24 No. 3 2018
    • Contents
    • Editorial (free article)
    • Box of provocations for early childhood educators
    • Communicating family diversity and celebrations (free article)
    • Congratulations to an ‘exceptional female researcher’
    • Embedding Aboriginal perspectives through community engagement
    • Every Child Profile: Fay Hadley
    • Lively, open, mindful communication
    • Playing with Gratitude Project: A personal and professional transformation
    • Ready or not? Supporting high-quality programs for three-year-olds
    • Reflecting social change: Father-inclusive practice
    • Relatedness as reconciliation: Personal storying for cultural integrity
    • Stretching and disrupting for reconciliation (free article)
    • Supporting our most vulnerable and victimised children
    • Taking time is of the essence
    • The local library—unpacking the potentials
    • Transition to school: A primary perspective
    • What collaboration looks like in the Victorian Maternal and Child Health practice
  • Every Child – Vol. 24 No. 2 2018
    • Contents
    • Editorial (free article)
    • A rich history—80 years of ECA
    • Embed, Enable and Strive: ECA’s Reconciliation Action Plan 2017–2020
    • Ethical encounters within cultural competence
    • Healthy breathing habits can help calm and focus children
    • How does ECA work—how can you support your local branch?
    • Our trauma odyssey
    • Pedagogy: ‘the art or science of teaching’
    • Quality outcomes for children—taking steps backwards to move forwards
    • Shifting the car park conversations: Creating outdoor spaces for and with families
    • STEM in early childhood—why does it matter?
    • STEM practice in early childhood settings (free article)
    • The homework debate for young learners
    • Unleashing leadership at every level (free article)
    • Unpacking writing: A kindergarten class’s journey (free article)
    • Working in meaningful ways with families towards reconciliation through the co-construction of artwork
  • Every Child – Vol. 24 No. 1 2018
    • Contents
    • Editorial: Wellbeing and much more … (free article)
    • ‘A process of self-reflection’: Experiencing culture and Country
    • Daily transitions: a make or break (the day) experience
    • Growing healthy minds since 2009
    • Improving air quality with indoor plants at the Honey Tree Preschool Bellbird (free article)
    • Including children’s voices
    • Kicking goals—learning new skills takes time
    • Letters around Annandale: An architectural alphabet hunt
    • ‘Love children with our eyes open and our brain engaged’: Interview with Margaret Sims
    • Our journey towards reconciliation
    • Reading with dad—links to language development
    • Supporting wellbeing
    • Wellbeing for educators in before and after school care (free article)
    • When you have concerns about a child’s development
  • Every Child – Vol. 23 No. 4 2017
    • Contents
    • Editorial: A focus on advocacy (free article)
    • Advocacy—at the heart of ECA’s work
    • Advocacy in action (free article)
    • Being an exceptional self
    • Choosing books for children—it matters!
    • Continuous improvement in early childhood education and care settings: Transforming practice through integrating leadership and evidence-based strategies
    • Dance-play as a language of childhood
    • Digital Policy Statement
    • Embedding culture into teaching and learning in Galiwin’ku Families as First Teachers playgroup
    • Giving children credit … Tackling issues of social justice in early childhood (free article)
    • Phonics in an early years literacy program—getting the balance right (free article)
    • Planning for long-term professional development
    • STREAM—Nature Pedagogy and Outdoor Makerspaces at Carlingford West
    • Vale Emeritus Professor Collette Tayler
    • What does play in early childhood settings have to do with family violence?
    • When the market doesn’t deliver
  • Every Child – Vol. 23 No. 3 2017
    • Contents
    • Editorial: Reconciliation—the heart of advocacy (free article)
    • A ‘reconciliation’ journey: Our story
    • Australia’s children from birth to adulthood—what do the Report on Government Services 2017 and 2016 Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report tell us?
    • Being a global leader (free article)
    • Childcare co-working: The new phenomenon
    • Dreaming corner: ‘First People’ role-plays for your room
    • ECA Code of Ethics in action
    • ECA’s reconciliation journey
    • Establishing a child’s bedtime routine while nurturing their love of books
    • Every day, every child, every time
    • Learning about how to learn: My experience
    • Living and learning in a remote Aboriginal community (free article)
    • Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Schools and Early Learning
    • Reconciliation Action Plans: Including children’s voices
    • Risk taking and natural outdoor space in early childhood settings
    • Spatial reasoning and mathematics in early childhood education
    • The importance of the early years and the Tasmanian B4 Early Years Coalition
    • The mindful educator
  • Every Child – Vol. 23 No. 2 2017
    • Contents
    • Editorial: Inclusion—everyone’s business (free article)
    • A practical tale of inclusion
    • Changes to the NQF from October 2017
    • Children have the right to be heard—but how do we listen?
    • Children’s rights in Australia: How advocating through pedagogy and practices can help create a generation of active child citizens
    • Inclusion for our culturally and linguistically diverse community (free article)
    • Inclusion—good practice, great outcomes
    • Inclusion is for every child, every time
    • Introduce a new language at your preschool: You’ll be amazed at what unfolds
    • Partnerships with families of young children with disabilities (free article)
    • Ready children, ready families and ready schools
    • Reconciliation and inclusion
    • Reflections on a visit to Reggio Emilia early childhood centres in Italy
    • Research paper reports on consistency and efficiency in the NQF
    • Simple changes cut waste and enrich children’s learning at Illawarra Area Child Care
    • The anti-bias approach in early childhood 15 years on …
    • The importance of developing language and literacy skills
    • Tribute to Andrea Ruth McGuffog
    • Vocational Education and Training—The ECA Statement on the inclusion of every child in early childhood education and care
    • Walking together with families toward inclusion
    • Why that photo?
  • Every Child – Vol. 23 No. 1 2017
    • Contents
    • Editorial: Reflecting on the ECA National Conference (free article)
    • Building parents’ understandings of early learning and quality early childhood education and care
    • Culture of inquiry—a ticket to Darwin
    • Documentation: What is all the fuss about?
    • Empowering children in their choices (free article)
    • Engaging pre-service and early career educators—leadership and advocacy
    • Finding the balance: A play-framework for play-based learning and intentional teaching in early childhood education (free article)
    • Learning with nature—inside, outside and beyond
    • Making inclusion a priority: Queensland invests in skills and knowledge
    • Message from the ECA National President
    • My Scandinavian sabbatical—images of the child and the educator
    • New logos: Start a conversation about the National Quality Framework
    • Photographs—a window to take a look at children’s learning
    • Re-imagining childhood
    • Sustainability in action—an outback action research project
    • The Code of Ethics: A cornerstone for our profession
    • Using visual information for learning
  • Every Child – Vol. 22 No. 4 2016
    • Contents
    • Editorial: Learning about rights and respect (free article)
    • Announcing Australia’s participants in the next Global Leaders for Young Children program
    • Are some children at your service gifted?
    • Breaking down the myths of our practice
    • Children’s spirituality: An introduction—Pam Linke (free article)
    • Connecting to place
    • Early childhood education and care—25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
    • Establishing cultural connections with your CALD children, families and educators
    • Exploring with twenty-first century skills
    • Guest statement: Early childhood is the ideal settings for learning about rights and respect—Megan Mitchell (free article)
    • High expectations and equity of children: What does this mean and how does it look in practice?
    • How a tablet found its way
    • Just ask them! Empowering students to direct their own learning
    • Playing with phonics: Teaching letters and sounds
    • Practical tips for top breastfeeding support in early childhood education and care
    • Reconciliation in early childhood settings: A whole-team approach
    • Rhythm and movement could help children self-regulate
    • Routines in early childhood—what are they and why are they important?
    • Should discretionary foods be offered at early years services?
    • State of early learning in Australia—Quality snapshot
    • The importance of teaching social and emotional skills in early learning
    • What are Dreaming stories?
    • What rights do young children have in research?
  • Every Child – Vol. 22 No. 3 2016
    • Contents
    • Editorial: Reflecting on professionalism (free article)
    • Banking book knowledge
    • Bird watching with young children
    • Building skills, building inclusion for Queensland
    • Ethics and the law (free article)
    • Families as First Teachers and the Abecedarian Approach Australia (free article)
    • Growing a growth mindset through the use of outdoor spaces
    • Guest statement: Putting children first—Advocating for early learning
    • How do we support the inclusion of CALD children with disabilities into our services?
    • How early learning settings ‘amplify’ children’s natural development
    • Learning and living in the twenty-first century
    • Moving movements: Syrian children inspire on the road to recovery
    • Our history, our story, our future: Reconciliation Symposium 2016
    • Our journey of space at UnitingCare Jack and Jill Preschool
    • Professional relationships with families
    • Putting the local Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) data into practice
    • Reflecting on Reconciliation
    • The introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
    • The technology conversation
    • The Valuing Children Initiative
    • Toilet talk
  • Every Child – Vol. 22 No. 2 2016
    • Contents
    • Editorial: Early learning—time to talk it up! (free article)
    • A celebration for Tonia Godhard AM—a great Australian
    • Access to effective early learning programs is not easy—Collette Tayler and Dan Cloney (free article)
    • Consulting with children—Meg Jones
    • Cultural considerations: Welcoming refugee children and families into our services—Meni Tsambouniaris (free article)
    • Developing empathy in kindergarten students—Kate Turner
    • Early learning: Everyone benefits—a campaign to shift the paradigm on how Australia values the early years—Sam Page
    • Farewell to the performance review!—Lisa Bryant
    • Guest statement: Investing in our future—Anne Hollonds
    • In relation to students I will … —Karen Hope
    • Inappropriate weather or inappropriate clothing?—Joshua Miles
    • Languages in the Australian Curriculum—Dr Tracey McAskill
    • My time in Newman—Kaye van Nieuwkuyk
    • Nature pedagogy in a remote context—Wendy Gorman and Sarah Mortimer
    • Nutrition as intervention: The power of a carefully crafted nutrition program in developing the health of vulnerable children—Dr Loraine Fordham
    • Rain, hail or shine—It’s not ‘just play’—Bernadette Hayes
    • Reviewing Early Childhood Australia’s Code of Ethics—Anne Kennedy, Lennie Barblett and Catharine Hydon
    • Sorry sorry—Jo Darbyshire
    • The wonders of messy play—Fiona Howie
    • We have a responsibility—Daniel Donahoo
    • What the AEDC data is telling us—Chris Steel
  • Every Child – Vol. 22 No. 1 2016
    • Contents
    • Editorial (free article)
    • Alison Elliott—Farewell and thank you
    • Efficiency in early childhood education
    • Guest statement: Professional development and learning communities
    • Hearing children’s voices
    • Leadership … is an elective for diploma-qualified educators
    • Leadership and professional evaluation
    • Mandatory reporting—make the call
    • Model of pedagogical leadership
    • My environment—Home among the tuart trees
    • Playful learning about technology: Live Wires forums
    • Professional development at Malin Friends Kindergarten—Online ECA Learning Hub
    • Professional learning and development—for you and your organisation
    • Professional learning—a combined approach for families and staff
    • Reflective practice: Making a commitment to ongoing learning (free article)
    • She’s a real artist: Working with artists in early childhood settings
    • Student practicum—It’s every educator’s business
    • The ethics of professionalism: The art of doing what is right (free article)
    • The heart of sustainability
    • The NQS goes to school
    • The You Yangs Cultural Family Day: Understanding Indigenous ways
    • Transitions to belonging
    • Welcome to (y)our place: An open door in action
    • Working to their rhythms

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