Principle 2.1: Staff and families communicate effectively to exchange information about each child and the centre Principle 2.2: Staff encourage family participation and involvement in the centre Principle 3.3: The centre has orientation processes for children and their families

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A parent's guide to preschool
A world of difference: Readings on teaching young children in a diverse society
Attachment: Building secure relationships in early childhood
Building bridges: Literacy development in young Indigenous children
Building Bridges DVD
Building your baby's brain: A parent's guide to the first five years
Designs for living and learning: Transforming early childhood environments
Early development risk and disability: Relational contexts
Eat right, don't fight: A practical guide to feeding children from birth to the preschool years
Engaging families: Building strong communication
Everyday learning about brothers and sisters
Everyday learning about friendship
Everyday learning about maths
Everyday learning about talking
Everyday learning in the backyard
Everyday learning in the kitchen
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Focus on fathering
Games children play: The effects of media violence on young children
Grandcaring: Insights into grandparents' experiences as regular child care providers
Helping children in times of need: Grief, loss, separation and divorce
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Learning about art
Learning about feelings
Learning about music
Learning about science
Learning to read
Lessons from my child: Parents' experiences of life with a disabled child
Look who's eating now: Quick, simple, healthy baby and toddler meals
Marketing play: Using marketing strategies to explain the benefits of a play approach in early childhood education
No biting: Policy and practice for toddler programs
One step ahead: Early admission of, and school provisions for, gifted infants
Partnerships for children - parents and community together: A summary of a seminar 'roadshow' offered in 13 locations across Australia
Positive food for kids: Healthy food, healthy children, healthy life
Reading magic: How your child can learn to read and other read-aloud miracles
Reading right from the start: What parents can do in the first five years
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Revisiting celebrations with young children
Roots and wings: Affirming culture in early childhood programs
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Starting school: How to help your child be prepared
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