Core publications

The Everyday Learning Series provides practical suggestions on how to create positive learning environments for young children. The books draw on the endless possibilities offered by everyday experiences. They are an invaluable resource that can assist educators, beginning practitioners and students of early years education in maximising young children’s play, exploration, discovery and development within early learning environments.

Subscribe to the ECA Digital Library to receive new books including the much loved Everyday Learning and Research in Practice Series titles over a 12-month subscription period, as well as access to a back catalogue of over 100 titles and accompanying resources.

The Research in Practice Series is produced for experienced professionals and those interested in staying informed about the latest research in the early childhood education and care sector.

The series provides practical, easy-to-read, up-to-date information for sector professionals and focuses on wide-ranging topics to support children’s services educators and others interested in the care and education of young children.

Subscribe to the ECA Digital Library to receive new books including the much loved Everyday Learning and Research in Practice Series titles over a 12-month subscription period, as well as access to a back catalogue of over 100 titles and accompanying resources.

Every Child magazine puts the spotlight on the early years of childhood.

Published quarterly and beautifully designed in full colour, Every Child magazine contains informative articles on issues such as health, education and social trends, as well as book reviews, profiles and guest statements from well-known early childhood practitioners and experts. Articles not only focus on aspects of early childhood at a local level but also investigate political and national developments. Aimed at anyone involved in the care and education of young children, Every Child is topical, diverse and always entertaining. Members of Early Childhood Australia receive a complimentary copy of Every Child magazine as part of their membership.

The Australasian Journal of Early Childhood (AJEC) is Australasia’s foremost scholarly journal and the world’s longest-running major journal within the early childhood sector. AJEC offers research-based articles that are designed to impart new information and encourage the critical exchange of ideas among early childhood practitioners, academics and students.

To enable this key work to reach a broader audience, ECA has proudly partnered with SAGE on the publication and dissemination of AJEC. With the journal being published by SAGE, which specialises in academic journals, we have the opportunity to make a wider audience aware of the ground-breaking research being undertaken in the Australasian early childhood sector.