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Why early learning matters
Early learning lays the foundation for success. In the first five years of life, children’s brains are wired to learn quickly. This is when the foundations for learning, health and behaviour throughout life are laid. In fact, 90% of a child’s brain development happens by the age of five.
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What do children need to flourish?
The top 5 things evidence tells us really make a difference in early learning
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Child Development
Building Your Child's Love of Reading: Tips and Strategies for Parents
The key to children’s literacy is setting the foundations of oral language, story telling and a love of books. Compared to our peer countries, Australia is performing above average in literacy. That’s the good news. The bad news is since 2000, when we first participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), our students’ reading levels have been declining. Rapidly.
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Early Learning
The key to a child’s success at school
The parent-teacher relationship is built on a culture of trust and collaboration. Your child’s success in school might be determined by the quality of the relationship between you and their teacher and that journey starts even before their first day.
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Early Learning
Risky play: Why it benefits children
Often our instincts will scream at us to get involved and stop our children from engaging in risky behaviours. But with the benefits of risky play to our child’s development being well documented, it is useful to understand appropriate risk.
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Lifestyle
Parent connections with early learning
We all know the importance of strong, positive relationships between families and educators, but the ability to stay connected has been challenged during COVID-19. It’s a challenge that early learning centres across Australia have had to overcome.
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Lifestyle
A better start for Australian children
Children are starting school developmentally vulnerable and parents are scrambling for work/life balance. The Starting Better report by the The Centre for Policy and Development outlines a 10-year plan to ensure all children have what they need to thrive.
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Early Learning
The role of gestures in a child's learning
Many of us speak with our hands and now experts suggest always using our hands when talking with children. While young children are forming and expanding their vocabulary, gestures help them bridge the gap between words and the world they live in.
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