Expert Profile
Jane De Vita
Early Learning Consultant, Goodstart Early Learning
Jane De Vita has worked in early childhood in various roles for more than 30 years. In this time she has been a kindergarten teacher and director, a university tutor, a supervisor of students on practice teaching, a family day care co-ordinator, and a child care director.
Jane is currently an early childhood...
Questions answered by Jane De Vita
Learning to follow directions
I have a 3.5-year-old who won’t listen to anything. We both just end up getting upset. I'm concerned that she will face problems in preschool if she won’t start following directions.
4-yr-old throwing tantrums
I have a four year old daughter, and the tantrums are worse now than they were in the ‘terrible twos’. She seems to fluctuate from happiness to meltdown so quickly and sometimes it seems that no amount of effort from us helps. Is this normal? I thought she’d be growing out of this by now.
Preparing a toddler for a new baby
My toddler isn’t happy about the arrival of our second child. How do I prepare my child for the birth a new baby?