Developmental language disorder affects more than seven per cent of children, yet is not well known. If your child struggles in school, social interactions or reading, the underlying issue may be DLD.
Napping reboots the preschool brain and clears the deck for learning.
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Research shows napping helps young children learn, as well as enhancing their emotional well-being.
Encourage children to think about where they are in space: if they’re looking at a map of the zoo, ask them where they are in relation to the kangaroos or lions.
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Early STEM skills are as important as early literacy skills. Parents can help their preschoolers develop STEM skills by working these simple techniques into everyday activities.
Australia still lags behind comparable OECD countries in the participation of younger children – particularly three year olds.
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For decades, parents have fretted over ‘screen time,’ limiting the hours their children spend looking at a screen. But as times change, so does media… and how parents should (or shouldn’t) regulate it.
Children around the world are susceptible to stereotypes.
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For young children, how we speak is often more important than what we say. Even ‘positive’ generalizations can lead children to adopt negative stereotypes.
Tony Abbott’s additional target focusing on school attendance rates has not improved at all since 2014.
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The report focus on the government’s own policies fails to acknowledge genuine differences of opinion on key issues such as constitutional recognition and income management.
What does it take for kids to be ready for school?
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Children who aren’t ready for school tend to lag behind their peers in later grades. Parents and teachers can help.
Children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores than those who attend no preschool or only one year.
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Two years of high-quality preschool is one of the most effective strategies we have to change the trajectories of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Four-year-old Stacey Musimbi sits inside a specialised early childhood deaf unit programme in Nairobi.
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Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo, African Population and Health Research Center and Njora Hungi, African Population and Health Research Center
Early childhood education services have proliferated in the public and private sectors. But many children who attend these preschool centres do not receive quality services.
Attending two years of preschool improves children’s readiness for school.
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Government funding of childcare is seen as something that helps get mums back into work, instead of setting children up for learning before they start school.
Young children are writing even before they are reading.
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