The latest Closing the Gap data contains some good news – there is a marked increase in early childhood enrolments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
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Scholars who study disparities in early care and education answer five questions about Michigan’s Great Start Readiness Program.
In a bush kinder young children are regularly taken into the natural environment.
About 100 early childhood experts are meeting in Canberra today for a national summit on children who are five and under.
In a process called ‘reverse socialisation’, children can help their elders become more green - but eco education is key.
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.
Research shows napping helps young children learn, as well as enhancing their emotional well-being.
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.
Despite good progress in recent years, there is still more to do, including improving access to early childhood education for three-year-olds.
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.
For young children, how we speak is often more important than what we say. Even ‘positive’ generalizations can lead children to adopt negative stereotypes.
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.
Children who aren’t ready for school tend to lag behind their peers in later grades. Parents and teachers can help.
Two years of high-quality preschool is one of the most effective strategies we have to change the trajectories of children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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.
Ireland is the latest country to offer two years of preschool education to all children. Is it time Australia followed suit?
The value of music-inspired play in early childhood should never be underestimated.
Black kids get suspended in preschool for minor offenses. A 2016 report shows 45 percent of preschool boys were suspended, once or more.
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.
Don’t dismiss children’s early writing as scribbles. Children know more about writing, even before they learn to read.
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Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Burke and Elizabeth High Baker Professor of Child Developmental Psychology, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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