- This video shares messy play ideas for 12-18 months old children.
- On YouTube, on Netflix’s official channel, you can watch several episodes of the movie ‘Babies’ that simultaneously follows four babies around the world, for example:
- Read about the developmental milestones for your child’s age group on ACECQA’s Starting Blocks website or in this booklet published by ACECQA. (The booklet can also be accessed here.)
- Here you can access the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF).
- ACECQA subscriptions are free and will provide you with up-to-date information via their newsletters, and access to extensive sector information and changes.
- The NQF eLearning modules has been developed by ACECQA for new educators who have entered the children's education and care sector. These modules can also be used by current educators to support their understanding of their role within the children's education and care sector. The program consists of a series of four eLearning modules which each cover a different aspect of the NQF.
- The NQF Online Snapshot provides an overview of the Australian children’s education and care sector, including the progress and results of quality assessment and rating against the NQS.
- The Belonging, Being & Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (EYLF) was created for children between 0–5.
- My time, Our place: the framework for school-aged care (MTOP) aims to support children's transition to school. For a list of all approved learning versions, including original and new versions, click here.
- You can read more about the EYLF and MTOP elements in ACECQA’s information sheets.
- The ECA: Code of Ethics is an aspirational framework for reflection about the ethical responsibilities of childhood professionals who work with, or on behalf, of children and their families.
- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child an international agreement on childhood, consisting of 54 articles. Articles 43-54 are about how adults and governments should work together to make sure that all children get all their rights.
- You can read about the benefits of risky play on Care For Kids website. The article will also give some ideas of how risky play can incorporated in a service’s routine.
- Log in to the Educator Hub on Little.ly’s website to access policy and procedure documents, sample observations and a variety of templates. (User name: SOE, password: earlychildhood)
- Here are some great resources from the NSW Department of Education regarding high-quality early childhood practice.
- Podcast topics include:
- Updated Early Years Learning Framework
- STEM in the early years
- Numeracy in the early years
- Creative arts in the early years
- Effective assessment in early childhood
- Children as researchers
- High potential and gifted education in the early years
- Quality preschool practice professional learning
- Literacy in the early years
- Transition
- Learning from home
- The Early Years Learning Framework
- Animations to explain age-appropriate play-based learning
- Podcast topics include:
- The ECA Statement of Play highlights the crucial role and expertise of early childhood educators and teachers in supporting young children’s play and promoting awareness of its impacts for the whole child.
- Early Childhood Australia's Statement on young children and digital technologies was developed in response to an identified need for guidance for early childhood professionals on the role and optimal use of digital technologies with, by and for young children in early childhood education and care settings.
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