Sunday, September 4, 2011

Raising Children Network

Raising Children Network is a great site with advice and online support for families from new borns to teenagers. It also has a link for children with special needs.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Play based Learning

Sherry Hutton and Donna Burns are preschool teachers who write a blog about play based learning. Read about them and their 'irresistible ideas for play based learning'.

What does Belonging Look Like, Feel Like, Sound Like?


This application of the ‘Belonging’ Y Chart was developed by Northern Rivers Family Day Care 

Think about this concept, discuss it with your students and their families. Feel free to share their input/comments in the comment box below. 

Are you able to come up with a chart relating to Being or Becomming?  Chat to Heather if you would like it uploaded.

Forum - keep in touch with what others are saying and doing

Early Childhood Australia Forum
You may need to register to be an active member of the forum. Registration is easy and free, click this link to access the site for more details.

Community Child Care Association

Resource & Development Unit

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Community Child Care Co-operative

click the link below to hear more about the National Quality Framework.

Audio Files

The CCCC have an extremely informative site, with lots of useful documents & resources. Please take the time to explore their site

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Daily Diary

This is great and easy to use, click the link to access their site.

21 century learning = dynamic and exciting. I think The Daily Diary provides this.

Having run a pilot with 3 classes, I found it easy to implement as well and easy for the staff to pick up and use. Instead of staff spending time trying to manipulate documents, they could use the time to create exciting, meaningful diaries that parents (and students) could enjoy.
Parents are able to view the diaries anytime, anywhere and can look back at past entries. 

A bonus of The Daily Diary, is the message board, which allows messages to be broadcast to a class, a centre, or an individual parent.

Finally, Julie and her team are absolutely fantastic, they have given us excellent support and are always happy to listen to requests or ideas.