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Anzac Day in the early years

While Easter occupies many early childhood educators’ thoughts and programs at present, this year Anzac* Day is less than a week after Good Friday. Will your service be commemorating both events? Neither? One but not the other? Let us know in the comments or on CELA’s social media accounts. In the meantime we’ve put together […]

Prepare for World Poetry Day

Bec Lloyd March 11, 2019 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders / Child development / Creative arts / Early Years Learning Framework / Professional learning / Resources 2 Comments

Early childhood and early primary years educators are quite possibly the most active poetry readers in Australia. Don’t laugh: it’s true! Regardless of whether you have sonnets by your bedside, or you don’t know your iambic from your pentameter, chances are that you read aloud from a book of poetry nearly every day at work. Poetry […]

Get ready for Harmony Week 2019

Bec Lloyd March 6, 2019 celebrations / Child development / Creative arts / Early Years Learning Framework / Education / News / preschool / Resource review / Resources None

17-23 March 2019 Almost 50% of all Australians were either born overseas or have a parent who was born overseas, a fact that the organisers of Harmony Week 2019 are keen to share this year. That’s right: Harmony Week. This year is the first time organisers (currently the Australian Department of Home Affairs) have extended […]

Check out ECA’s top resource shares from Early Learning, Everyone Benefits

CELA February 25, 2019 Advocacy / CELA topics / Early Years Learning Framework / Education / Fact Files / My Time Our Place / National Quality Framework / Parenting / Professional learning / Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) / Resource review / Resources / Simple Guide None

“Thank you for opening up a productive discussion in Amplify about how early childhood educators can use a range of resources to talk to colleagues and parents about the importance of the first five years.” We loved receiving this message from Carolin Wenzel and the team at Early Childhood Australia after we invited contributions of […]

Following James the Adventurer

Su Garrett and Lauren Kenny January 21, 2019 Child development / Early Years Learning Framework / Education / Northern Territory / NSW / outdoor education / preschool / Professional learning 3 Comments

The source of some of Amplify’s most popular articles on excursions, Su Garret of Explore and Develop Annandale, returns with a story about taking the children on bird watching excursions from their inner Sydney service all the way to Central Australia, without even needing a permission slip! Read Su’s story now to find out how […]

Does ‘safe’ bush kinder lose meaning?

Mandy Cooke January 14, 2019 CELA topics / Child development / Early Years Learning Framework / Guest writer / outdoor education / Outdoor Play / Professional learning / Provocation / reflection / Victoria 4 Comments

Amplify has often explored ways of thinking about outdoor education, with stories like this one on excursions, this one on nature and anxiety, and this one on children’s attitudes, among our most-read. We’ve also carried many reflections and provocations that point out the elephant in the room: trendy approaches that could do with deeper consideration, […]

Did you miss it? Top five from 2018

Bec Lloyd January 7, 2019 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders / Advocacy / Assessments and Ratings / CELA topics / Child development / Creative arts / Early Years Learning Framework / Guest writer / Inclusion / National Quality Framework / Outdoor Play / Professional learning / Provocation / Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) / Reconciliation / reflection / Research / Stories / Wellbeing None

Welcome back to Amplify in 2019. We’re starting the year in traditional style, looking forward and back. Looking ahead, there’s a story tapping into the New Year resolutions many of you are making to improve your own and the children’s physical activity and guess what? Research is saying that improving educator and parent activity is […]

Family and educator resources for early childhood trauma

Bec Lloyd November 19, 2018 Child development / Early Years Learning Framework / Inclusion / Parenting / Professional learning / Resources One

Last week’s article from Sarah Riddell explored what it means to support a child with trauma and suggested actions including building your knowledge of referrals for families to help their children. If you have these contact numbers accessible all of the time, and ideally the name of someone within that support service, you can more […]

What does it mean to support a child who’s experienced trauma?

Sarah Riddell November 12, 2018 Child development / Early Years Learning Framework / Ethics / Fact Files / Guest writer / National Quality Framework / Professional learning / Reconciliation / reflection / Wellbeing One

Sarah Riddell returns to Amplify this week to share her understanding of the causes, signs and support actions for children who have experienced some form of trauma. As Sarah says, the first thing to accept is that this is a complex area, but her guide and suggestions will simplify your professional role and this article […]

Preschool graduation days, part two

Danielle Bopping Advocacy / Child development / Early Years Learning Framework / Ethics / Guest writer / National Quality Framework / Parenting / preschool / Professional learning / Provocation / reflection One

Preschool Graduation Last week, Danielle Bopping shared part one of this two-part reflection + advice article about the practice of early learning graduation ceremonies. In the first part, Danielle set the context for graduations through the ages and the dressing up – for adults and children – that accompanies them. That article looked at the […]

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