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Did you miss it? Top five from 2018

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 […]

The problem with mud kitchens is…

Bec Lloyd October 31, 2018 Child development / Early Years Learning Framework / Ethics / National Quality Framework / Outdoor Play / Parenting / Provocation / reflection / Stories 7 Comments

Nobody else but the rosebush knows How nice mud feels Between the toes. From the short poem Mud, by Polly Chase Boyden Mud, mud, glorious mud, goes the old music hall song*, and mud play in mud kitchens has become a standard feature of many early childhood services. ACECQA’s document for the Early Years Learning […]

Be alert not alarmed about early childhood screentime, says Flinders Uni professor 

Bec Lloyd October 22, 2018 Child development / News / Professional learning / Research / Stories None

Be alert not alarmed Fear of digital devices including iPads for young children is an ‘archetypal moral panic’, according to Professor Nicola Yelland, currently at Flinders University in South Australia and heading for the role of Professor of Early Childhood Studies at the University of Melbourne in 2019. Amplify editor Bec Lloyd interviewed Prof Yelland […]

The Tribe

CELA Official Admin October 2, 2018 Advocacy / CELA topics / Professional learning / reflection / Stories / Wellbeing One

Early Childhood Australia’s biennial* conference was held in Sydney this year and Community Early Learning Australia, a long-time supporter of ECA, attended as an exhibitor. The experience of immersion among 2000 educators left CELA CEO Michele Carnegie pondering the nature of the early childhood and OSHC sector in Australia, and led to this reflection and […]

Hands on environmental education in bushcare

CELA Writers September 3, 2018 Child development / Gardening / outdoor education / reflection / Stories None

Outdoor education is a priority for many early learning services. The rich experiences can make remarkable differences in the way children learn even after they are back under a ceiling. This week we hear from a service that asked the children how to embed sustainability education into its program. CELA writer Margaret Paton spoke to […]

A new Education Minister, Dan Tehan

Bec Lloyd August 27, 2018 Advocacy / Around Australia / CCMS / CELA topics / Education / Fact Files / National Quality Framework / News / Politics / preschool / Stories One

What do we know about Dan Tehan MP? Amplify Editor Bec Lloyd put together this post as an overview of the man who will be sworn in as Education Minister for Australia this week, putting him in charge of billions of dollars worth of funding for early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary education. Australia’s newest […]

No way will a snow day stop the play

CELA Writers August 13, 2018 Child development / Education / Inclusion / outdoor education / Outdoor Play / Parenting / Professional learning / Provocation / Recreation / Resources / Stories / Wellbeing One

‘Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær!’ (Norwegian saying: There is no bad weather only bad clothes) Baby, it’s cold outside, so we’re playing indoors until spring is sprung, right? Why would you risk colds and flus, grizzly children, wet clothing, and perhaps anxious educators and unhappy parents? We might love those images […]

That special something – a reflection

Darren Brisbane Guest writer / Inclusion / Leadership / OSHC / Professional learning / reflection / STEM / Stories None

Darren Brisbane, program manager at Sherpa Kids St Pauls, returns to share a story that began as an article about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) in OSHC for Science Week this week, but it became something more – something quite special. This is a reflection on the way one staff member’s passions can change a […]

The importance of playing up

Darren Brisbane July 30, 2018 Child development / Education / Guest writer / OSHC / Outdoor Play / Professional learning / Research / Stories None

Darren Brisbane returns to Amplify with another practical, thoughtful post addressing a major pain-point in outside school hours care (OSHC): how do you keep senior students occupied? With a leap in his service’s senior student numbers this year, Darren’s team had to get creative. 2018 has been an interesting year for Sherpa Kids St Paul’s. […]

Who liked you today? Social media for educators

Rebecca Thompson July 16, 2018 Advocacy / Around Australia / Fact Files / Guest writer / Professional learning / Provocation / Resources / Stories None

Provocative posts by Rebecca Thompson regularly make it onto Amplify Top Ten lists. An inclusion support professional, Rebecca has a wealth of experience in the sector and an active presence on social media both personally and with her business, Stone and Sprocket. Today she shares something a little different to her previous posts, with a reflection […]

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