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This story about how Darren Brisbane took a complete turnaround on templates for children’s art activities is another example of his candid style.

Annie O’Sullivan returns to Amplify with a wonderful (and wonder-full) contemplation on intentional teaching, play-based learning, mathematics, sciences, and puddles.

In today’s story, Annie celebrates her experience of embracing risky play by listening carefully to children and finding ways to say Yes, when sometimes No seems the easiest option.

In today’s story Beth Sebesfi reflects on the impact of seeing children through a lens of ‘cuteness’.

The Front Project has commissioned the first comprehensive Australian analysis of the economic impact of early childhood education.

There’s a new economic analysis of the benefits high quality early childhood education in Australia. 

Hands up who needs a deadline to get things done? Good news! You’ve now got a very real deadline to have input into the NQF Review 2019, and a very simple way to make that happen.

The recent NSW election saw the re-elected Liberal government committing $120 million to a set of promises to help Outside School Hours Care (OSHC, or more commonly ‘OOSH’ in NSW).

Linda looks at how her understanding of early childhood changed as she learned more about risky play and trusting her own instincts. 

In this post, we share elements of the substantial workforce analysis prepared by CELA’s Policy and Research Consultant Megan O’Connell for CELA’s Broadside bulletin. Amplify editor Bec Lloyd provided additional material on some current workforce policy positions.