It could be argued that keeping up with planning and documentation in an OSHC setting is one of the most challenging tasks an educator will ever encounter. The OSHC setting has a unique set of [...]
One of the most rewarding parts of my role as education specialist at EarlyWorks, is hearing the unique stories from the EarlyWorks community of services. Every service has its own set of [...]
One of the big challenges for educators can be keeping track of all of the outcomes and milestones that have been both planned for and observed for every child in a service. We might be planning [...]
A key difference between the long day care context and the school context is attendance. Where schools generally have the same children attending the same class every day, educators in long day [...]
As educators, we are expected to ‘respond to children’s ideas and play’ (1.2.2). We might interpret this as thinking and planning on our feet. Often we do, however, we are also required to take [...]
Every now and then I manage to escape the EarlyWorks office and visit some of our incredible services. Today I had the pleasure of visiting Proudly Productive in Booragoon, Western Australia. [...]
As early childhood educators, we know the importance of developing and maintaining supportive relationships with families through ongoing communication. This importance is highlighted in Quality [...]
In their book ‘Programming and Planning in Early Childhood Settings’, Leonie Arthur, Bronwyn Beecher, Elizabeth Death, Sue Dockett and Sue Farmer, talk about the importance of documenting the [...]
Sometimes as educators, we can become so intent on evidencing the planning cycle for every child in our care, that it all becomes a bit overwhelming. We might feel like every experience needs to [...]
