A place for parents and educators to celebrate play in the lives and learning of infants and toddlers. Let the Babies Play is an offshoot of the Facebook page Let the Children Play. Why? Because babies deserve their own page! Let's respect infants and toddlers as the phenomenal learners, scientists, communicators, relationship builders, intrepid explorers of the world and uniquely individual human beings that we now know them to be.
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Commonly known as Australia’s ‘queen of common-sense’, Maggie Dent is an author, educator, and parenting and resilience specialist with a particular interest in the early years and adolescence.
Maggie’s experience includes teaching, counselling, and working in palliative care/funeral services and suicide prevention. Maggie is an advocate for the healthy, common-sense raising of children in order to strengthen families and communities. She is a passionate, positive voice for children of all ages. Now an in-demand writer and speaker, Maggie is a regular contributor to Fairfax's Essential Kids website and Teachers Matter magazine. She has also appeared on commercial and ABC radio around the country and on TV programs such as The Daily Edition, Sunrise, Today and news. Maggie is the author of nine books, and a prolific creator of resources for parents, adolescents, teachers and early childhood educators. She is the proud mother of four wonderful sons, and an enthusiastic and grateful grandmother. If we are serious about providing our youngest children with the best future, then we really should stop 'faffing' about. Let's start doing it so right we can not be ignored. Children are the future of this world, they are not OUR future, we will leave them to it when we 'pass', as we all will. If we want to leave a society that is compassionate, respectful, honest, trusting and not greedy. Free to choose their own direction without harming others. Then we must get on with it - and ensure our youngest are given the opportunity to develop those traits. Can we do that - with the right determination, OF COURSE WE CAN. We need to join together those who are committed to doing it, avoid embracing the trendy and settle down to focussing on encouraging and developing staff teams to recognise their importance in the role of learning enablers, motivators, encouragers and NOT teachers. Open ended resources are the essential ingredients that give children those opportunities. Descriptive and not prescriptive opportunities are essential. Risk and challenge without adult inhibition. If we concentrate on this rather than converting this to curricula, programmes, packages, exams, monitoring and avoid having to have tags that become products (or platforms to products) training courses or conferences we stand a chance. So I am beginning to think that a loose affiliation of places and people that are doing this would be a good idea. Fancy joining in - EMAIL me at [email protected] who knows (and don't make geography an excuse) www.internationalplayiceland.com/blog/great-nurseries-do-not-teach-anything-they-encourage-enable-learning
Who are we and what do we do? BEST Programs 4 Kids are a team of dedicated, passionate and highly skilled professionals in mental health, well-being and the art of flourishing. We specialise in developing effective social and emotional well-being resources for kids, parents, educators and mental health professional that are fun and speak the language of kids . And because every kid needs an adult who will help them to learn these skills, we also train parents, teachers and health professionals in how to get the BEST outcomes. We are represented internationally and when our programs are applied at the class and whole of school level, positive change abounds! We provide:
Philosophy Our Service’s statement of philosophy will guide our interactions with children as follows: Our philosophy is based on the National Quality Standard for Early Childhood Education and Care and School Aged Care with emphasis on the Rights of the Child. Collective Family Day Care is committed to providing a service that meets the needs of the community by providing Flexible Quality Education and Care for children in a home based environment. Collective Family Day Care’s philosophy is a belief that children learn and grow through play and that we the facilitators are providing the opportunity along with families. We believe that children have a right to choice, freedom of belief and are capable and confident learners and that CFDC can support each child through encouragement and understanding individuality. We believe in working in partnership with parents and families and recognise that they are the child’s main nurturer and teacher and have the right to be involved in making decisions affecting their child. We embrace a holistic approach to care and education and focus on children’s physical, personal, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing as well as cognitive aspects of learning and recognise that children learn through their interactions, relationships and experiences with others. We are inclusive and welcome the richness cultural diversity brings to our service. We recognise that with it come amazing opportunities for children to learn about the world around them. We welcome and support children from all family circumstances, cultural and religious backgrounds and levels of ability. We value and respect Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures as part of our history. We believe the environment is the third teacher. Providing a safe, secure, supportive, and a thoughtfully set out environment allows children to extend their own learning and take their play in the direction of their own choice which can only lead to better outcomes. We believe in the importance of being part of a community where respectful relations between children, families and educators are modeled daily and that it will provide children with an environment where they will feel safe, secure and supported and have a feeling of self-worth; and that it is a model of respect they can take with them into the future. At Collective Family Day Care we believe it takes a village to raise a child, and our family daycare service is a big part of that village for the children and families. Collective Family Day Care is committed to providing a service that meets the needs of the community by providing Flexible Quality Education and Care. Sharing simple, sustainable environments to keep the passion alive for both children and educators.
STORY The idea of this page is solely to share my ideas on environments, provocations and resources that work here at Puzzles Family Day Care. My environment works for us because it is designed for us by us. Your environment will work for you the way you design it because only you know the children and families in your service. Gather your ideas from as many places as you can to work with your philosophy. If you get just one idea from what I share then I am humbled.
North Shore Mums is a local parenting website that provides answers, inspiration and ideas about how to raise, entertain and enjoy your children on the North Shore. Since launching in May 2012, North Shore Mums has established itself as the premier online destination for local mums and families. The Facebook group, with over 25,000 members, is a vibrant and positive place where women can ask questions, seek advice, find recommendations and share challenges, wherever they are on their parenting journey. The website features articles by written by local mums, an up-to-the-minute events guide, Directory brimming with fabulous local businesses, a Job Board, as well as exclusive offers and competitions. With over 100,000 visitors per month, it’s no surprise that North Shore Mums has become the first stop – and the last word – for mums across the North Shore. The moment you become a mum, there’s a never-ending list of questions – from what hospital to choose to have your baby, what local gyms offer a crèche, recommendations for a good family doctor to what playgrounds are located within a 2-minute walk of coffee and what's on this weekend! The NSM website aims to provide the answers to these never-ending questions, to make your parenting journey just that little bit easier and a whole lot more fun. DAVEY DESIGNS -individual pieces of mixed media art handmade by me, Leanne Davey "Leanne Davey is the owner, designer and maker at Davey Designs. She lovingly makes a large range of timber decor products, personalised signage and educational resources that support the EYLF. You can message Davey Designs at their Facebook page or email them at [email protected] for more details. A selection of EYL designs can be seen in the album on their Facebook page: I get a lot of enjoyment lovingly making each design for my customers. Each order is custom made and does depend on the stock that is available to me at the time. I accept personalised orders and will work around your basic design and colour scheme requests. Each piece is hand made at the time of order, so exact designs will vary from item to item - which also ensures you will have a unique "one-of-a-kind" piece of artwork. All materials used are archival quality and photo safe. Contact me with any design or price query you may have. Prices quoted on Facebook were current at the time of the post/photo and are subject to change. You can write to me via the Facebook Message icon or send an email to [email protected] Thank you and enjoy looking at my photos for inspiration in selecting personalised decor for your home or for a special gift to give someone. Erin Kenny
Erin K. Kenny is internationally recognized as a leader in the Forest Kindergarten movement and has been developing programs to connect children with nature for over two decades. Erin has a Bachelors degree in Environmental Education and a Graduate degree in Environmental Law. In 2001, Erin founded Camp Terra, an all outdoor free flow nature immersion program where she began to develop the Cedarsong Way, distinguished by its commitment to free flow child-led nature time, child-inspired emergent curriculum, and inquiry-based teaching. In 2006, Erin created Cedarsong Preschool and has spent the dozen years developing the program into a gold standard model, known now as Cedarsong Forest Kindergarten. The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does just about the opposite of what we are doing in the United States.”
Following his recommendation, I enrolled my seven-year-old son in a primary school in Joensuu. Finland, which is about as far east as you can go in the European Union before you hit the guard towers of the Russian border. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/this-is-why-finland-has-the-best-schools-20160324-gnqv9l.html#ixzz44yvV0IxQ http://erinkenny.com/?p=2223 www.smh.com.au/education/the-principals-association-on-how-nsw-schools-could-be-more-like-finlands-20160831-gr5qhh.html |
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