Early years pedagogy

Here’s a creative activity that firmly puts process before product. Children explore loose parts and recyclables with only their curiosity and freedom to change their minds and no fixed outcome expected. 

Play-based learning is an essential aspect of early childhood development and a core way to engage children in a satisfying and stimulating environment. But another valuable way to continue to promote this necessity for play-based learning is to seek out even more opportunities to learn about the power of play!

In this learning workout, we’re going to share some ways to implement reflective practice into the everyday, making it a seamless part of daily routine, making it a greater possibility to establish as a valued aspect of practice. 

To create an environment that encourages this stimulation and engagement, we need to ensure that the provocations of our learning opportunities promote curiosity and active enquiry.  

The use of food in playtime has sparked debate around how we use food items and the message we are sending to the children and families in our services.

The 1001 Days Movement is a campaign that works to increase the recognition of just how important the infant years are to our continued development and learning through life.

The world of children’s toys is a labyrinth of early learning resources. Our first best friends in the form of stuffed animals with kind eyes, our first cars with bright wheels and illuminated faces, our first sense of independence as we open shopfronts and cook up concoctions in our very own restaurants.  Let's have a look at how the construction of these toys impacts our play and the decisions we may in the toy market affect the environment.

Let’s explore the power of play and how it gives us the foundations to grow.