Educator's Notebook: The Early Years Edition

I’ve seen a blog article written about writing observations in early childhood education and care settings written as a guide. I’m an early childho...

Mary Ainsworth and her Significant Contributions to Early Childhood Education In the realm of early childhood education, certain individuals stand...

Friedrich Fröbel: A Pioneer in Early Childhood Education: An Introduction to Fröbel's theory and his significant contributions to early childhood e...

Linking Urie Brofenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory with the Early Years Learning Framework.   In the ever-evolving landscape of early childhoo...

The f-word that leaves a dirty taste in my mouth: follow-up. Who came up with this concept anyway? And why has it become such a perceived requirement of the planning cycle? It’s our role to support children’s learning and development, but that support doesn't necessarily need to be in the form of a planned activity or experience, follow-up or otherwise. This is what many educators do, or are told they have to do! 

When I sat down to write about early childhood theorists and theories, I didn't anticipate a list of over 80 names, pedagogies and influential people ... Some people I have never heard of, which of course led me to research them more. And what should I do with all this deep dive rabbit hole research? Write about it of course! So here's a list of almost 100 theorists and thought leaders in education.

EYLF V2.0 Learning Outcome 1 - Children Have A Strong Sense Of Identity Belonging, being and becoming are integral parts of identity A healthy iden...

The Principles of early childhood pedagogy underpin practice. Educators draw on a rich repertoire of pedagogical practices to inform curriculum for children’s learning, development and wellbeing ...

The planning cycle and the new EYLF 2.0 describes the process educators follow in planning, documenting, responding to and supporting children’s le...

The Principles of The EYLF 2.0, were updated in 2022. The following 8 Principles reflect contemporary theories, perspectives and research evidence ...

This is the beginning of a series of blogs introducing the EYLF, the changes made and some of the additional supports you may like to access to support your engagement with the new frameworks. 

The 5 Learning Outcomes are designed to capture the integrated and complex learning and development of all children across the birth to 5 age range. The Learning Outcomes are:

1. Children have a strong sense of identity
2. Children are connected with and contribute to their world
3. Children have a strong sense of wellbeing
4. Children are confident and involved learners
5. Children are effective communicators.