mop-childcare

Children who use centre-based child care and multiple care arrangements across their early years are better prepared for… Read more

mop-kids-ipad

If you haven’t done it yourself, you’ve probably seen it done – a parent handing over a tablet… Read more

kids-blocks

You may think your child is at kindergarten but chances are they think they’re working.

At least… Read more

kids-preschool

The recently released report by the Productivity Commission on Childcare and Early Childhood Learning is a "disappointment" according… Read more

kids-pre-school

The Early Learning Association has recommended to the Federal Government that it maintain 15… Read more

clarevalleychildrens-centre

The Clare Valley Children's Centre started-up 14 years to give local mums some options. 

One of the… Read more

learning-to-ride

Being a parent presents some problems. Irrespective of what you want, your children are going to take actions… Read more

girls-school-book

Researchers from the University of Adelaide say attempts to improve children's attentiveness in the early years could be… Read more

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milestones

Welcome to the rapidly evolving development of your child's brain! 

By 3 years of age, a child's… Read more

baby-reading

It may be tempting to put a book in your child’s hands even before… Read more

child-drawing

We love our kids’ first drawings. They draw before they write, so their drawings seem somehow miraculous in… Read more

childcare-gripes

As the Productivity Commission undertakes its Australian Childcare enquiry, a new national survey has been released revealing parents… Read more

abbott_and_obama

A study undertaken by Flinders Professor Mike Nicholls (a leftie himself) and colleagues from Monash University and the… Read more

hands

A friend who lives overseas sent me an email recently concerned that her 5-year-old’s teacher said the child's… Read more

mum_and_son

The latest report on standards of children’s education and care services shows that more than half of all… Read more

cute_little_boy

A new study has found that while parents often rely on early childhood educators and carers (ECECs) to… Read more

pre-school_boy

A national project that builds the resilience of young children in preschools and long day care and reduces… Read more

boy_-_child_care_-_music_group

Over the last decade there has been a quiet revolution to our understandings and structures of childcare in… Read more

prettybaby__large

A recently published Australian study… Read more