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Reflecting Together or Reflecting Alone?
Reflective practice. Those are two words that can strike fear in the hearts of many educators, but they don't need to be so scary. Reflecting ... -
Lessons in Perserverance
Perserverance helps us get better. It gives us the opportunity to learn something new, to gain skills, to grow strength, to become something or achieve something that we might never have thought we could. -
Why are we watching chickens hatch in plastic boxes?
This is a post from several years ago that we've just found in the archives! This week, I have seen several posts on social media from services ... -
AI For Documentation: concerns, questions and confusion
When it comes to documenting children's learning - is AI moving our profession forward, or creating new risks? -
4 Steps to Embracing Risky Play
Embracing risky play can be challenging for many of us. We might logically understand the importance of children having opportunities to engage in risky play, and yet we might still be apprehensive - concerned about safety, worried about incidents. -
10 Essentials for Toddler Environments - Outdoor Edition
Here it is - the next post in our series of essentials for the environment. This time we are talking about toddlers and outdoor environments. -
How can we involve children in our QIP Process?
Our QIPs should be living, breathing, meaningful documents. This means that they aren't always pretty - but they are a collection of voices and insights and ideas and reflections that document our goals and direction and achievements and growth. Of course children should be a part of that! -
Does wearing a uniform equate to being a professional?
When I was a new educator, over twenty years ago, I was given my first uniform shirt. It was pale blue and button-up, with a logo on one side of... -
How to respond to an "irate" parent.
There was fire in her eyes and I swear smoke was coming out of her ears. She threw the child's wet clothes on my desk and demanded to know why they had been playing in the mud before pickup. Was I caught off guard? Yep. Did I have that sick, uneasy feeling in my stomach? Yep -
It's raining, it's pouring... but we're going outside anyway!
"I hate rainy days when we get stuck inside and the children go wild."
I have lost count of the number of times over my two decades in early childhood, that I have heard some version of this sentiment. For the first couple of years, I said it myself - many times.
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10 Essential Elements for Toddler Environments - Indoor Edition
Okay, it's been a little while since we started this series of blog posts... but we are back! And this time, it's indoor environments for toddlers. -
How to Work in the Same Service as Your Child
Supporting families should be one of our key aims in early childhood, and that includes the families that exist within our staff. It won't always be easy or smooth, but with clear policies, boundaries and expectations, we can typically ensure that educator parents, children and the educators that care for them, are settled and supported.
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