The Loose Parts Challenge
Looking to boost curiosity and creativity in your classroom? Or maybe its collaborative problem solving, sustainability or resilience you’re prioritising for the children? Whatever your focus, it may ...
Acts of Kindness in Early Childhood education
Child-led learning
Cognitive development in children
Collaborative problem-solving
Creative classroom activities
Elinor Goldschmied heuristic play
Loose parts play
Open-ended materials
Sensory exploration
Sustainability in education
child's play
children's play
early childhood
early childhood education
educator resources
heuristic play
loose parts
schematic play
The word ‘play’ must be seen to be equal among agendas
"I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Marc and his work for many years now. Every time I hear him speak about the theory behind playwork, I get so pumped about this movement. When I read this article, the...
Children's play history
Cognitive restructuring
Early childhood educators
Emotional resilience
Evolutionary biology of play
Importance of play
Mental well-being strategies
Mindfulness practices
Personal growth methods
Play advocacy
Play and learning
Play terminology
Play therapists
Playful pedagogy
Playwork theory
Positive self-talk
Self-awareness techniques
Stress management for educators
Unhelpful thinking styles
Being professional in Early Childhood Education
Being a member of a few Early Childhood Educator Facebook groups, I often see there is a lot of disagreement among these groups (and throughout the sector) about what being a professional in Early Chi...
Child development understanding
Early Years Learning Framework
Early childhood professionalism
Educator ethics
Ethical leadership in education
National Quality Framework
Play-based learning benefits
Professional development for educators
Professional identity in education
Reflective practice in teaching
The day we met Jet Pack Man; A story about fun cup filling
Schematic Play
Written by Louise Porter, PhD, Child psychologist Compiled by Phoenix Support for Educators Pty Ltd © 2021 TYPES OF PLAY There are many types of play: 1 ※ Schematic play: in which children have a stro...
Cathy Nutbrown
Child exploration activities
Child play patterns
Chris Athey
Cognitive development in children
Early childhood development
Learning through play
Play-based learning
Rotation schema
Schematic play
Trajectory schema
Types of schematic play
childcare
children's play
educator
infants
parenting
plaget
schema
schema in young children
schematic play
teacher
toddlers
Behaviour Guidance from my point of view
It's time to ditch 'behaviour management plans'
An excerpt from ‘The Phoenix Cups Framework: An Educator’s Toolkit for Behaviour Dear Educators, Can we talk about ‘behaviour management plans’? Or preferably, can we stop talking about them? Actually...
Behavioural expectations
Behavioural guidance
Behavioural learning
Child behavior management
Children's behaviour
Classroom management strategies
Educator strategies
Effective teaching methods
Interaction ratio
Positive interactions
Positive reinforcement systems
behaviour management
child education
early childhood education
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