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Phoenix Support For Educators, Sandi Phoenix

Let there be light!

DOWNLOAD PDF HERE: Sleep. What an intense conversation topic particularly amongst new parents, whose group gatherings often sound like this: “Who sleeps through the night? When do you transition from ...

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14 Nov 2021 Blog

Victoria Smeulders

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...

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30 Oct 2021 Blog

Phoenix Support For Educators, Sandi Phoenix

The day we met Jet Pack Man; A story about fun cup filling

Transitions were not Jaxon’s favourite thing. In fact, he would resist every one of them. Time to go inside? Nope. Time to wash our hands? I don’t think so. Group time? Not happening. Jaxon taught his...

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29 Oct 2021 Blog

Small Poppies International, Dr Louise Porter

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...

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29 Oct 2021 Blog

Phoenix Support For Educators, Sandi Phoenix

Behaviour Guidance from my point of view

The Short Story My approach to guiding children’s behaviour comes from understanding behaviour as communication to meet human needs. I believe that once educators have a deeper understanding of this, ...

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29 Oct 2021 Blog

Phoenix Support For Educators, Sandi Phoenix

Angry about 'under the roof ratio'? You're doing it wrong

If you cringe when the words 'Under the roof' are uttered, then chances are you’re doing it wrong. The Australian National Quality Framework (NQF) brought with it ratios intended to improve outcomes f...

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31 Aug 2021

Phoenix Support For Educators, Sandi Phoenix

Connection Plan

The Connection Plan - A behaviour reward chart that will actually work! Sandi Phoenix - Children's behaviour specialist Children don’t ‘misbehave’ to get our attention, manipulate us, or annoy us. The...

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2 Aug 2021

Phoenix Support For Educators, Sandi Phoenix

Need a behaviour chart?

The power of positive interactions in supporting children's behavioural learning By Sandi Phoenix B.Psych.Sc Sticker charts, rewards, and positive reinforcement systems are commonly used to ‘shape’ ch...

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1 Aug 2021 Blog

Phoenix Support For Educators, Sandi Phoenix

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...

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31 Jul 2021 Blog

Phoenix Support For Educators

Educators - Know your Stuff

Four things that Educators who know how to exceed do that Educators working towards the National Quality Standard don’t. I have noticed something interesting… the difference in the practice of service...

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31 Jul 2021 Blog

Phoenix Support For Educators, Sandi Phoenix

The Advocate for Childhood

Let’s discuss ‘that child’ found in many education and care settings. However, let’s not label him ‘that child’, and respectfully use his real name, Jacob. Jacob is spirited, energetic and a non-confo...

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30 Jun 2021 Blog

Hannah Powell

Taking the ego out of teaching

DOWNLOAD PDF PRINTABLE HERE >>> As we continue to evolve in our understandings of early childhood research and theory, in particular in the area of neuroscience, we are moving in directions that are i...

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24 Jun 2021 Blog

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