Communicating with children is hard, here’s some resources to help achieve conversation with your child.

Kids are expensive, between birth and adulthood, a parent is expected to spend the equivalent of $1,000,000 AUD on meeting a child’s needs. Thats a house in most places. Lets look at how to reduce that figure slightly.

Tech is not always the enemy of a child learning, in fact, it can become a good thing with appropriate boundaries put in place. Lets look at the advantages of allowing your child to use tech.

Childcare centres are the petrol stations of the 21st century, and much like petrol, the childcare sector is not a sustainable solution to our collective issues. Frankly, childcare is a result of a much larger social and economic problems in our society, if we fix these issues we mostly eliminate the need for childcare right?

Yes I know its a pain. Never the less its important for their development. Here’s some easy(ish) answers for a very messy problem.

If Finland’s education system is one of the best in the world, Why aren’t more countries following along. This one took a little more research into a completely foreign concept of trusting the professional. I think the world could learn a lesson or two.

We all need sleep, some of us more than others. Studies show that nap time is a surprisingly important part of early childhood development. So why do we abandon the idea the second it gets too hard.

Having a child is not always about doing everything for them. Sometimes as parents and educators we have to let go in a way that supports them. It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey of getting there.

I’ve said it before, ‘The ‘Kids’ that I talk of are really just little people without the life experience or the skills’ to adult. Yet their surprising good at working it out anyway. Wither it be parents fighting, moving house or just plain old observation, they will catch you out in the most unexpected ways. Lets have a look

Inclusion starts with education. If we aren’t including different cultures, races and abilities within our education system we are setting ourselves and our children up for failure.

if something isn’t fun, we don’t want do do it. We have a need to parent our children, so lets find a way to make parenting fun.

Centre philosophies are pointless unless their not only read but also understood. The issue, its a document that is mandated by law to make the centre look good to other centres and the authorities worded in a way that is often confusing and misleading for parents.

The development of a child both physically and socially can be correlated with several stages of play. Lets set some expectations for age appropriate peer to peer engagement though play and explain how this relates to your child’s development.

Equal treatment of children is fundamentally unfair. There comes a point where equal treatment of children becomes abusive, so why do educators priotise treating children equally?

No, really. I know but that choice as made by the childcare companies has put unnecessary pressure on the educators who deal with enough as is. Nor do any of these ‘fancy’ little perks justify the costs involved in sending your child to kindy.

Do far less than what is actually expected of them. Here’s the list of what we are paid to do vs what we are expected to do, you’ll be surprised how much work educators do in there personal time. would this be acceptable in your workplace?