I chose to explore the website for the early childhood Australia, and was greatly rewarded with a plethora of wonderful information. The current international research in Australia covers many of the same topics that we cover here in the United States, such as the importance of play in early childhood, relationships in early childhood, mathematics, transitions ( attachment, consistency, availability), partnerships, and much, much more.
They also publish a magazine called Every Child which is much like NAEYC's Young Child magazine. I skimmed over a couple of the articles and decided I would subscribe to their newsletters.
I also found a link to supporting best practice and read a couple of the articles and found that information to be really great. Australia's Child Care Assistance program is so much better than what is offered here in he United States. This information can be found by clicking on the mychildgov.au link at the bottom of the page.
This web page is a fantastic resource that I will be visiting often for ideas. they have an "Everyday Learning" series I would love to subscribe to, however it's not in my budget at the time.
If you have not visited this website, you should it has tons of information!
http://www.earlychildhood.australia.org.au.
4 comments:
Hi Crystals,
Thanks for sharing. Indeed http://www.earlychildhood.australia.org.au. offers much information on early childhood research. However I selected http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/major_reports.php. This site presented much information on research based on the challenges that African countries are facing with the care and development of children. There are also studies on how to involve parents in the processes.
Hi Crystal,
Thank you for sharing your experience with the website. Isn't it amazing that all around the world we see the same goals about early childhood education?
I enjoyed reading your blog.
Maria
Crystal,
I too explored this webiste. I did not see the link for best practices. Looks like I need to explore it a little more! I enjoyed seeing that Australia's mission is very cloes to the United States.
Hi Crystal
I enjoyed reading your post. Very good information. Thanks for sharing.
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