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Our facilitators and associates love to write about what they are passionate about! Please browse through our articles – to find a topic you are interested in, select from the category options above the images below.
Exploring Literacy and Numeracy Possibilities. How wide and how deep can we go? Author: Jo Colbert
Leadership that focuses on language, culture and identity strengthens childrenʼs view of themselves as powerful life long learners. This article will explore ways to enable childrenʼs literacy and numeracy interests...
Transitions: Shifting from what we comfortably know to new possibilities. Author: Melissa Osmond
When it comes to transitions every community will have established a routine of practice and, unfortunately, as adults we lose sight of how fundamental these moments are in a young...
Growing Leaders from Infancy Up. Author: Lorraine Sands
Do ideas tend to play around in your mind, often for long periods and then slowly get some traction? In all probability it happens as ideas filter through the experience...
Slowing down to catch up with infants and toddlers: A reflection on aspects of a questioning culture of practice. Authors: Lorraine Sands and Jo Weston
Adults who are engaged with infants and toddlers all have stories to tell; their ‘windows of wonder’ open for our very youngest children’s learning endeavours. These are the magic moments...
Seeing through the looking glass, past developmental milestones and into the view of infants & toddlers as life long learners. Author: Kathryn Delany
Two lovely things have happened in our family. Hawaiki has started Kindergarten and Pipiana is asserting herself and imposing her wishes and desire for independence onto her family in the most effective toddler way. I think Hawaiki has been learning...
And who will be my child’s special teacher? Authors: Greerton Early Learning Centre Teaching Team
For a long time now the teachers at Greerton Early Childhood Centre have asked the question: “What does it mean for a child and their wha-nau/family to walk through the doors of our early childhood centre for the first time,...