The Wiggles band family has officially grown to eight. In the biggest cast shake-up to date, the beloved children's band has grown by four, in a move to represent diversity and gender equality. “The Wiggles were created during a time when early childhood educational concepts were the...
It’s more infectious, probably causes more severe disease, and challenges our vaccines, writes Michael Toole While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in fact driving waves of COVID infections all around the world. With the World...
Alicia Geddes longs to spend her first year of motherhood at home with her son. Unlike some of my more career-focused friends, I dreamt about being home with my baby full-time, at least for the first few years. I looked forward to my new roles as...
If you are one of the millions of Australians in lockdown, you are not alone in feeling a range of emotions difficult to put into words. Writes Neeraja Sanmuhanathan. Lockdown days are blurry, with time lost within our own four walls. These walls are far more...
Babies and children learn about their world through play, language and using their imagination, writes Bernadette Franzoni Picture books Your child will love the intimacy of the two of you sitting together reading a book aloud to them. They will also love that one on one precious...
Phoebe Roth asked 5 experts Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) recently announced provisional approval for the Pfizer vaccine to be used in 12-15-year-olds. We learned on Monday that the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has advised that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 12-15,...
After 18 months of a global pandemic, social isolation and on-and-off remote learning, children too are feeling the additional stress and uncertainty of these times, writes Jessie D. Guest. Children need play to decompress and communicate in ways that are meaningful to them. Play is how...
Millions of Australians are currently living under lockdowns in an effort to curb the rapid spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Writes Michelle H Lim. While lockdowns and other social distancing restrictions are important strategies to protect Australians’ physical health during the pandemic, it’s...
Researchers say they have the evidence for what works in schools, but that doesn’t mean everyone uses it By June 2020, the COVID-19 crisis had forced schools to close in 188 countries, disrupting the learning of more than 1.7 billion children. The OECD estimated the impact...
Studies show the way we remember, and process information is greatly affected when we are in isolation, but variations on our daily activity and exercise will help. Scientists have found the ‘Groundhog Day’ effect of lockdown affects our memory and cognitive ability. While there’s a lack of...
