Carol Soleymanbik has been a childcare centre director for 17 years. She believes the very best childcare centres are those which go over and above the basics to truly nurture each child’s early development. Here she shares her top five tips to help you choose...
Since when did adulthood equate to no fun, asks Kerry Littrich. I remembered having the same thought as a child; that when I became a grown-up I would do whatever I want, whenever I wanted to do it and there would be no-one to boss me...
Katrina Germein wants her son to maintain a modicum of magic in his life. …it is the fairy questions that I continue to find the hardest, perhaps because I’ve never really grown out of fairies myself. Perhaps because I know how important fairies are to my...
What’s on at the movies for the Summer school holidays? Little Women Based on the classic Louisa May Alcott’ American Civil War (1861-1865) family drama this new movie adaptation mostly stays true to the original storyline. Set in a time when women’s roles were clearly defined,...
Christmas can bring all sorts of problems for parents when children are expecting more than they will receive. This handy guide can help! Ten-year-old Sara keeps her holiday wish list in a notebook, adding new items as she watches Saturday morning cartoons. The list is six...
Is our desire to keep our kids constantly stimulated actually having the opposite effect?...
A child’s asthma can make both themselves, and their parents anxious, says Dr Gemma Sicouri. So what can a parent or carer do to help? With the hazardous air quality taking over our cities skylines, parents of children with asthma may be particularly concerned. Asthma is one...
The toddle is temporarily taken out of the toddler when Tamara Heath’s young daughter recovers from surgery for development dysplasia of the hip. ~She had been diagnosed with developmental dysplasia of the hip and would require corrective surgery before spending almost five months with her chubby...
The Australian Childcare Alliance (ACA) NSW has responded in disillusionment following the announcement by the NSW Government of a new star rating system to be imposed on July 1st 2020 in over 5,500 New South Wales-based early childhood education and care services. It has raised...
Current approaches to assessing and reporting what a student is learning may not be the best way to represent individual progress in school reports, writes Geoff Masters. A child whose learning is lagging behind that of other children can be judged to be ‘failing’, even though...
