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- Assessment of Learning and Development
- Stories about Learning and Teaching
- How is it Possible to Know How Children Learn From Your Assessments?
- Learning Notes As An Alternative to Learning Stories
- The Learning Story Narrative Approach to Child Assessment and What You Need to Know
- Are Learning Stories Working?
- E-Portfolios for Sharing Children's Learning and Assessment - Use, Value and Recommendations
- Reading Readiness
- School Entry Child Assessments - What a Child is Going to Be Assessed On and How
- Book Reviews
- Crossing the Border: A Community Negotiates the Transition from Early Childhood to Primary School by Carol Hartley, Pat Rodgers, Jemma Smith, Sally Peters and Margaret Carr
- Insights from the Playgroup Movement: Equality and Autonomy in a Voluntary Organisation by Ann Henderson (Editor)
- What’s Happening To Our Boys? by Maggie Hamilton
- All You Need to Know About Action Research by Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead
- Be Brave by Karen Rochester
- Smart Parenting for Safer Kids by Freda Briggs
- Leading to Reading – The Easy Way by Barbara Morris
- Turning Trash into Treasure by Adam Buckingham
- Young Children's Behaviour, Practical Approaches by Louise Porter
- The Excellence of Play by Janet Moyles (Editor)
- Understanding Early Childhood Issues and Controversies by Helen Penn
- Learning from Sure Start: Working with Young Children & their Families by Jo Weinberger et al (Eds)
- Critical Issues in Early Childhood Education by Nicola Yelland (Editor)
- What is Research? Methodological Practices and New Approaches by Jeanette Rhedding-Jones
- Rethinking Parent and Child Conflict by Susan Grieshaber
- Birth to Three Matters: Supporting the Framework of Effective Practice by Lesley Abbott and Ann Langston (eds)
- The NZ Early Childhood Literacy Handbook by Judy Hamer & Paul Adams
- A City Possessed The Christchurch Civic Creche Case by Lynley Hood
- Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education & Care Postmodern Perspectives by Gunilla Dahlberg, Peter Moss & Alan Pence
- Celebrating Important Occasions & Events
- The Olympics – Young Children Celebrating the International Games and Learning from it
- Birthdays - Planning Great Parties for Under-Fives
- Baby Girl Names: Top 10 Choices, Popular Names, Unique Names, Maori Names
- Baby Boy Names: Top 10 Choices, Popular Names, Unique Names, Maori Names
- The Latest Hot Presents For Children Plus Educational Gifts for Toddlers and Preschoolers
- International, National and Regional Rugby Event Ideas and Teaching Tips
- Guy Fawkes on 5th November - The History and Age-Appropriate Ideas for Celebrating with Children
- St Patrick's Day in March - Mischievous Leprechauns & More
- ANZAC Day: What You Need to Know to Answer Children's Questions, Activities, and an Easy Anzac Biscuit Recipe
- Waitangi Day - Significance of this Special Day in NZ History and Ways To Mark it With Young Children
- Supporting Diversity in Beliefs and Family Culture
- Children's Day: Ways to Mark this Special Day at Home and In Your Early Childhood Service
- Mother's Day and Father's Day Traditions and Ideas for Marking these Special Days
- Chinese New Year: Traditions and Ways to Mark the New Year with Young Children
- Matariki: Celebrating the Maori New Year
- Easter: Important Issues for Educators to Consider and Easter Activity Ideas
- Shrove Tuesday: A Special Day for Christians and One that Can Involve Doing Things All Children may Benefit From
- Halloween History to Share with Children and Some Different Ways of Celebrating Halloween
- Christmas: Fun Ideas and Activities for Celebrating
- Celebrating Diwali the Indian Festival of Lights
- Child Abuse, Poverty, Vulnerable Children
- When a Child Tells: Responding to a Child’s Disclosure of Abuse
- Factors which Came Together in a Childcare Centre to Support a Culture where Sexually Abusive Behaviour Toward Children by a Female Teacher Was Possible
- Unravelling the Costs of Poverty, Strategies to Help Children Educationally Under 5 years, and Policy Choices
- What Can Parents and Carers Do About Childhood Sexual Abuse?
- Making Babysitting Arrangements Safer
- ‘Keeping Ourselves Safe’ Programme in NZ Primary Schools
- Body Safety Skills to Teach Children
- Safe from the Start Project for Children Who Have Been Exposed to Violence
- NZ Government Green Paper on Vulnerable Children
- Teachers Suspected of Child Abuse and their Ability to Have this Kept Confidential
- Covering up Child Abuse in Childcare and Early Childhood Education Services
- Preschool Teacher Sexually Assaults Children and takes Pics on Her Mobile Phone
- Teachers' Physical Contact with Children
- Children's Behaviour and Social Skills
- Boys Dressing Up in Girls Clothes: How to React and Explain to Parents Who Don't Want their Son to Act or Look Like a Girl
- When Children Go Bad: The Rise in Behavioural Disorders, Medication, and Issues for Parents, Teachers and Early Childhood Services
- Mindfulness in the Early Childhood Years
- Bullying at Preschool Age
- Overloading Children with Education Activities
- Leaving a Child in Childcare or Early Education and Strategies to Help the Child (and Parent) Cope with the Transition
- Coping with Disruptions and Transitions
- Transition to School Programmes in ECE Centres and What Teachers Can Do to Support Children Starting School
- Starting School - Here is What Parents Find Helps to Make the Transition Go Well
- Primary Caregivers and the Primary Caregiving System for Infants & Toddlers in Centres
- Whether to Stay or Go? Lessons from Research about the Effects of Evacuation and Natural Disasters on Children
- Coping in Times of a Natural Disaster - The Impact of the Christchurch Earthquake on a Family and Child
- Parents Find Returning to Work Can be a Hard Decision - But Should They Worry About Leaving Their Child?
- Curriculum and Teaching (What/How/Why)
- Te Whariki - Should the NZ ECE Curriculum be Reviewed and How it Compares to the Early Years Framework for Australia
- Using ICT as Part of Children's Learning: A Case Study Showing Best Practices and Strategies in a Kindergarten Setting
- Introducing Technology and Ways to Use ICT at Your Home and Early Childhood Centre
- Sign Language and Signing for Babies and Toddlers
- Co-construction, Problem-Solving, Scaffolding and Hypothesising: Super Teaching for Super Success
- "Putting the Cog into Cognitive": The Key Theorists and Theories to Keep in Mind When Teaching Young Children
- An Example of Child Directed Learning
- Pikler and Gerber Theories: Putting Ideas into Practice and Questions Around Consistency with Te Whariki and What is Best for Children
- Ko Tau Rourou Ko Taku Rourou ā Kua Mārama Shared Understandings and Reflection on Wairua
- An Authentic Version of the Concept of Tuakana-Teina dictated by Whakapapa
- The iPad and other Tablets: Handy Technology for Learning and What to Consider
- Edible Gardens - A Valuable Resource for Early Childhood Teaching and Learning
- Heuristic Play Philosophy and Treasure Baskets for Infants and Older Children
- The Importance of Fun in the Learning Process
- Helping a Preschool Child Learn Pre-Reading Skills
- Self Review: How You Can Work Smarter, Not Harder for Best Practice
- It all Comes Out in the Wash! Teaching Style and Thinking About The Kind of Teacher You Are
- Helping Young Learners to Flourish
- Literacy Learning and Teaching Essentials to Know
- Concept Mapping with 3- to 6-year olds to Support Meaningful Learning
- Men Who Change Nappies, Change the World
- Books Children Prefer
- Exposing Children to [Real] Art
- Use of Colouring-in Books
- Gifted Young Children
- Gifted Children in the Early Years: Feedback on a Survey of the Education of Gifted Children Under 8 Years of Age
- Gifted in Reading? How to Identify the Gifted Young Reader and Provide a Responsive Learning Environment
- Responding to Gifted Children: Information from Workshop Presentations
- The Joy of Having a Young Gifted Child - A Parent's Experience
- Healthy & Safe Babies and Children
- Minimise the Risk of a Child Choking when Eating and Prevent Serious Food-Related Choking Incidents
- When a Child Has a Nose Bleed for No Apparent Reason
- Tips for Enjoying Fireworks Safely and also for Helping Children Keep their Pets Safe
- Recommended Ways for Protecting Children's Skin, Eyes, and Health from the Harmful Effects of the Sun
- Vaccination Changes and Immunisation Information, Issues, and Help
- Controlled Crying to Train Children to Settle Themselves to Sleep: Giving Clarity to Conflicting Opinions
- Cough and Cold Medicines for Young Children - Problems & Recommendations
- Technology Warnings - 3D Movies/TVs, Eco-bulbs & Fluorescent Lighting, Mobile Phones
- Head Lice and Nits - Prevention and Best Treatment
- Helping Children to Eat Healthily and Get Active
- What to Do When Parents Insist on Unwell Children Attending
- How Breastfeeding Friendly is Your Early Childhood Service Really? Read More ...
- Health, Learning & Disability Needs
- Disability From a Child's Perspective and What We Can Learn From Children/People with Disabilities
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Helping Very Young Children with ADHD
- Asperger's Syndrome - Early Signs and Suggestions for Supporting a Young Child with Asperger's
- Asthma Signs, Causes, Treatment, and What You Can Do to Improve the Home & ECE Environment
- Diabetes and Helping Children Manage Diabetes
- Eczema - Itchy, Dry, Red, Scaly Skin: How to Help A Young Child (and what teachers need to know too)
- Children with Disabilities in ECE and How an Education Support Worker Can Help
- Autism (ASD): Caring for and Teaching a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- How-To Articles: Ideas and Activities
- Rhythm Ribbons : A Teacher's Learning Story on Using Ribbons to Promote Children's Physical Activity
- Teaching Culture and Cultural Learning in Early Childhood Education
- Make Pet Rocks - A Great Craft and Gift Making Idea With Children
- Teaching Pre-schoolers Sports
- Shelving our Baking Trays and Going For ‘Slow Cooking’
- Make a Volcano
- Take a Trip to the Zoo
- Winter Indoor and Outdoor Activities Kids Love - and are Educational too!
- Take a Trip to the Farm Park
- Take a Trip to the Library
- Rap or Hip Hop to the Beat with Rhyme & Rhythm
- Plant and Growing Activities - For Science, Art, and Making Presents
- Sandpit Play - Ideas for Extending Play and Making the Sandpit a Social Hub for Learning
- Take a Trip to an Art Gallery
- Take a Trip to the Beach
- Take a Trip to the Museum
- Laughter & Humour in Our Relationships with Children and in the Workplace
- Sun Protection and Learning Activities for Teaching About Being Safe in the Sun (songs, art & craft, science, drama etc)
- Help Children Develop a Love for Learning Languages from a Young Age
- Playdough Best Recipes and Making the Fun Last
- Easter Ideas and Fun Activities
- Christmas Ideas and Fun Activities with Young Children
- Parent Information
- Teacher Guidance and Advice
- When Adults Do Not Count Toward the Regulated Minimum Adult:Child Ratios and How to Respond If You Think Minimum Regulations are Breached
- Financial Advice for ECE Students and People Considering Training to be an Early Childhood Teacher on Scholarships, Meeting Course Costs, etc.
- Job Interviews and Questions Likely to Pop Up
- Making a Good Job Application - CV or Resume
- Tips for Finding Work in ECE for New Graduates
- What to Wear and How to Dress as a Man or Woman Teacher of Young Children
- Do You Suspect Hearing Loss (or have ringing or buzzing in your ears)? How to Tell and What to Do
- Using Te Reo Maori in Practice: A Standard for all Students Graduating from Teacher Training
- Getting More Out of Practicums and Field Based Training: Recommendations from Research for Student Teachers, Centres, and Lecturers
- What's the English Proficiency Requirement for Teacher Registration?
- Graduates may be Refused Provisional Registration if their Initial Teacher Education is Not Up to Scratch
- Teaching Overseas? How to Minimise Being Disadvantaged When You Return
- Pay, Salaries and Working Conditions in ECE
- Men at Work: Sexism in Early Childhood Education (a report)
- Why Would a Qualified Teacher Do More Study?
- Research
- ***Articles Below For Members Only***
- Member Discounts, Codes & Free Gifts
- NZ Research in ECE Journal (NZRECE)
- Volume 15 Journal Articles
- Solo Fathers with Young Children and their Social Needs
- “It Pushes You Beyond the Boundaries”: The Paradox of Setting Teaching Goals in a Field-based Early Childhood Teacher Education Programme
- Cultural-Historical Borderlands: Common Grounds, Limits and Building Bridges in an Early Childhood Community
- (Re)Viewing the Landscape Inside and Outside the Box: Providing Effective Support for Early Childhood Student Teachers
- Early Childhood Practitioners Developing an Academic Voice and Tutors Making Sense of the Research Process
- Brooke’s Day: One Child’s Experience in an Early Childcare and Education Centre in New Zealand
- Being Agreeable? A Critical Examination of Communication Among IP Groups in Early Intervention
- Children as Teachers: Creating Opportunities for Children to Share Expertise with their Peers
- Building a Shared Language of Coping: Dynamics of Communication between Parents and Preschool Children
- Characteristics of Optimal Early Childhood Centre Outdoor Environments: Spaces and Places in which Children and Adults Want to Be
- Airplane Grows in the Tummy of Clouds: Living Through Relations in the Early Years of Life
- Embedding Literacy in an Early Childhood Education Programme: A Look into Montessori
- It is Difficult to Review the Quality of Education if You Don’t Know What Children are Learning: ERO and Self-Review of Early Childhood Services
- Volume 14 Journal Articles
- Volume 13 Journal Articles
- Volume 12 Journal Articles
- Volume 11 Journal Articles
- Volume 10 Journal Articles
- Volume 9 Journal Articles
- Volume 8 Journal Articles
- Volume 7 Journal Artilces
- Volume 6 Journal Articles
- Volume 5 Journal Articles
- Volume 4 Journal Articles
- Volume 3 Journal Articles
- Volume 2 Journal Articles
- Volume 1 Journal Articles
- Special Issue "Early Childhood Policy" - Call for Manuscripts for the 2013 Special Issue
- Call for Articles for Publication in Volume 16, 2013
- Author Instructions for Submitting a Manuscript to the Journal
- Contents of all Early Childhood Journal Issues
- Editorial Teams and Reviewers
- Volume 15 (2012) details
- Volume 15 Journal Articles
- Effects of Childcare/ECE on Children
- Participation in ECE Helps the Early Academic Achievement of Some Children But May Make No Difference or Be Harmful to Others: A Major New Study
- Non-Parental Childcare and ECE Is Associated with Weight Gain in Children, Increasing the Odds of Becoming Overweight or Obese in the first 10 Years of Life
- Australian Research Provides Further Evidence that Family Contribution to Child Learning and Development is as Important and More Influential than Participation in an Early Childhood Education/Childcare Programme
- The Abecedarian Intervention Project, Providing the Highest Standards of Quality, Shows ECE Is of Benefit For At-Risk Chidren 30 Years On
- Assessing the Evidence on Early Childhood Education/Childcare: A Systematic Review of the Best Research Evidence
- Making Choices: Contradictions and Commonalities in the Valuing of Caring and Working by Government Policy and First Time Mothers
- The Competent Children Research: A Flagship for Public Policy and Spending in ECE
- The Impact of Maternal Employment on Child Wellbeing - What We Can Learn from UK and USA Research
- Who Cares for Baby? Women's Preferences
- Parents as First Teachers: A Descriptive Study of the NZ PAFT Programme
- Parents as First Teachers Programme: Family Exit Survey
- Developing Breastfeeding Friendly Childcare to Support Mothers in Paid Employment and Studying
- Breastfeeding Support: Practice, Policy & Research
- The UK's Millennium Cohort Longitudinal Study
- Leading Researcher Visits NZ to Talk about Working Mothers and Child Development
- Research on Training, Gender & Teaching
- Increasing Student Teacher Success by Socioculturally Appropriate Support
- A Review of the Literature on the Participation of Men in Early Childhood Teaching
- Does Training Make a Difference for Understanding Pedagogy? The Perspectives of Semi-trained and Degree Qualified Teachers
- The Characteristics of Quality Teaching: A Best Evidence Synthesis of the Research
- A Few Good Men or a Few Too Many?
- About Men in Early Childhood Teaching
- Teaching: A Women-Only Profession?
- Gender Inequality and Discrimination
- Presentations at NZ Research Conference
- Doing Research, Ethics & Publishing
- Reflective Practice Based Enquiry: Supporting Early Childhood Practitioners to Publish their Research and Develop an Academic Voice
- How to Do Action-Based Research to Improve Quality in a Setting and Improve Your Own Teaching Practices
- Ethical Guide for Researching in Early Childhood Settings
- Publishing in the NZRECE Journal
- Reviewer Guidelines for Conference Abstracts
- From a Good Idea to a Robust Research Design: A Discussion of Challenges in Designing Early Childhood Research
- Discovering Meanings in Research with Children
- Giving a Good Presentation/Talk/Seminar & Follow-up
- How to Present a Research Paper at a Research Meeting/Conference
- How to Get More People to Respond to Your Survey or Participate in Your Research Study
- Collaborating with Practitioners to do Research
- Researching with Men
- Researching to Inform Teaching Practice
- Getting Ethics Approval: A Researcher's Personal Perspective
- Whether to Use Focus Groups or Not
- Interviewing Young Children: A Socio-Cultural Approach
- Bios of Inspiring People & Career Options
- Elizabeth Pakai - National Manager Nga Whare Whariki Kohungahunga and Advocate of Bilingual and Bicultural Education
- Alison Ford - Christian Early Childhood Education National Leader
- Victoria Crone - Early Intervention Trust Coordinator and Representative
- Laine Barker - Playcentre Campaigner and Association Chairperson/Manager
- Heather Te Huia (QSM) - Manager of an ECE Centre for Teenage Parents and Former President of a Childcare Lobby & Teacher Education Group
- Wendy Ure - Centre Manager and Advocate for Community-Based ECE
- Professor Anne B Smith - Distinguished Researcher, Academic and Children's Advocate
- Heather Anderson - Preschool Owner and Director
- Claire Rumble - Community Development Manager Delivering Services to Parents
- Sue Cherrington - Teacher Educator and ECE Programme Director
- Robin Christie - EC Centre Environmental Designer, Centre Owner and Professional Development Provider
- Professor Heather Joshi - Director Of One of Britain's Largest Studies of Children and their Families (The Millennium Cohort Study)
- Thesis List: Ph.D.s & Masters Theses
- Discussion Board on Research Matters
- The Use of Te Reo Māori in ECE - References and Research
- ICT - Starting an Assignment or Research on ICT or Reviewing Your Centre's ICT
- Playstation, Xbox, Electronic Games and How These Affect Children
- Children's Reading Comprehension - Research References and Ideas for Assessment
- Communicating Electronically with Parents re: Children's Learning Stories and Assessment
- Your page to add a question - start a new discussion topic
- Children Attending More than One ECE Service
- Is Everything We Call 'Research' Research?
- Is 'Child Development' a term we should be using today?
- Help Area for Researchers
- Policy
- ***Articles Below For Members Only***
- Funding Policies, Practice and Evidence
- Establishing Early Childhood Education as a 'Social Obligation' for Parents
- Lowering the School Entry Age from 5 years to 4 years in NZ for Certain Groups of Children: The Arguments, Evidence and Issues
- Empirical Research on the Impacts of a New Policy Giving Parents a Childcare Subsidy NOT to Use a Publicly Subsidised Early Childhood Education Centre
- Research into What Happens When More Childcare/ECE is Made Available (Even With a Price Attached)
- The Place of the Business Sector in Early Childcare and Education
- Funding Cutbacks in Teacher-Led Services with 80% or more Qualified Staff: Perspectives and Consequences
- Funding System Change Ideas
- Proposals to Increase the Fairness of the Funding System and What Parents Pay
- Changing the Frequent Absence Rule to Support ECE Centres to Provide Places for Vulnerable Children
- Centralised Administration Support for Community Centres
- Funding Proposals to Give Parents Choice Not to Use Childcare and Choice in the Hours of ECE Enrolment
- Equity Funding and Access to ECE for Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Children
- Funding ECE Services on the Basis of Standards (e.g. Qualified Teachers, Ratios, Group/Class Size & Social Diversity)
- Proposals for Ways to Improve the Efficiency of the ECE Funding System
- Is GST exemption a possible golden bullet for the problem of rising costs and funding cutbacks?
- International Perspectives & Policies
- Learning from Disabled People
- A Brief History of the Parenting Movement in the UK
- Learning from the Netherlands to Improve Child Outcomes for NZ's Children: Discussion of the Every Child Counts Report
- All Together Now – Family Learning Sessions in Early Years Education
- Shakespeare and Superheroes: Boys and Underachievement
- Men in Early Years Work
- Engaging with Fathers
- International ECE News Headlines
- Ratios and Qualified Staff Requirements about to Change in the UK along with Allowing Schools to Accept Children From Age 2
- Parents Have to Scan Fingerprints So State Can Track their Child's Daily ECE Participation and Fund Only the Hours of Actual Attendance
- Qualified Staff Improve Children's Learning, Report Says
- Early Years Sector in The UK Showing How It Can Fight Language and Literacy Decline
- New Guidance Recommendations Covering Home Visits, Early Education and Childcare for Vulnerable Children
- School Readiness Network Brings Together School and ECE Teachers
- With the Cost of Childcare - Paid Work is Becoming an Activity Many Middle-Income Families Can No Longer Afford
- Should We Start Impersonating Singapore for Early Childhood Education? ECE in Singapore and Government Plans
- Parent Fees to be Capped at $10-a-day for Full-Time Childcare and Public School System to Provide Childcare Services For Any Child Under the Age of 5 to Attend on a Voluntary Basis
- New Framework for Helping ECE Centres Evaluate & Support the Professional Development Needs of Staff
- Ice-Cream Trucks Taking Preschool to Children Not Able to Access State Provided Free Preschool for Preparing 4 Year-Olds for School
- Centres Respond to the Problem of Parents Leaving Children Hours After Pick-Up Deadlines
- United States Republican and Democratic Political Platforms Overlook Childcare Issues
- Fiji ECE Centre Tradition for Children to Give Books to Classmates When Leaving for School
- New Research from the USA Adds to Body of Evidence that Early Education Benefits At-Risk Children
- Early Childhood Regulations Not Doing Enough To Protect Children's Health and Teeth, Study Says
- Nature-Based Curriculum - Providing Outdoor Early Childhood Education
- What Early Education is Really Like for Children in Some South African Preschools
- Operation of Unregistered Preschools in China Questioned
- ECE Providers Protest Over a New Policy Requiring Parents to Scan Their Fingerprints
- Fighting Crime with Early Education
- Routine Spot Checks Find Many ECE Teachers Have Not Had Mandatory Working with Children Security Checks
- How Many Kids Waiting for Affordable Childcare in Hamilton is Too Many?
- Blue Chip Early Childhood Education Centres
- South Asia Records Highest Increase In ECE Enrolments Worldwide
- Community-Level Involvement Key to Shared Ownership of Difficulties Being Faced By Children
- No Inspections Done to Check on Safety of Home-based ECE Providers
- Presumption that Men Working with Children are Dangerous
- High Quality Learning Experiences Can Happen Anywhere and Must in ECE Centres as That is Where Children Spend Time
- Big Debates on Reshaping ECE Funding in Australia - Should ECE Centres Be Funded for Teachers to Also Provide Additional In-home Childcare?
- Being a Man Working in Early Childhood Education is No Issue for a Child Advocate
- Plans to Introduce Full-Day Kindergarten as it's too Difficult to Strengthen the Childcare Sector to Give Children a Stronger Start to School
- Childhood Obesity - Regulations in Early Childcare Settings and Children Being Active
- Proposal to Pay the First Month's Sick Pay for Staff Would Impact on Early Childhood Centres
- Australian Parents Struggle to Find Childcare
- The Rights of Tribal Children for Early Childcare and Education in India
- Round-the-Clock Childcare Could Soon be a Reality In Australia
- More Comprehensive Early Childhood Care Policy Needed: Civil Society Group
- No Negative Effects of Childcare For 2 and 3 Year Olds
- Providing Early Childhood Education Makes Good Business Sense
- Consultation Begins on the Budget Based Funding Program for ECE in Regional, Remote and Indigenous Communities in Australia
- Call to at Least Partially Nationalise Singapore's 100% Private ECE Sector
- Private Childcare Programmes May Not Provide the Best Quality Options for Children
- Wagga, Australia - Report on What's Happening to Costs, Fees and Staffing after Introduction of National Quality Famework
- Women's Group Organises Nationwide Garden Parties to Raise Money to Sponsor ECE Fees for Kids
- After-School Care For School-Age Children Becomes Childcare in a Bid to Get More State Funding
- Most Cases of Sexual Child Abuse or Death Reported in Unlicensed Childcare Premises
- Heat Wave Prompts Call For Caution in Allowing Children Outdoor Play
- City Council Seeking to Save Money Wants Ministry of Education to Take on Responsibility for its Childcare Centres
- Better Quality Checks/Inspections Shown to be Needed
- Parents Spend More On Childcare Than Anything Else
- Up-skilling 'Caregivers' to be "Educators' - A Key Step to Developing Good Childcare
- ECE Providers and School Officials Get Parents to Implement Home-based Programme to Make Sure Children Reach School Entry Standards
- Why Wages for Early Childhood Educators Need to be at a Professional Level
- Early Childhood Education Qualifications System Slammed in Review
- Professional Development for All ECE Staff in Sth Australia on Effective Teaching and Care of Children with Disabilities and From Diverse Ethnic and Linguistic Backgrounds
- Childcare Subsidies For Low Income Families Do Not Necessarily Mean Children Experience Higher Quality ECE
- Childcare Sector Exists to Support Mums to be in Employment - And Many Work in Childcare with Low Wages and Conditions Creating an "Underclass" of Women
- Government Departments Ordered to Provide ECE for Employee's Children
- Australia: Fears that Extra Government Funding to Raise Quality of Childcare Will Ultimately Be Gobbled Up In Fee Increases to Parents
- Early Childhood Teachers to be Paid Bonuses on Completing Further Qualifications in an Effort to Keep Highly Qualified Teachers
- Tobacco Tax Revenue to Fund Raising the Status and Earnings of Childcare Teachers - an example of Public-Private Partnership
- The Value of Camera Surveillance in Early Childhood Education Centres
- Childcare in India - Anybody Can Start a Preschool and Westernised Curriculum in Chain ECE Centres Not Suitable for Indian Population
- Exposure (or not) to Technology in the Early Years Creates Educational Disparities by School Age
- School-Age Children Notice Low Wage and Low Qualifications of Teachers in Early Childhood Education and Write to Politicians
- Early Childhood Education, Research, and Teacher Education on the Same Site - A University Children's Village
- ABC Childcare Chain Breaks with its Controversial Past
- Concern about Compulsory Targets and Assessing Children's Achievement in Early Childhood Education
- Is it Better to Start School at Age 6 than Age 5? It is if you are a Bright Child
- Recognising the Value of Early Childhood Education: It Really is Brain Science
- Childcare & Kindergarten Teachers Require Special Skill Set if They are to Help Children be Successful Later at School
- Strength of Emotional Attachments during Early Years Predicts if a Child Will Put on Excessive Weight in Later Years
- Why Chores and Being a Helper is Good For Children in Early Childhood Education Centres and at Home
- Breastfeeding, Sleep, Healthy Food and No TV in the Bedroom - What Do These Things Have in Common for Childcare/ECE Services and Caregivers?
- Update on Politics and Funding of Free Early Childhood Education in Scotland
- Reaching Families through Early Childhood Parenting Programmes To Prevent Abuse and Deaths
- The Situation for ECE Teachers: Low Pay, Longer Hours, Working Over Holiday Breaks, and Employers Hiring More Non-Regular Employees
- Across the Whole of Africa - A Call To Monitor and Advocate for Early Childhood Care Policies and Budgets
- Childcare Staff Scare Parents As Part of Industrial Action with a Virtual Strike
- Child Advocacy Should Be a Core Role of the Early Childhood Teacher
- Participation in Early Childhood Education Varies Because of Cultural Factors - Or Does it?
- Privately Funded Scholarships To Cover Childcare Fees at Centres Engaged in Quality Improvement
- Singapore Bucks the International Recession with Huge Funding Boost to ECE
- Parents Lacking Parenting Skills and Leaving Child Care to Teachers and ECE Services
- People Granted Permission to Work with Children Found to Be High Risk Abusers and Criminals
- Education Budget Reductions Could See Early Childhood Education Moved to Social Services Dept
- A Paradigm Shift from the Idea of a Child Attending ECE and Towards the Goal of ECE Providers Supporting Every Family's System of Care
- What's in a Name? "Early Years Practitioner" is the New Cool Name for Early Childhood Professionals
- What Makes a Preschooler in Childcare Happy?
- Free ECE Scheme Keeps the Childcare Sector Going
- The Costs to Parents of Working: Is it Worth it?
- Finding Out How to Reduce the Teacher Shortage and Lure Early Childhood Educators Back to the Profession
- Implementation of Programme Quality Rating System Proving Successful in Raising Quality Voluntarily
- Parents Swoop on Vacancies in Childcare Services
- Businesses See Big Returns in Investing in Early Childhood Education Programmes
- Educators to be Taught Storytelling
- Children of Migrant Workers Forced Out of Early Childhood Education in China as Low Cost Services are Closed
- Māori Cultural and Language Issues
- Early Childhood Education System Failing to Support Maori Language and Culture – Te Kohanga Reo National Trust Board’s Reaction to the Government’s ECE Taskforce Report
- Waitangi Tribunal Claim by the Te Kohanga Reo National Trust – Arguments from Both Sides of the Table
- ERO Report Highlights Lack of True Partnership with Māori Families in Early Childhood Education
- Te Kōhanga Reo National Trust Bid For Freedom From Assimilation in Mainstream ECE
- Parenting & Parent Engagement in ECE
- Add Your Comments here on Parenting, Childcare and Early Childhood Education Use
- Germany Introduces Payment for Parents to Have a Financial Choice Not to Be in Paid Employment and Use Childcare/ECE
- Engaging with Families and Communities: OECD Recommendations
- The 'Family Partnership Model' in NZ - Implications for Policy and Funding
- Parents' Choices of Childcare/Early Childhood Education Following the Christchurch Earthquakes
- A Stay-at-home Dad, Using Centre and Home-based Care
- A Social Commentator's Look at the Issues
- A Stay-at-home Mum's Experience
- What is in the Best Interests and Rights of Children: A Mother's View
- What the Research Says about ECE Effects and the Influence of Parents/Families on Development and Educational Outcomes
- Inquiry into the the Use and Quality of ECE for Children Under Two Years
- How Teachers View Parents and How Parents are Made to Feel
- Parents as the Amateurs (or not) in their Child's Early Learning
- Political Party Policies and Views
- Compare Party Policies by Topic/Subject (2011)
- Party Policies for Early Childhood Education Going into the 2011 Election
- Commentary on the ECE Taskforce 2011 Report "Amazing Children"
- Budget 2011 and Early Childhood Education
- Government ECE Taskforce - The Meaning of this for Early Childhood Education (2010/11)
- Politicians Views on Parenting and ECE
- 2008 Regulations: Closed Door Sleep-Room Requirement
- Early Childhood Policy Going into the 2008 Election
- Likely Consequences of the 20 Hour Free Early Childhood Education Policy (2007)
- Labour Party & National Party Early Childhood Policies 2005
- Motivations behind Increasing Government Investment in ECE
- Sector Concerns, Problems & Challenges
- How Much Should We Value ERO Reviews of ECE Services?
- “People Still Think of Us as Babysitters” - The Low Status of Early Childhood Teaching
- Today's Policy and Funding Challenges in Providing a Great Early Education For Kids
- Towards the ECE Sector and Child and Family Services Becoming More Father Friendly
- Is Small Group-Size (Class Size) Important? And Should It be a Legal Requirement?
- Commissioner for Children's Inquiry into the Non-Parental Care and Education of Children Under Two Years
- Is it a Disaster or a Blessing to Have Non Qualified Teachers Working with Children?
- Overseas Trained Teachers Can Bring a Lot: But their Value is Not Always Recognised
- Just Do It! Motivating You to Speak Up
- Making Big Business of Caring for Children
- Kindergartens Change from Sessional Preschool to All-day Licences
- Do Qualified Teachers Equal Quality for Kids?
- Space in ECE Services and Avoiding Overcrowding, Stress, and an Environment in Which Learning is Difficult for Children
- Using Research to Sell Policy and Mislead Parents and Educators
- Public-Professional Barriers to Breastfeeding
- Surveys of the ECE Sector & Family Data
- Early Childhood Education Sentiment Survey May 2013
- The State of the Early Childcare and Education Sector in 2012 and Outlook for 2013
- 2012 Education Statistics on Children, Adults, Services and Government Expenditure on ECE and Noteworthy Changes
- Time for Men to Be Invited into Early Childhood Teaching: The Findings of a National Survey
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- The State of Early Childhood Education, 2011 Report
- What Government Should do for Children and ECE, 2011 Report
- Licence Size Increases and Larger Group Sizes in Early Childhood Centres: A Regulation Change
- The State of Early Childhood Education, 2010 Report
- Men in ECE
- Campaign for Men in ECE Blog
- Radio Interview on Gender and Exploring Issues Around Men's Involvement in ECE
- T-Shirt and Poster Ideas from Around the World for Campaigns to Increase the Ratio of Male Educators
- More Men Wanted in Child Care Centres
- One of Two Men Working in a Pool of About 200 Kindergarten Teachers (and not in a secure/permanent position)
- Calling All Male Early Childhood Teachers
- ONE News TVNZ interview: Push to Get More Males into Early Education
- What Makes For a Successful Campaign to Get More Men in Early Childhood Education - Learning From Germany
- NZ Representation at International 'Men in Early Childhood Education and Care' Conference in Berlin
- Desperately Seeking Male Childcare Teachers in Germany
- Men are Wanted in Early Childhood Teaching in NZ But Are Yet to Be Invited
- Changing Nappies is a Job for Men Too
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- Guys find their Niche at Centre
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- The Example of Norway and its Action Plan for Anchoring 'Gender' in Early Childcare and Education
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- Does Gender Make a Difference In Teachers Interactions and Behaviours with Children in Early Childhood Education?
- Men in Early Years Work in the UK
- Including Men in Early Childhood Education: Insights from the European Experience
- NZ Research & Policy Papers
- 2012 National Opinion Survey of ECE Services and Teacher Educators on the Issue of Men Being Involved in Early Childhood Teaching
- Spotlight on Male Teachers - A Short History of Men's Involvement and the Characteristics of Men Who Enter Early Childcare and Teaching Work
- Accentuating the Otherness of Men in Early Childhood Education - An Analysis of Men's Stories Posted on the TeachNZ Website. An NZRECE journal article by Alex M Williams
- A 2011 Review of the Literature on Men in ECE by Julia Button
- Published Proceedings of The First Summit on Men in Early Childhood Teaching & Care in NZ
- Men at Work: Sexism in Early Childhood Education. A report by Sarah Farquhar, Lance Cablk, Adam Buckingham, David Butler and Russell Ballantyne
- Men in Early Childhood Teaching - An NZCER SET Research Paper by Sarah Farquhar 1999
- "A Few Good Men or a Few Too Many?" The Original Massey University Research Study on Male ECE Teachers (1997) by Sarah Farquhar
- 'Of Puppy Dog Tails, Sugar and Spice': Gender Inequality and Discrimination in ECE. A Delta journal article by Sarah Farquhar, 1997
- Teaching: A Women-Only Profession? A 1997 NZ Annual Review of Education journal article by Sarah Farquhar
- Scholarships and Invitation Grants
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- How Employers May Achieve Getting Job Applications from Male Teachers (as well as women teachers)
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- Why Would Any Man Want to Work in Childcare?
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- Female Teachers Feeling Envious of How Popular the Male Teacher is at their Centre
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- Fostering a ‘Culture of Inquiry’ in your Committee or Board
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- Staffing at the Beginning and End of the Day and 'Person Responsible' Requirements
- Pay Increases in Early Childhood Education in 2012
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- Taking Time off Work: Sickness, Leave, Employment Arrangements & Performance Management
- Staff Late for Work - What You Need to Know as an Employer Before Responding/Acting on the Problem
- Union Entry to the Early Childhood Service Workplace
- Issue of Primary Teachers Being Legally Employed and Definition of Qualified ECE Teacher
- Getting Rid of Bad Teachers and Reporting: Legal Processes and Obligations
- Changes in MoE Financial Support for Teacher Training & Teacher Registration
- Proficiency in the English Language: What Employers need to Know
- Interviewing and Selecting Teaching Staff - Questions to Ask
- Wage and Salary Rates and Conditions of Employment - 2013 updated
- Sick Leave Policy Change and Doctor's Certificate
- A Case For Why Men are Needed in Childcare and Teaching
- Financial Recording and Audit Preparation Guides
- Frequently Asked Questions on Financial Accounting and Audits
- Glossary of Financial and Accounting Terms & Jargon for Early Childhood Education Centres and Services
- What is an Audit? Different Types of Audits, IRD and Ministry of Education Roles
- Creating and Ensuring a Good Internal Control System for Your ECE Service
- How to Make Sure Your ECE Service is Ready to be Audited
- About the Various Accounting Reports - About Profitability, Cash Flow, Budgets, Performance, Receipts & Payments, etc.
- Preparing your Special Purpose Annual Financial Reports for the Ministry of Education
- Preparing for a Visiting Audit by the Ministry of Education
- Differences between a Statement of Financial Performance and a Receipts and Payments Report
- Financial Money Matters and Admin
- Does Your ACC Bill Seem Much Too High? What You Can Do To Try To Bring the Amount Down
- Responding to Parents’ Wishes to Bargain Over Fees and Other Charges
- Ways to Make More Money from Early Childhood Education and Not Let a Lack of Money Put You Out of Business
- Tips for Finding & Recruiting Qualified ECE Teachers Easily Without Spending a lot of Money
- Fundraising and Promotion: A Guide for all Early Childhood Services
- Charging Parents for Late Pick-ups and Early Drop-offs
- Birth Certificates and Accurate Child Enrolment Records
- Tips for Aligning Your Early Childhood Service to Government Goals and Being Politically Strategic
- Pay Roll Systems Recommended by Early Childhood Service
- ECE Service Funding Rates and Subsidies for Services and Families
- Free Checklist Looking at Money Management and Accounting
- Charging for Statutory Holidays
- WINZ Subsidy Payment - Managing Arrears in Fees and Your Cashflow
- ECESTEG Staff in Training Grant - Update on Rules Regarding Repayment
- Frequent Absence Rule - When Children Are Consistently Absent For Days/Times When Enrolled
- How You Can Keep Up With Ministry of Edn Funding Changes
- Saving Some of Your Income & Building Up Reserves for Special Projects or Financial Security
- Change in What Can Be Included in 20Hour ECE Optional Charges
- Health, Safety & Technology Management
- Ensuring Effective Child Protection – Key Requirements for ECE Services, Education and Review Officials, and Teacher Education Programmes
- Guidelines for Caring For a Child with HIV or AIDS in an Early Childhood Education Service
- Power Cut: What to Do at Your Centre When There is No Electricity
- The Sandpit - Health and Safety Considerations
- Sun Protection for Children and Staff: What You Need to Know and Frequently Mentioned Issues
- Blogging and Web2.0 Considerations for ECE
- Emergency - Your Centre Can't Remain Open but You Want/Need to Continue Providing for Children
- Food Allergy Management and Meeting Children's Needs
- Men Should Change Nappies: Don't Restrict this to Female Educators/Staff
- What You Can Do: Practical Advice to Reduce and Control Noise Levels
- Noise Levels and Legal Responsibilites of Service Managers/Owners
- Parent Expectations & Involvement
- Planning & Developing Your EC Service
- Organising Space and Ideas for Room Arrangement and Layout
- Management Forum, 2012
- Bathroom Planning, Toilet Doors, and Privacy for Children
- Sandpits - What Makes For a Good Sandpit
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- Management Forum, 2011
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- Record Retention Requirements for ECE Services - How Long You Must Keep Certain Records and When You Can Safely Destroy Records
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- Budget 2013 - Spending Increases, Cuts, and Implications for the ECE Sector
- ERO Confirms Planned Changes for ECE Centre Reviews and Reporting
- Government Decides ECE Participation is a Social Obligation. How People and Services May Adjust and Respond
- Scholarship Scheme to Invite Men into Early Childhood Education – A First for NZ
- Latest Survey Shows ECE Sector Keen For Govt to Focus on Improving Standards and Putting Children First
- Serious Child Harm Cases at Early Childhood Education Centres this Week
- NZ's Secretary for Education Lesley Longstone Resigns
- NZ Student Achievement Dropping - International Studies Show
- Home-Based ECE Sector Review by the Ministry of Education 2012/13
- New Guide and Training Helps ECE Services Keep on Top of Legal Responsibilities
- Crown Should Apologise for Failures in its Treatment of Kōhanga Reo, says Waitangi Tribunal
- Christchurch To Lose Early Childhood Teacher Training Provider
- Latest Figures on the Costs of Providing ECE, the Cost Drivers, Revenue Sources and Volunteer Contributions
- ECE to be Compulsory for Children from 3 years until Entry to School
- Male Teachers Needed to Bring Diversity and Add to the Quality of ECE
- Proposals to Reduce Child Poverty for Under 6s are Welcome but more Debate is Needed
- Government Better Public Service Action Plan for ECE Short-sighted
- OECD’s Latest Report Gives Direction for Improving NZ’s ECE Curriculum Te Whāriki
- Rate of Increase in the Cost of ECE to Parents Slows Down
- Margaret Mahy – A Tribute from the NZ Early Childhood Community
- ECE Funding System Changes
- Review of NZ Teachers’ Council Functions and Capacity to Begin
- Greater Transparency in the Pipeline for the Education Ministry's Early Childhood Advisory Committee (ECAC)
- 9th in the World for Early Childhood Education is a Proud Headline for NZ
- Early Learning Information System: Details Now Available
- Advisory Groups Call For More Regulation & Better Quality Through Emphasis on Compliance and Teacher Qualification
- Budget 2012 - Spending Changes and Implications for the ECE Sector
- Government Budget 2012 ECE Pre-Announcements
- Draft Programme to Guide Renewal of ECE in Christchurch
- Proposal to Track Child Attendance in ECE and Integrate with Health Data
- University of Canterbury Planning to Close a Centre that is Losing Money
- NZ Education Ministry Call for ECE Funding Advisers
- New ERO Report Reveals Lack of True Partnership with Māori Families in Early Childhood Education
- Nga Kōhanga Reo Bid For Freedom From Assimilation in Mainstream Education
- Extending Paid Parental Leave
- "No Time for Gloom" in ECE Teacher-Led Services
- Demand for ECE Teachers Drops
- The Worst and the Best Employers of Men
- Latest NZ Early Childhood Education Statistics, 2011
- Scaring Single Parents on the DPB About a Lack of Quality Childcare
- Waiting Times for Childcare Continue to Drop in NZ
- Early Childhood Services to Become the Primary Evaluators of Themselves as ERO Changes its Role
- Ministerial Inquiry into How a Convicted Sex Offender Came to Be Working in Schools: A Wake-Up Call
- Keeping Up With Research Can Be Hard but MIT Early Childhood Staff Show Commitment
- New Government Working Groups to Provide Advice on Improving ECE Quality
- Family First Calls for a Change in the Use of 'Daycare' - Early Childhood Education
- Same Old – Same Old. Treasury Advice on Targeting ECE Funding Assistance but is the Government Listening?
- Ministry of Education's Advice on ECE Funding and Policy for the New Education Minister
- ERO Findings on ECE Curriculum Support of Children's Social-Emotional Competence
- Men in ECE Not Helped by Early Childhood Council
- OECD on Why and How to Encourage Quality in ECE
- Challenging the Early Childhood Curriculum
- How Good is the Teaching Children Get in Early Childhood Education?
- Poverty of Experience Hurts Thousands of Under 5s: A Call for Policy Action
- Childcare Warning: Dangers of New Year Partying
- The New Minister for Education in NZ
- Free Childcare for 40% British 2 Year Olds
- Early Childhood Education & Childcare Under a New National Government
- Fears for the Future in the Early Childhood Sector
- Survey Results Out: What Govt Should do for Children & ECE
- National's ECE Policy Intentions - Review Use of Te Whariki, Change Funding, Set Up More Advisory Groups, etc
- Party Policies for Early Childhood Education Just Over One Month Out From the Election
- Competent Learners Study Shows ECE Doesn't Have Significant Long-Term Benefit for NZ Kids
- Kidicorp, One of NZ's Largest Providers of Early Childhood Education, Purchases ABC Learning Centres
- Developing Policy for Gifted Children
- No Excuse for ECE Services Not Providing Childcare for Employees
- Will Teacher 'Cultural Competence' Equal Higher Maori Child Achievement in ECE
- Sun Protection Taken Seriously but Better Policies & Practices Needed
- Early Reading Together Endorsed
- Minister Comes Clean on ECE Taskforce Purpose and Playcentre is Saved
- Daddy Daycare Planned
- Govt Green Paper on Vulnerable Children
- ECE Services Flush with Money (?)
- New Education Ministry Boss
- Gifted Learners Found in Every ECE Service
- Childcare Workers to Leaders - New Qualifications
- Government's ECE Taskforce Report Now Out
- Research Backs Dame Lesley Max on Link Between Child Aggression & ECE
- Kidicorp Still to be Pursued though SFO Investigation Closed
- Kindergartens to get More Funding than other Community-Based Services
- Early Childhood Education Comes Out as A Winner in Budget 2011: Or Does It?
- Commercial Approach to ECE Provision Fails Children: Salvation Army Report
- What the Stats Reveal about ECE/ChildCare Cost
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- Is Easter Bunny Being Thrown Out With the Bathwater?
- What's stopping a teacher accused of child abuse from getting another teaching job?
- How much is Literacy a Part of Early Childhood Education?
- Fraud Investigation Closed For Kidicorp
- New Report on Level of Support for Increasing Child Numbers in Centres
- Childcare Services & Providers to Face Stiff New Fines For Poor Practices
- From 50 to 150 children or up to 75 babies - Centre Regulation Changes Announced
- Children's Commission Inquiry into Under 2s in Non-Parental ECE Childcare
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- Changes in Funding for Students & Provisionally Registered Teachers
- More Stringent Requirements for Teacher Education Programmes
- Kindergarten Assn to make Staff Redundant Ahead of Govt Funding Cut
- Builders of New Early Childhood Services to Face an Incompatible Situation
- Parent Obligations: Reform of Child Support
- Intelligent Evolution: Original Kohanga Reo Modernises & New Muslim Kindy
- 'Lost in Transition' - ECE and Educational Achievement
- Rodney Hide takes Special Education
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- ECE Funding Cutback Protest - Tauranga
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- NZ Rated Poorly in UNICEF Report on Child Well-Being
- An Australian Parenting Expert says ECE/Childcare is Bad for Children in his Latest Book
- Slightly Higher Percentage of Parents Reporting Some ECE Use
- Changes to ERO reviews for ECE services: Feedback due 15 March
- ECE Sector Census 2012 - Statistical Snapshot of Analysis of the Annual ECE Child and Staff Return Forms
- Pasifika Families Targeted to Help Government Reach its Better Public Service Goal of 98% percent Participation in ECE
- Case Study of Benefits of ECE Service Engagement with Families and Local Community
- Early Childhood Centres Could Be Reviewed as Infrequently as Every Four Years
- Mother Ordered to Pay Almost $6,000 for Sacking a Casual Nanny
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- Government to Continue its Focus on Getting More Under-Fives into Education
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- Participation in ECE (but Not ECE itself) is Associated With Greater Weight Gain in Children
- Technology Use and Internet Safety in ECE
- The Direction ECE Is Being Taken by Government: Key Points from the Ministry of Education’s Annual Report 2012
- Better Guidance on How to Decrease the Risk of Food-Related Choking in Young Children
- Controversial Three Storey Childcare Centre with Astroturf Playgrounds on Each Level Opens
- Qualified Early Childhood Teachers Paid Less than the Centre Cleaners
- What's Up with the Government's Māori Education Strategy
- Call for Christchurch ECE Ministry of Education Advisory Group Members
- Use of Social Media - Guidelines for Teachers
- Australians Recognising the Value of Employers Investing in Staff Children and Childcare
- Welcome to NZEI's New President - Judith Nowotarski
- Locating Early Childhood Education in School Grounds
- What's all the Fuss About Playdough?
- Facts & Figures on NZ Families
- New Teacher Education Programmes
- Teacher Employment and Vetting Processes to Become Tougher
- New Fulbright Scholarship for Early Childhood Educators
- Children Attending Two Kindergartens is Okay by Kindergarten Assn Rules
- Parental Involvement in Childhood Education
- Government Enthusiasm for Childcare Services to Offer Extended Hours into the Evening and Weekends
- Winning Business Awards and High Childcare Charges Don't Make it Easier for One Private ECE Centre Group to Attract Enrolments
- ECE Funding System Changes in NZ and Australia
- Teaching Children about Competition and to Want to Achieve
- Studies Continue to Show that it's Not Participation in Quality Early Childhood Education or Childcare that Matters for Child Achievement but a Child's Family and Home Background
- Hurrah - NZ College of ECE in Christchurch Now Has a New Permanent Campus
- Qualified Teachers 100% - NZCA Study
- The ECE Academic Brain Drain in NZ
- Are Nannies and Families Right to Complain about Being Treated in the Same Way as Other Licensed ECE Settings?
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