January

Following on from a blog we posted last November, about the role of mother’s Vitamin D intake during gestation and its relationship to the occurrence of ADHD in the child, this post explores research into what is going on in the brain of the child with ADHD. In order to unpack the anatomy of the […]

Whilst it is better to try to ignore ignorance, we cannot let Senator David Leyonhjelm’s recent comments about educator’s “wiping noses and stopping the kids from killing each other” and suggesting that early childhood education and care (ECEC) qualifications are an expensive waste of time, go unchallenged. Here's what Senator Leyonhjelm had to say: http://www.news.com.au/news/senator-david-leyonhjelms-childcare-comments-leave-viewers-gobsmacked/news-story/71445de8cd3f9d4b3b886caea8602ec9 [...]

With debate raging about Australia’s slipping down the global learning achievement rankings, educators, policymakers, and parents are becoming increasingly interested in children’s mathematical learning in the earliest years. However, parents and educators still find it challenging to know which kinds of early numeracy skills deserve attention in early childhood education. Determining how to help children […]

I haven’t got a musical bone in my body … how can I possibly help children develop their own musical creativity? In order to ascertain how the kinder teachers integrated music with other elements of their programs, lecturer in music at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, Mignon van Vreden, has been exploring the teaching practices […]