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Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood

Finding Books in the Library

You can go to the book shelves and browse the Library collection using the following Call Numbers:

220 Bible
268 Religious education
300 Social sciences
370 Education
371 Schools and their activities including special education
372 Elementary education
428 Standard English usage
507 Education, research and related topics
523 Specific celestial bodies and phenomena
540 Chemistry and allied sciences
613 Personal health and safety
794 Indoor games of skill
796 Athletic and outdoor sports and games
808 Rhetoric and collections of literature
825 English speeches
909 World history

Organisations and Associations

Websites

Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment: For Childcare Providers

 

Early Childhood 

Early Learning Languages Australia

The Early Learning Languages Australia program (ELLA) program is a digital, play-based program which includes a series of interactive applications (apps), aimed at making language learning engaging and interesting to young children in preschool and the early years of school.

Universal Access to Early Childhood Education

Universal access ensures that a quality preschool program (also referred to as kindergarten in some states) is available for all children in the year before full-time school. ...

Australian Early Development Census (AEDC)

The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) is a population measure of how young children in Australia have developed by the time they start their first year of full-time school. The AEDC looks at groups of children in the community, not individuals.

English Language Learning for Indigenous Children (ELLIC) trial

The English Language Learning for Indigenous Children (ELLIC) trial will aim to improve English literacy outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander preschool children for whom English is an additional language or dialect (EAL/D). ELLIC will be underpinned by a play-based, interactive...

The Disability Standards for Education 2005

The Disability Standards for Education 2005 clarify the obligations of education and training providers, and seek to ensure that students with disability can access and participate in education on the same basis as other students. ...

Starting Blocks

Cool Maths for Kids

Britannica Image Quest brings lessons, assignments, and projects to life with over three million images from 60 leading collections… and growing!
Aussie Educator A broad variety of information, links and resources about education, schools and teaching.

Early Learning STEM Australia Early Learning STEM Australia (ELSA) is a play-based digital learning program for children in preschool to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). ELSA allows children to play, experiment and make sense of the world around them – which is part of STEM, and also part of being a child. ELSA’s STEM Practices encourage children to ask questions, make predictions, experiment, and reflect on what happened and why.

Future Makers: Useful STEM links

Play Australia- 

Play Australia is the peak national advocacy organisation for PLAY.

We support outdoor play by way of inspiration, advice, access to information and professional services.

As the Australian branch of the International Play Association (IPA) we protect the human rights of all children to play, as recognised within Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

ABC Kids Play

Aussie Educator

Playgroup NSW Outdoor Play

Playgroup NSW All Play Activities