Teacher Member Posts
Say Sorry – Asking a Child to Apologise
Ask a Child to Say Sorry. By Warwick Marshall Some early childhood service teachers do not want to ask a child to say sorry. They avoid this. But why? And what if anything is wrong with supporting children to say […]
Critical Issues in Early Childhood Education
Critical Issues in ECE by Nicola Yelland (Editor). Typically an edited book is a loose collection of chapters written by various authors around a theme or topic, agreeing on and promoting to the reader a particular position. Yelland has instead […]
Beach Trip
Taking children for a trip to the beach can offer opportunities for all kinds of learning – from discovering creatures to practising building skills. Just check first that you have prepared safety plan for the excursion, including sun protection, and […]
Learning Languages in ECE from a Young Age
Learning languages in early childhood education is important – whether it is connecting with parts of our own kiwi culture or embracing other languages. With families coming to New Zealand from all over the world it is also important to […]
Service Provider Member Posts
February 2024 pānui for service providers
Please do not copy or share this pānui. Member information is for members-only. Please also keep your password for login secure and do not let anyone else use your login. Contents of this newsletter for service providers Employment law and […]
Full Pay Parity Salary Scales and Making the Funding Work for You
There are new pay scales for full pay parity. Services that opt into the kindergarten funding rate must attest to paying their teachers the full kindergarten pay scale. Other funding options linked to no salary attestation requirement (base funding), and […]
Complying with the Food Act
Complying with the Food Act. All ECE services to whom the Food Act applies must apply for registration (under national programme 2) and be registered before they can provide food to children. Exempt early childhood services An early childhood service […]
Strategies Services are Using to Improve their Financial Outlook
Financial Improvement of Struggling ECE Services. On this page you can find out what centres and home-based services are doing in respect of: fees,staffing,ways that they are cutting back on spending (or not),marketing approaches and new markets being targeted, and […]
Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles
Three-year-old Children’s Visual Art Experiences
Three-year-old Children’s Visual Art Experiences. Julie Plows. University of Auckland, NZ. Full reference: Plows, J (2015). Three-year-old children’s visual art experiences. NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 18, 37 – 51. Original Research Abstract This art-based study investigated the […]
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
A critical look at the New Zealand Education Review Office’s draft guidelines for reviewing early childhood services is provided in this paper. ERO’s guidelines provide a range of “evaluation indicators” to inform centres as to what is considered to be […]
Brooke’s Day: One Child’s Experience in ECE
What is a child’s everyday experience of attending a fulltime early childhood education and care centre? This case study focuses upon one child’s experience within a centre in New Zealand and proposes that meaningful learning can occur when a child […]
Prioritising the Development of Spirituality in Early Childhood Education and Care
Nicole Megan Lees. Full reference: Lees, N. M. (2019). Prioritising the development of spirituality in early childhood education and care. NZ International Research in Early Childhood Education Journal. Special issue presenting position papers, 22(2), pp. 35 -42. Page 35 Original […]
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