|
|
|
Early Childhood Education and Care News
|
|
March 17, 2020
|
|
Kia ora, this week how to be a great early childhood leader and the benefits for children and other team members. Also, activity suggestions for celebrating the colourful months of autumn and where you should go for the most recent and reliable information on COVID-19.
|
|
|
|
|
Leadership for learning promotes shared responsibility
|
The dictionary definition of leadership is "the action of leading a group of people or an organisation". But, as all early childhood managers will understand, it's more complicated than this. Good leadership embraces many qualities and there are as many definitions of leadership as there are leaders.
Strong leadership is one of the key factors that can improve learning outcomes for all children. The ERO Early Childhood Curriculum report notes that leaders "who use their pedagogical and subject expertise to guide curriculum implementation and practice can promote improvements in the quality of education and care children experience."
Te Whariki Online provides a host of supporting resources exploring leadership for learning. The phrase, "leadership for learning" is a move away from traditional hierarchical models of leadership.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Learning about seasons with autumn colours
|
What better way to learn about seasons than through experiencing them and as autumn, or ngahuru, heralds its arrival with leaves of gold and burnt orange, now is a great time to start.
For a young child, the gradual shift from one season to another can be a difficult concept to grasp, however, with experiential learning and outdoor activities children can quickly learn to recognise the changing seasons as well as the passage of time.
The exploration of seasons includes lots of observation, outdoor exploration, and flat-out fun. To teach children about the seasons, use pictures and books to describe changes, such as piles of dry leaves for autumn, rain and snow for winter, the beach for summer and flowers for spring.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COVID-19 Information for ECEC
|
|
The rapidly changing circumstances around the spread and containment efforts of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) mean the best sources of information for early learning services are the regularly updated bulletins coming from government sources.
|
|
|
|
|
Boost your occupancy |
|
Our Premium and Enterprise services will increase parent enquiries to your child care
business
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
