Teacher Member Posts
What’s all the Fuss About Playdough?
Playing with playdough is an everyday occurrence at many ECE services, but the humble activity is subject to frequent debate with suggestions that playdough and other food based play ideas are culturally insensitive. The debate is not new – it […]
Picky Eaters and Managing Children’s Eating Habits
Picky eaters? Some children may display anxiety and unhealthy eating habits when they begin early childhood education, others may display behaviours at different times that you are wondering if these are normal, and what to say, do and change. This […]
Nappies – The Options and What’s Best in ECE
As professionals, teachers are often presented with situations that require them to consider what is important to the families of the children they are teaching, while ensuring that they are working in an environment where they are comfortable and where […]
Colouring-in Books and Drawing Templates
Colouring-in Books in ECE. Back in the 80s and 90s the use of colouring-in books was hotly debated amongst early childhood professionals and a consensus developed that drawing templates and colouring-in books were bad for children. But today, colouring-in books […]
Service Provider Member Posts
Employment References
Have you been asked by a colleague, student, or employee for an employment reference? Here we explain your obligations, what to write, and ways to provide a job reference. If you are asked by an employer to provide a reference […]
What Records to Retain and How Long
Retention of Records: Paperwork and what’s Required to be Kept by the Ministry and Various Agencies, including IRD and the Charities Commission. Issues of safety, privacy, and storage. Early childhood service reports and records should always be kept in a […]
Electrical Testing
The importance of electrical testing. Is your early childhood education service compliant for electrical safety? It needs to be: Failure of electrical wiring or appliances is one of the most common causes of house and building fires – which could […]
Maximising 20-Hours ECE Funding Around Public Holidays
20-Hours ECE Changes. When a service is closed for statutory holidays and is not providing care for children it does not receive funding. Unfortunately this can mean a loss of income for a service, which is difficult especially when there […]
Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles
Children as Teachers: Creating Opportunities for Children to Share Expertise with their Peers
In early childhood centres young children have the opportunity to interact with their peers in a play based environment. Play takes a central role and is a way by which children may challenge and extend each other’s thinking. Current accounts […]
Increasing Early Childhood Education Enrolment and Attendance Rates
Report on a project to increase child enrolment and attendance rates at early childhood centres in socio-economically deprived areas of NZ. Read the full paper below. Or to order a pdf copy of the article go to the main NZIRECE Journal page.
“Reaching the Foothills of Everest” Ethics Approval
Getting Ethics Approval. By Chris Jenkin. Published in NZ Research in Early Childhood Education Journal, 2005, pp. 103-111. Abstract I am currently working on my doctorate entitled ‘Enhancing the Bicultural Curriculum in Early Childhood Education’. Part of the process of […]
Observation: An Effective Research Tool or a Rude Intrusion?
Abstract: This article discusses observation as a method of collecting data in early childhood research. Observation has become a common mode of early childhood education practice, mostly to assess children’s learning, which has particularly become prevalent since the introduction of […]