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Early Reading Together: A Practical, Proven Literacy Programme for ECE Services

Early Reading Together® supports ECE teachers to run effective literacy workshops that strengthen how families talk, read, and learn together. This proven, research‑based programme is…
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All Together Now – Providing Family Learning Sessions

Family learning sessions highlight how much parents shape their children’s development and how early childhood teachers can strengthen that impact by meaningfully engaging families. This…
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Supporting and Involving Fathers

Early childhood education services in general do not do well when it comes to being inclusive of dads and supporting and involving fathers. Services could…
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Telling Parents Only What We Think They Want to Hear About Their Child

Lying to Parents About their Child in Early Childhood Education and Childcare. As early childhood teachers, how often and why are we lying to parents…
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Integrated Early Childhood Services for Children and Families

Integrated Early Childhood Services. Joanne M. Alderson. Two buzz words in early childhood education today are ‘collaboration’ and ‘partnership’. They roll off the tip of…
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Immigrant Children and Families

Immigrant Children in ECE. By Angel Chan. As New Zealand has opened its doors more to immigrants from all over the world, early childhood services…
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How to Find Common Ground with Dads

Relationships with Dads in ECE. How can we as female educators find common-ground with Dads that is non-threatening? Karen (ECE teacher). Dr Alexander Replies: *…
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