Early years

Delaying a child’s enrolment to Kindergarten for a year has mental health benefits, according to new research from Stanford University.

At this Darwin preschool, teaching sustainable, healthy garden practices has helped connect youngsters to their multicultural community.

‘I don’t know, but we can find out’ is one of the most powerful things you can say to students, says one educator. See why play-based learning works in her classroom.

Two Western Australian teachers have developed a play-based program that provides experiences for students to explore and investigate phonetic sounds.

'The biggest deals these days are done in the sandpit, not on the golf course.' Read how three mothers started their own early years education centre.

Using iPads to collect and track data in real time has helped educators in western Sydney develop an early intervention program for children entering Kindergarten.