Mind The Gap

Mind the Gap –Refelective Practice in Childcare,is aimed towards professional childcare workers and parents of young children who want to know what to look out for when choosing daycare for their children.

To achieve excellence of care means different things to different people but to me it means becoming a reflective practitioner. . . . →Read More:Mind The Gap

Ten Steps to a Happy Playroom

STEP ONE Child to carer ratio.

The Child to Carer ratio may be set by the Child Care (Preschool Services) regulations of 2006 at one to ten for sessional work and one to eight for day care,but in my view this ratio only works well when the whole environment supports both children and staff. . . . →Read More:Ten Steps to a Happy Playroom

A New Perspective on Childcare

To achieve excellence of child care means different things to different people but to me it means becoming a reflective practitioner. The practical value this has in any care environment is the capacity within the system to self-reflect with a purpose for creative change.

This means being able to look objectively at the day-to-day workings . . . →Read More:A New Perspective on Childcare

Watch Your Language

Language simply put,is communication between one person and another. Communication is the foundation of good relationship,so I suppose from the perspective of family relating,the more we understand about language and it’s functions,both obvious and subtle,the better able we will be to use this tool we call language.

It’s the development . . . →Read More:Watch Your Language