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Gifted and Talented Children

Parenting a Gifted Child – What Parents Learn

Parenting a Gifted Child. By Melanie Wong.

Someone asked me ‘how can you manage your life with children who don’t like to sleep?’

I replied that ‘it is alright when you are used to it’.

I wish I had thought quickly enough at the time to also tell her how much I enjoy being with my children, as they did not only come into m

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Book Reviews

Insights from the Playgroup Movement: Equality and Autonomy in a Voluntary Organisation

Insights from the Playgroup Movement: Equality and Autonomy in a Voluntary Organisation by Ann Henderson (Editor).

The past histories of early childhood services are often written up in a way that make for good bed time reading if you want to go to sleep quickly. 

This book on the British playgroup movement is something different and t

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Teaching and Putting Theory into Practice

Using Sign Language in Our Early Childhood Teaching

NZ Sign Language in Early Childhood Education and in our Teaching.

By Rachel Pratt.

NZ Sign Language (NZSL) is one of the three official languages of NZ and all ECE services and teachers need a basic understanding of it. Hearing children can become more understanding of differences and Deaf children can experience an environment where they feel welcome and supported.

Why should I teach it when there are no children with hearing impairments?

Deaf children who require visual communication represent about 0.1 percent of the population of children who are involved in early childhood education. For this reason, early childhood teachers and educators may not encounter many Deaf children and question the importance of using NZSL in their service.

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Job Guidance

Working More Hours than You are Being Paid

Not Being Paid for Hours Worked.

A teacher’s work is never done. This is a phrase that are heard all too often in early childhood education when referring to unpaid work that is done by teachers. It is almost an expectation in some services that teachers spend hours of their own time setting up, cleaning, attending staff meetings, attending w

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Employer Guides and Staff Management

The ECE Employer Guide to Employing and Managing Staff

The ECE Employer Guide is for all managers and persons who employ or are involved in the recruitment and employment of staff. It is a comprehensive resource with detailed information on employment matters as well as on managing your team.  

The ECE Employer Guide has been prepared for teacher-led services but there is much in this gui

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Premises, Facilities, Layout, & Outdoor Environment Features

Adult Toilet and Staff Bathroom

OECE staff writer

There are many good reasons for having a toilet specifically for adults that is suitable for adults to use.

Sometimes staff need to use the toilet within a confined space of time, for example, while on a ten minute break or a parent needs to rush in and use the toilet when dropping off or picking-up their child. 

There may be lots of toilets but most may be more suitable for children’s use – smaller, lower to the ground and often in stalls of small size, for safety purposes. Small toilets in small spaces cannot accommodate the much larger size of adults.

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Employer Guides and Staff Management

Job Description for a Head Teacher, Room Leader, or Home-based Visiting Teacher

Job Description for a Head Teacher, Room Leader, or Home-based Visiting Teacher.

Here is a template to help guide you in preparing a job description that matches your service’s philosophy and reflects the position. This person will have additional responsibilities compared with other qualified and unqualified staff and educators.

If you wou

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Premises, Facilities, Layout, & Outdoor Environment Features

Shade and Outdoor Planning for Sun Protection

Below are tips and recommendations for creating and maintaining effective and acceptable shade in outdoor play areas. This is important in conjunction with other methods for protecting children’s skin and eyes from the harmful effects of the sun over summer.

Attention is drawn here to different problems such as tree branches breaking and falli

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Research Library – Today’s Featured Articles

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2001 NZRECE Journal Articles

Researching with Men: Ideas and Strategies for Doing Better

Research with Men. By David Mitchell and Philip Chapman. Published in the NZ Research in Early Childhood Education journal, Vol. 4, 2001, pp. 165-175

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This paper challenges the tendency of research to ignore issues related to the study of men and particularly men as parents. An argument is also presented for including men in st

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