A robust body of literature demonstrates the positive impact of quality early childhood
education on learning and development, particularly for disadvantaged children. This should …

Playgroups are a unique form of early childhood education and care provision involving
children and their adult caregivers attending and participating in shared play. Playgroups …

Embracing and embedding the rich cultural knowledge, languages, concepts and skills that
Aboriginal families and children bring to playgroup is key to empowering families as their …

Attendance at high-quality early childhood education and care services can have positive
impacts on children's learning and development, particularly for disadvantaged children …

This paper reports on Aboriginal parents' perceptions about their involvement in a Western
Australian pilot initiative called KindiLink. The program seeks to support parents as their …

ABSTRACT Research Findings: Community-based playgroups in low-and-middle-income
countries increase access to early learning at lower cost than centers. However, evidence of …

The Abecedarian Approach is an early intervention and contains a broad-spectrum
adult/child curriculum. The Approach has been studied in three longitudinal randomized …

Introduction The existing funding architectures for early childhood education and care
(ECEC) services in Australia are incompatible with the needs of remote and First Nations …

Abstract According to the Indonesian Child Protection Law, Number 35/2014, the group of
children that should receive special protection are minorities and isolated children; this …

This article presents the outcomes of a study conducted in Victoria, Australia, that
recognised teachers' knowledge and understanding of phonics teaching, and early literacy …