The Queensland government has announced that applications for the its Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) Community Action Grant Program will close on August 9. The grant program, funded by the Australian government, aims to help organisations improve their AEDI results, and targets ...

Federal Early Childhood and Child Care minister Kate Ellis has announced that the government will provide $1.47 million for early child care and education services in regional, remote and indigenous communities. The funding will be given so that quality programs ...

A research program conducted by the Lien Foundation recently ranked the preschool environments in 45 countries. The study has given Finland the best overall score in terms of availability, affordability, quality and social context. Starting Well, an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ...

A study by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute connects early childhood emotional problems to earlier puberty onset. Using the Longitudinal Study of Australian children, the research interviewed parents of 3,500 children aged four to 11 at four periods, and asked about ...

With a raft of national reforms in the process of implementation, Australia’s early learning landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. The result of a Council of Australian Government (COAG) commitment to improving outcomes for young children, the reforms are detailed ...

So much of the teaching in early learning revolves around the importance of a child’s environment on their development. Over the last 100 years, many divergent philosophies have evolved with a wide breadth and depth of thinking and with an ...