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25.01.2022 Wool art. Thanks for the inspiration Mister Maker!

24.01.2022 The children have been busy! Introducing our new backyard friends- Gaston, Kermit and.........?

24.01.2022 There's been a large increase in outbreaks of gastro across south-east Queensland, Queensland Health says. There have been 128 outbreaks of gastroenteritis repo...rted in childcare settings since the beginning of October, compared to 94 outbreaks between January to September this year. Queensland Health sent a note to schools on Tuesday, warning parents to keep children at home for 48 hours if they've experienced symptoms and to maintain good hand hygiene. Gastro easily transmitted by contaminated hands or by touching a contaminated surface.

24.01.2022 We promote healthy eating from the early years. :)

22.01.2022 Did you get a rose for Valentine's Day? Here's how to use it. https://mothernatured.com//beauty-and-the-beast-inspired-/

22.01.2022 The most efficient way Ive found to clean up after bubs :). Vacuums get mouldy, brooms become gross, using wet wipes alone I could go through 1/4 packet.. whats your method?

21.01.2022 Woop Woop 99 likes!!! One more to 100!!!Woop Woop 99 likes!!! One more to 100!!!

21.01.2022 http://thespoke.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early-child/

21.01.2022 100 Likes! Thank you! 100 Likes! Thank you!

19.01.2022 Lol maybe this is how I should teach the children...

19.01.2022 Please help collect Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers for Inspiring Mini Minds Family Day Care. Please ask any friends and family who would like to contribute :) Earn and Learn stickers will help contribute towards new toys and resources for the children. As family day care does not receive any government funding or help from any other source. All toys and resources are supplied from my own personal money. While I enjoy buying toys and resources it can be expensive.... Your help is greatly appreciated :) Thank you! More Information: Earn one sticker for every $10 spent at Woolworths.Complete Sticker Sheets.Drop Sheets at your school or local Woolworths. Anyone from the community staff, parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends - who shop at Woolworths can collect stickers If your community sticks together and earns Earn & Learn stickers at Woolworths, you can earn your choice of educational equipment & resources. This year Woolworths are proud to be partnering once again with Modern Teaching Aids, Australias biggest supplier of educational equipment. Resources including: S.T.E.M, Science. Mathematics, English, Sport and Arts and Craft. https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/get-involved https://www.teaching.com.au/

18.01.2022 Run, run as fast as you can!

18.01.2022 Halloween is coming! The children are busy with dressups, role play and studying skeletons.

17.01.2022 What beautiful children and families I have been blessed to work with this year! Merry Christmas all and best wishes for the New Year!!!!

16.01.2022 Natural loose parts artwork. Beautiful!

16.01.2022 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=991411291248876&id=1150633521751866

15.01.2022 Please help collect Woolworth's Earn and Learn stickers for Inspiring Mini Minds Family Day Care. Please ask any friends and family who would like to contribute :) Earn and Learn stickers will help contribute towards new toys and resources for the children. As family day care does not receive any government funding or help from any other source. All toys and resources are supplied from my own personal money. While I enjoy buying toys and resources it can be expensive.... Your help is greatly appreciated :) Thank you! More Information: Earn one sticker for every $10 spent at Woolworths.Complete Sticker Sheets.Drop Sheets at your school or local Woolworths. Anyone from the community staff, parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends - who shop at Woolworths can collect stickers If your community sticks together and earns Earn & Learn stickers at Woolworths, you can earn your choice of educational equipment & resources. This year Woolworth's are proud to be partnering once again with Modern Teaching Aids, Australia's biggest supplier of educational equipment. Resources including: S.T.E.M, Science. Mathematics, English, Sport and Arts and Craft. https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/discover/get-involved https://www.teaching.com.au/

15.01.2022 http://chng.it/BP8y8PW5Tv

15.01.2022 Our home corner. The babies are out at a restaurant.

14.01.2022 This is how a ladybug is born

14.01.2022 The most efficient way I've found to clean up after bubs :). Vacuums get mouldy, brooms become gross, using wet wipes alone I could go through 1/4 packet.. what's your method?

14.01.2022 In my case as the rules apply to me I would earn nothing and just have expenses to come out of my little savings I need to keep roof on my head food in fridge and meds for my child. I have cared for an shown love to all children I have cared for, miss ones no longer in my care. I am gob smacked the government has showed such disregard disrespect to an entire sector. They should have given the new structure much more thought. Many FDC educators are now facing financial distre...ss as a result.. Please sign petition below.

13.01.2022 Metamorphosis. From a tadpole to a frog. Animation by Harry Warne (@victorharold)

12.01.2022 I have been quietly very busy for a little while.. an exciting secret is coming soon...I have been quietly very busy for a little while.. an exciting secret is coming soon...

11.01.2022 PLAY The term that shapes our whole early education program is often mis understood and under estimated by many parents. It is common for many parent...s to expect learning from children to look like worksheets, flash cards, or drilling. However the fact is, play is the most powerful form of learning. Play isnt a simple pass-time for children. Its a crucial part of healthy development. Playing activates a childs brain in a way that computer screens and television cannot. Playing requires imagination and problem solving, two very important life skills. However play is more than meets the eye. Play is both simple and complex. Sociologist Mildred Parten describes six stages of play that children engage in. These stages are dependant upon age and development. There are also many types of play that children and adults engage in (yes adults should still play!) Play is versatile and can be different things to different people. For some its hiking and for others its reading a book. Play is the highest form of research -Albert Einstein See more

11.01.2022 Our spider has laid an egg and many babies come out, the children hunt to find them.

10.01.2022 To whom it may concern, The Early Childhood Education Care Relief Package (CRP) has proven in less than 24 hours to be nothing more than a marketing ploy by the... Government to gain some extra votes and appear to be doing the right thing by Aussie families. But what is hidden behind this blanket Free Child Care for Everyone banner is the disturbing truth that Early Childhood Educators, without consultation, have been told to continue working despite isolation and social distancing rules and to do so while taking a minimum of a 50% pay cut. While there will be larger Child Care Centres who will find relief in the offer of free child care, the Family Day Care Sector will rot. Family Day Care provides childcare in smaller ratios, with flexible hours catering to those much needed essential workers such a nurses etc. who work shifts, nights and weekends. A such Family Day Care has seen a surge in enrolments since the start of March as essential workers sought flexible childcare options for their primary aged children, no longer going to school and their pre-school aged children. The industry was bolstered by Educators who were willing to support these essential workers at their own personal risk, and they were receiving the financial benefit of doing so. On Thursday 2nd April Our Prime Minister announced from his grandstand that he was providing universal free childcare and the hearts of everyone lifted. But the reality soon sunk in that that still comes at a cost and the cost is to those who are providing the care, opening their homes to families and risking the their health and that of their own families. The Government will now pay all educators based on the attendance in their Family Day Cares between 17th February and 2nd March 2020. The government will only pay 50% of the capped hourly rate of $11.10/hour/child, that equates to $5.55/hour/child. This means a reduction of income greater than 50% and families who had previously taken their children out of care for health and safety reasons, deciding to come back in droves as child care is now free. And the real kicker is that none of these new enrolments will be paid for. And all the new enrolments that educators were receiving income for between 2nd March and 5th April will not be paid for either as these apparently dont factor in the new CRP. And still Educators are expected to work, provide care and open their homes to families during a global pandemic. To supplement this, the government is expecting Educators to apply for JobKeeper payments as a sole trader. To date no one can actually apply for JobKeeper, you can only express your interest in applying. Information on who is eligible is scarce and the fear that many Educators will not be eligible for this payment is very real. How on earth can this work? What about Educators who started their business after 2nd March, or those who were sick or away on holidays between 17th of February and 2nd March? What about those who started their business in January as a new start, who find themselves full now, but were nearly empty in their first couple of months? Or those educators who want to change services as they are uncomfortable with the support they are currently receiving? I could go on and on As approved Service Providers within Family Day Care (one of 454 FDC Service Providers across the country), we have been advised not to charge our educators the fees that keep our Service running, the service which they need to legally operate their businesses. We are now operating a business with zero income, unable to pay the rent or draw any income personally as business owners in our attempts to keep our educators operating for as long as possible. We have been advised to apply for JobKeeper to keep the business operating. The problem is JobKeeper needs to be paid to employees, but again this income from JobKeeper will not go to our own pockets to support our own families, it will have to be used to keep the business operational as without the service, our educators cannot legally operate. In addition, the Community Child Care Fund (CCCF) that was in place to support Services and Educators who experienced a loss of 30% or greater in their business, was very quietly closed at 9am Friday 3rd April, just as we were all waking up to the fact we have lost so much overnight. This lifeline that is now so desperately needed in the Family Day Care Sector was right as we all needed it most. CRP is applicable to Child Care Centres aka Long Day Care and can support those centres who have experienced mass loss of enrolments and can use the JobKeeper payments to support staff wages, but it is not in any way applicable or relevant to Family Day Care. FDC needs to be viewed on its own, as a separate entity that supports approximately 170,000 children across Australia. At a time when our government is preaching that we must all come together and look after one another, they have hung Family Day Care services and educators out to dry, while expecting them to still open their arms and homes to the public at a time when that is one of the most dangerous things you can do. Please share and help us spread the word. West Coast Family Day Care Services

09.01.2022 Hairy Mary - admiring nature with the children.

09.01.2022 Bunny world play.

08.01.2022 Gastro is a highly infectious condition, so washing your hands thoroughly with soap and water for 20 seconds is an important way to reduce your risk. When it c...omes to gastro, it's very important to keep unwell children at home. To stop gastro germs spreading further, children should not return to childcare or school until at least 24-48 hours after symptoms have ceased. See more

07.01.2022 For anyone who wonders why getting the simplest of things done with children can be such a mission. Just like pandas ...

07.01.2022 Simple Fathers Day nature cards the kids will LOVE to decorate themselves! https://mothernatured.com/printab/fathers-day-nature-cards/

06.01.2022 https://www.change.org/p/scott-morrison-change-the-ecec-rel

05.01.2022 Here are some fun ideas to get your kids even more excited for Christmas!

03.01.2022 Cherry tomatoes surviving the heat :)

03.01.2022 https://www.theempowerededucatoronline.com//block-play-id/

03.01.2022 https://www.smh.com.au//childcare-is-on-the-ropes-and-nurs

03.01.2022 Everything has a place :). We encourage the children to be responsible and look after toys and resources by helping to pack away.

02.01.2022 Patterns in Nature: Flowering Plants Video by Science Nature Page

01.01.2022 Not by the hair on my Chinny chin chin!