If the government really wants to invest in early childhood education, it needs to back the workforce.
- Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Charles Sturt University
The transition from early learning parent involvement to primary school level often leads to less face time with school and teachers and more home-based support for children.
Exposure to nature plays a positive role in brain development by providing children with opportunities to take risks, discover new things, and be creative.
Earlier this year, an American mother was arrested for allowing her nine year old daughter to play unsupervised in a park while she finished her shift at work. Even though this story got a lot of press…
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