News – B4 Early Years Coalition

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020

Making Marks: The Development of Children’s Drawing

Great new B4 Resource – Making Marks: The Development of Children’s Drawing (PDF, 1.3MB) Ever wondered how children learn to draw from their first explorations with crayons and pencils to representing their world around them and sharing what’s important to them? This resource provides a journey of discovery to learn more about children’s art drawingContinue reading Making Marks: The Development of Children’s Drawing

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020

A new report from The Front Project

Explores children and their families’ experiences of Covid-19 looks at how disadvantage has changed as a result of the pandemic and recession. It shows that more families are at risk of facing disadvantage than ever before, and existing disadvantage is becoming worse. Please click here to read this report.

October 28, 2020November 2, 2020

Talk, Read and Play Everyday

Why talk, read and play every day? Right from birth, talking to your child is helping to build the connections in their brain to help them learn. Reading is a skill for life that begins when a baby first looks at a picture in a book. Active play helps children build skills in movement andContinue reading Talk, Read and Play Everyday

October 12, 2020October 15, 2020

Big Voices exhibition

Big Voices celebrates the courage and creativity of children sharing their stories through art, a great new exhibition at the State Library of Queensland. Children’s art is powerful. Through art, children give voice to their knowledge and experience of their world. To have your voice heard is a human right. But, to make art, toContinue reading Big Voices exhibition

April 20, 2020April 29, 2020

A great new resource to help parents, families and children have fun and continue to grow, develop and thrive

CoLab, part of the Telethon Kids Institute, has developed the Bright Tomorrows app because parents and families need trusted, evidence-based advice in their hands. Parents wanted information that related specifically to their children’s developmental needs, and that prompted them to easily and actively to support their children’s brain development during their daily routines. The BrightContinue reading A great new resource to help parents, families and children have fun and continue to grow, develop and thrive

March 30, 2020April 15, 2020

Online playgroup for Tassie families

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March 30, 2020March 31, 2020

Early Years COVID 19 Resources

The link below has a range of resources for parents, early childhood workers and professions in supporting children and talking to children about COVID 19. Some daily play ideas for the early years in limited space, and some support ideas for home schooling for older children, with a section also for children with a disability.Continue reading Early Years COVID 19 Resources

February 21, 2020

New Making Marks resource

B4 is pleased to share another great Making Marks resource. B4 Art Exhibition – seeing children’s drawing is a celebration of children’s artistic development from their earliest ‘scribbles’ to their skilled interpretations of what is important to them. Come with us on a journey of discovery to learn more about children’s art – a journeyContinue reading New Making Marks resource

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

New B4 Resources

B4 Ideas for Action Poster To accompany the B4 Ideas for Action Cards, B4 has now developed an interactive B4 Ideas for Action Poster. The Poster can be personalised with your name, service or community and then allows you to record the actions you are taking in the early years against the key areas of development children need toContinue reading New B4 Resources

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

Investing in the Wellbeing of Tasmania’s Children and Young People

A new report released by Tasmania’s Commissioner for Children and Young People, Investing in the Wellbeing of Tasmania’s Children and Young People (PDF, 7MB) proposes that to improve the wellbeing of Tasmania’s children, it needs to be at the centre of government policy and decision making through the establishment of a whole-of-government strategy. TheContinue reading Investing in the Wellbeing of Tasmania’s Children and Young People