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B4 News March 3, 2021March 3, 2021

The Heart of Learning – Inquiry in the Every Day

In early childhood settings and schools, educators, teachers, and leaders have a profound responsibility to cultivate a culture of play and inquiry that builds upon children’s dispositions to question and research while introducing them to processes they will build on throughout their lives as young citizens. Kirsty Liljegren, a nationally acclaimed early years educator/consultant isContinue reading The Heart of Learning – Inquiry in the Every Day

Uncategorised January 20, 2021

Making Marks – A Celebration of Children’s Art Travelling Exhibition

East Coast Art Trail The B4 Making Marks exhibition is going to the East Coast from 16 December 2020 to 8 March 2021! The exhibition celebrates the art of very young Tasmanian children, birth – 4 years, showcasing their ideas through their mark making. The East Coast is doing the exhibition a little differently creatingContinue reading Making Marks – A Celebration of Children’s Art Travelling Exhibition

B4 News December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

B4 Early Years Community Storyteller Grants

Congratulations to the following recipients who have been successful in their B4 Community Storyteller grant application: Burnie Community House, Door of Hope Christian Church, Early Support for Parents, Friends of Zafira, Goodstart Blackmans Bay, Hub4Health, Kingborough Council, Lady Gowrie, Mission Australia, Poss M’Agic, and Warrane Mornington Neighbourhood Centre. We look forward to sharing their progressContinue reading B4 Early Years Community Storyteller Grants

B4 News December 2, 2020February 11, 2021

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

B4 News 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.

B4 News 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

B4 News 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

B4 News 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

B4 News March 30, 2020February 11, 2021

Online playgroup for Tassie families

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B4 News 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