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Child Care News for Parents & Carers
April 24, 2019 |
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Welcome, this week how early childhood services keep children safe. Also, why gardening is such a beneficial activity to share with your child and how to find your inner green thumb - we know it's in there.
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Keeping Kids Safe in Care
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When you drop your child off at care, you are placing them in the hands of educators, and trusting these adults to provide safe, supportive and enriching early learning and care.
However, with reports of a toddler being left on a child care bus for six hours and two preschoolers escaping from their centre onto a busy road, it's important to remember that we don't just place trust in educators - they are obligated to provide effective supervision and keep children out of harm's way. Here's what this means in practice.
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Great Reasons to Get Out in the Garden with Your Children
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Whether they're sprinkling seeds or raking weeds, gardening is a fun and fruitful activity for toddlers and preschoolers.
Today, we look at how young children thrive in the garden and share some ways that parents can encourage little ones to become green thumbs.
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