Early Childhood Education: Websites

Site aimed at teachers of children 3-8 to promote good behaviour for learning.

This website deals with what to do when there are vulnerable children under your care.

This website has some useful resources for learning in the early years.

Plenty of resources for various curriculum levels, don't forget to filter for early years!

A Scottish government blog, Has a fair few ideas and resources for numeracy in the early years.

Electronic copies of books by Better Start Literacy Approach|Te Ara Reo Matatini. Free pdf file to print off your own copies of these books, or, you can choose to play a narrated version or non-narrated version of the story using Nearpod (via the website, or download the free app for tablets or phones).

A report by ERO exploring how kaiako and teachers promoted children’s
development of the foundations for learning in science.

This website has Te Whāriki: He whāriki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa Early childhood curriculum and Te Whāriki a te Kōhanga Reo. It offers information, resources, and support for early childhood teachers, educators, and kaiako working with Te Whāriki, the early learning curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand.

New Zealand Government's site for disseminating information about statistics and research in education. Buckets of statistics, presented meaningfully. In most cases.

How ERO reviews early childhood services

Government-run magazine for educators.

The site for MoE for early education. Includes the curriculum, learning resources and more!

Te Kōhanga Reo philosophy and education for Tamariki. Total immersion in Māori language, customs and values.

Kaupapa Māori Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars. Exemplars: Mana Tamariki Te Kōhanga Reo me Te Kura Kaupapa Māori.

Developing culturally responsive teaching and learning for Māori children and their whānau. Supporting Māori children’s identities, building relationships with whānau and involving whānau. Developing culturally responsive content for teaching and learning.

This report describes three interrelated studies. The studies involve evaluation of a professional support programme in Māori medium, a developmental description of children's literacy and language over the first year in Māori medium, and an analysis of features of literacy instruction over the first year in Māori medium classes.

Includes reference to standards and legislation that you'll need to know about.

Though quite old, these health guidelines from the Ministry of Health haven't been superseded.

Another government resource, giving guidance for nutrition in young children.

Information on the impact of implementing the Vulnerable Children Act for ECE

Ministry of Education's ideas for play in the early years.

Resources from US-based NAEYC. Some interesting articles and ideas.

A few resources on learning through play from the Canada-based Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development.