Early Years
New videos and fact sheet
You can now access a series of short videos titled
‘Enhancing and extending children’s fine motor development through playful learning experiences: A conversation with Dr Anoo Bhopti’, and a
fact sheet to support the video content.
Next Twilight Webinar
Register now for the June Twilight Webinar ‘Digital technology in the early years: The importance of everyday learning opportunities to build young children’s digital technology skills’. The guest speaker for this event is Professor Susan Edwards, Director of the Early Childhood Futures research program in the Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education at Australian Catholic University. Professor Edwards is lead Chief Investigator on a major Australian Research Council Linkage Project awarded to develop an online tool to guide the use of digital technology for service providers in early childhood.
The event will be held at 5.30pm on Wednesday 15 June.
This webinar will support early childhood professionals working with children aged birth to 5 years of age to:
- broaden their understanding of how to include digital technology in the early years
- explore effective strategies to embed play-based digital practices
- support children’s concept development relating to digital technologies.
Find out more
Subscribe to the
Early Years Alert to find out about upcoming webinars and professional learning resources.
For any further queries, email the
Early Years Unit or call (03) 9059 4584.