Shine On - an Early Childhood Education Podcast

• Book Club with Crystal and Sophie

  Crystal is back in the recording studio with some books she's been itching to share! Join us for our third book club episode and get your pens ready - you'll want to take note of the books we're recommending today. Head over to our socials and let us know if you pick these titles up! Books discussed:The Magic Is In You by Brooke Vitale and Colin Hosten, illustrated by Grace LeeBidhi Galing by Anita Heiss, illustrated by Samantha CampbellBe You by Peter H. ReynoldsAustralia: Country of Colour by Jess RacklyeftJust The Way You Are by Lake PressNever, Not Ever! By Beatrice AlemangaWith thanks to Affirm Press and Simon and Schuster for review copies of Australia: Country of Colour and Bidhi Galing)

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• Educator Toolkit - fine motor activities and group games inspirations

  Find yourself doing the same learning experiences over and over? Looking for some inspiration on different activities you can try? Welcome to the Educator Toolkit series from Shine On Podcast, where our Shine Bright educators share their practice, inspiration and ideas. First up - fine motor skills and group games! Thank you to Jas, Belinda, Katie and Shez for sharing their practice with us! Do you have a part of your practice you'd like to share with our Shine On listeners, or an educator who you think would be great to hear from? Let us know over on our socials or by emailing us [email protected]

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• Supported Playgroups and Communities for Children with Wendy Irving and Mim Brown

  They say it takes a village to raise a child... but how do we build the village?Wendy Irving and Mim Brown join us in this episode to discuss the benefits of the Shine Bright Supported Playgroup model and other family-centered projects run by Communities For Children Bendigo. Throughout the conversation we’ll explore Wendy and Mim’s important roles within the community, what their projects look like day-to-day, how they support children, families and community, and how they work through the challenges they face.  To find out more about their important work and other projects discussed in this episode, check out these websites below:https://www.c4cbendigo.com.au/https://www.shinebright.org.au/c4c/https://www.c4cbendigo.com.au/for-professionals/projects/

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• Advice From Little Experts - what is something you would LOVE to do every day?

  Welcome to this special episode of Shine On, where we explore Advice From Little Experts.We know that child’s voice is crucial to high quality early childhood education, so in this episode, we took some questions from educators and children, and asked our little experts for their input. You’ll hear a busy classroom in the background, children at work, and the beautiful chaos of learning with children.The questions our little experts pondered are:how do you show you're being a friend to someone?what is something you would LOVE to do every day?if two children wanted to play with the same toy, what should your educator do?what do you need your eductaors to do to help you when you might be having a bit of trouble saying goodbye to your parent or grown up in the morning?Have a question you'd like us to put to our little experts? Send us an email on [email protected] or reach out to us via our social media!

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• Early childhood recommendations and what's next for the Shine On Podcast?

  In this episode, Alex, Crystal and Sophie are recording together for the first time in over a year! We’ll catch you up on what’s next for the pod, what we’ve been up to and share some early childhood recommendations. We’ve got some exciting episodes planned which we are SURE you will love!Head over to our social media @shineon_podcast to tell us the early childhood resources you can’t get enough of!Resources discussed:The Spoke – ECA blog Play School Show Time @thedailyeducator Instagram page ABC Kids Listen App  

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