Shine On - an Early Childhood Education Podcast

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

  Send us a textThey 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?

  Send us a textWelcome 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?

  Send us a textIn 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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• iPad for Meaningful Documentation with Rachel Minns from @tech_play_teach

  Send us a textCurious about simple and creative ways you can use an iPad for documentation in early childhood programs? Listen in as Rachel Minns  from Tech Play Teach talks us through tips and tricks you can start using right now.Rachel is an experienced early years educator with a passion for integrating technology in purposeful, age-appropriate, and creative ways. As an Apple Professional Learning Specialist, she empowers educators to amplify children’s voices and agency through digital tools, sparking curiosity, wonder, and joyful learning experiences for young children.You can find examples of the wonderful strategies Rachel has shared here: http://bit.ly/4eHhV9T 

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• Book Club with Alex and Sophie

  Send us a textNeed a new book recommendation? Alex and Sophie have got you covered with five titles that are sure to be a hit with the children.Listen in to see why we love Come Over to My House by Sally Rippin and Eliza Hull, Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson, Finding Our Heart by Thomas Mayor and Blak Douglas, The Book With No Pictures by BJ Novak, and The Five Rules of Friendship with Jess Sanders (with thanks to Affirm Press for sending this review copy to Sophie!) 

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