Family Resources
Safety, Health & Hygiene
- Emergency: Phone 000 if a child is in immediate Danger
- A Parents Guide to Caring for your Pre-Schooler (pdf)
- Introducing Good Sleeping Habits (pdf)
- Healthy Lunch Boxes
- A Parent's Guide to Healthy Eating for Under 5's (pdf)
- Encouraging an Active Lifestyle (pdf)
- National Immunisation Schedule (pdf)
- Staying Healthy in Childcare (pdf)
- Some Infectious Diseases of Children (pdf)
- Trying New Foods (Newsletter-Children's Health) (pdf)
- Natural Mosquito Repellents
- Hand, Foot and Mouth Information Sheet
Child Protection
- Code of Ethics for the Australian Early Childhood
profession (pdf) - Domestic violence hurts children too (pdf)
- Preventing Child Abuse (pdf)
- Child and Youth Safe Standards
Mandatory Reporting
Pandani Montessori are advocates for Child Safety and Mandatory reporting.
Who must report: Childcare providers, centre managers, educators, volunteers in child services are mandatory reporters Department for Education, Children and Young People.
ACECQA + National Quality Framework NQF
All centre-based ECEC in Tas is regulated under the NQF ACECQA
- ACECQA (main website)
- National Quality Framework NQF (pdf)
- National Quality Standard NQS (pdf)
- Approved Learning Frameworks
- The Early Years Learning Framework: Belonging, Being & Becoming (pdf)
- Tas Regulatory Authority: Department for Education, Children and Young People
Child Development & Hurdles
- Encouraging Toddlers Creative & Artistic Development (pdf)
- 30 ways to increase a child's confidence (pdf)
- Supporting a shy preschooler (pdf)
- Ages and Stages of Children's Speech (pdf)
- The importance of play (pdf)
- Toileting Tips (pdf)
- Toilet training: tips and suggestions (healthdirect)
- Separation Anxiety (pdf)
- When Toddlers Bite
- Helping a Child to Deal with Grief and Sadness (pdf)
- Bullying Among Young Children (pdf)
- Toilet training: when & how (Raising Children Network)
Special Needs
Multi Cultural Resources
School Readiness
Early Learning
- ACECQA Information for Families
- Gifted & Talented Children (pdf)
- Helping Pre-schoolers learn at home (pdf)
- Building a Language Rich Environment at Home
- Early Childhood Literacy & Numeracy: Building Good Practice (pdf)
- OT Fine Motor Classroom Program (pdf)
- Reading with Toddlers - Mem Foxs' 10 Commandments (pdf)
- Jolly Phonics Parent Guide (pdf)
- Early literacy for parents (pdf)
- Language, Literacy and Numeracy Handout
The Montessori Approach
- Montessori Australia
- What Is Maria Montessori Theory Of Education
- Montessori Parent Guides - MSCA
- Montessori Australia – Supporting Education and Childcare
- Maria Montessori: Activities In A Montessori Classroom - Aussie Childcare Network
- Maria Montessori – The Pioneer – Montessori Australia
- Biography of Maria Montessori | Association Montessori Internationale
- Biography of Maria Montessori | AMI Montessori Archives
The Early Years Learning Framework
- Early Years Learning Framework (pdf)
- The EYLF Families' Guide (pdf)
- Unravelling The Essence of EYLF (pdf)
- The Early Years Learning Framework in Practice (pdf)
