Sitting Still
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: August 30, 2024“I can’t believe how quietly they are sitting and listening!” said the dad. A few things ran through my head.
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“I already naughty”
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: June 25, 2024How parents and educators can support a healthy self-concept in children.
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How to Choose a Montessori Early Childhood centre for your family
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: June 5, 2024What information can be relied on to ensure the service you choose will meet your expectations?
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Rocks in Noses and other great childhood adventures. Why?
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: April 22, 2024Some of the most common emergency room situations are caused by the strong drive to discover the world.
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So Simple and So Much
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: March 10, 2024The Amazing Outcomes from a Basic Montessori Experience
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Excessive safety is its own risk
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: January 20, 2024Educators and families can create risk for children by avoiding risk. How do we help children to navigate the risks of life?
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The PLANNING CYCLE and the Montessori Method
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: July 28, 2023Documenting Montessori in line with the ACECQA Planning Cycle
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Connection-based behaviour support
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: June 5, 2023Strategies based on a child’s secure attachment to care-givers.
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9 Quick Tips to Turn It Around
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: February 20, 2023Breaking through those stalemate situations with challenging behaviours in children.
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What is Observation?
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: January 15, 2023How YCD removes the confusion in the language of program planning.
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Why Documentation?
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: December 15, 2022Only 2 out of 3 reasons to document are valid. Are you doing the third?
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A Child’s Progress in Early Childhood
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: November 28, 2022A solution to understand and provide for development without tests.
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Doing what you love!
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: October 28, 2022Tapping into your own intrinsic motivation to make your work fun!
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Supervision – it’s all in your head!
By Vicki McKinnonPublished On: September 29, 2022The educator’s brain handles a mass of information even when just ‘looking’.
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