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At what age are children aware of gender differences?
The Victorian government has announced it plans to teach its Respectful Relationship program to preschoolers as a way to target and prevent sexist behaviour.
A third of teachers overlook speech disorder
Four-year-old Christian Wright can speak, but hardly anyone understands him.
Study finds dressing as a superhero actually makes your kids more super
Teaching kids perseverance and determination can be tough in a modern world. With screens and devices on offer, they can pretty much find instant gratification anywhere. So how do we give our kids the grit they need to set themselves longer term goals and lead a happy life?
The moment I realised my daughter's Elsa obsession was bad for her
The Washington Post
What’s up with baby talk?
Your perfectly articulate child is suddenly talking like a baby. Is it just an annoying game or an indication of something deeper?
Inspired by Sesame Street: Canberra start-up secures $4m funding to educate preschoolers
Preschool Play is a brand new online content platform, designed to give preschoolers and their teachers a "really brilliant start to the day" by encouraging learning through a nine-minute burst of singing and dancing.
STEM setting preschoolers up for workforce success in 2030
How do you capture the inquisitiveness of four-year-olds and transfer that to the workplace? And what will the workplace of 2030 even look like? A University of Canberra project is hoping to bridge the gap.
Long lost childhood sweethearts matched by dating site 30 years after pre-school crush
Little did newlyweds Amy Giberson and Justin Pounders know, they were sitting next to the love of their life in their pre-school photo 30 years ago.
How fake words can help kids learn to read
A five-minute reading "check" for first-graders that includes made-up words like "beff" and "shup" that has dramatically improved early literacy rates in the UK is set to be adopted in Australia.
I conquered my dyslexia: every kid should have the same chance
My overworked primary school teachers concluded I was just not very bright. But I was lucky. I had a mother who would not accept such a bleak diagnosis for her son.
Two years of preschool have more impact than one, research shows
Children with at least two years of preschool achieve much higher scores than those who attend no preschool or only one year.
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