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Early Childhood Education and Care News
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March 24, 2020
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Kia ora, this week how to successfully manage tricky conversations with whanau and four Kiwi authors spill the beans on what makes an amazing picture book.
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Managing difficult conversations with parents
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Discussing a difficult topic with a child's parent or carer is an inevitable situation for most early childhood educators. These conversations can be fraught and knowing how to prepare to ensure the best possible outcome is challenging.
However, learning how to manage difficult conversations is important to developing a plan to best support the child and/or deal with the tricky situation. This week a range of strategies to help you handle these conversations in a way that reduces conflict and stress and maximises the chances of a good outcome.
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Kiwi authors celebrate the importance of children's books
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Picture books and stories are an enriching and inspiring part of childhood. Characters become friends and illustrations offer doorways to other worlds and captivate the imagination. A child’s favourite book will be revisited repeatedly until they know the words by heart.
While it can be challenging keeping a group of small children interested while you read to them, the more children experience books and the joy of communal reading the better they will become at staying still and quiet. It's important to remember that when educators show a passion for books, read out loud with expression and treat stories as treasures, they nurture a child's love of books, which is a gift that lasts a lifetime.
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