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How quality ECE may help vulnerable children prepare for school
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Although the acronym 'ACE' has a positive ring to it, in research circles, ACE actually stands for ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences,' and ACEs have been found to have a detrimental effect on a child’s readiness for school.
Children have ACEs when they live with substance abusers or those with mental illness, witness violence, suffer maltreatment or experience parental divorce, but in better news, researchers have identified some protective factors that might mitigate the impact that ACEs have on a child's school readiness.
According to a new study by Auckland University of Technology, access to quality early childhood education (ECE) is one factor that could potentially - and significantly - improve a child's readiness for school.
Here, we explore the study in more detail.
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An interview with author Philip Bunting
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Philip Bunting is an English-born, Australian-based author and illustrator who's making his mark here, there and everywhere!
Philip's picture books have been published in over 30 countries around the world - from New Zealand to the Netherlands - and his talents don't end there.
His title, Give Me Some Space! was recently read aboard the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, and back on Earth, Philip is here to explain the deep thinking that goes into his simply beautiful books.
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