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Children’s picture books are a great way to bring up a topic you may wish to discuss including family values, beliefs and ways to respect diversity […]

Self-regulation is the ability to control and direct one’s own feelings, thoughts, and actions. (Refer previous blog SELF-REGULATION – Mitchelton Pre-Schooling Centre (mpc.net.au) This blog aims […]

We recently ‘played with parents’ at an Information Evening demonstrating why there is so much learning through play. While we were chatting afterwards, a parent asked […]

We’re all (MPC staff team) aware that if we’re able to accept the things we can’t change that our well-being will be enhanced, and stress will […]

Many people are already working and living at a heightened level due to the Pandemic. Then there’s the war in Ukraine. Throw in another disaster like […]

What do children think about the recent flood event? Just like adults, they will all have different thoughts depending on what happened, their previous experiences, different […]

It seems incredibly early to be talking about Prep when children are still settling into kindy, however a number of local schools have opened up out-of-catchment […]

Everyone has had many experiences of the new before it becomes the norm.  We’re all going through that experience now with the start of the new […]

Why do some children love to draw? Why do others avoid it at all cost? I believe the answer to both questions is a combination of […]