lit loves 歓迎 in Tokyo -The Full Fukuoka Vibes- @ Enter Shibuya - 13 Mar feat. ecec, kengotaki, Shoma fr + more
lit loves 歓迎 in Tokyo -The Full Fukuoka Vibes- @ Enter Shibuya - 13 Mar feat. ecec, kengotaki, Shoma fr + more
Frost Children after party + birthday celebration 4 N ² , ecec, angel & lulu @ Enter Shibuya - 10 Mar feat. Frost Children, ecec, OKAMOTO REIJI
Celebrating Culture and Language in Early Childhood: Why It Matters and How to Do It Well
Move beyond token celebrations by embedding children’s cultures and home languages into daily routines. Practical steps for inclusive, identity-rich early learning environments.
In every early childhood setting, culture and language are far more than “add‑ons” to programming, they are powerful foundations for identity, connection and inclusion. What children experience in their early years shapes how they see themselves, how they learn, and how they relate to others. Yet too often, cultural celebration is treated as a token activity rather than a lived, everyday part of learning.
Embedding inclusive practices: practical tools to support children with disability in ECEC settings
Creating inclusive early learning environments is a foundational element of quality education and care. For early childhood education and care (ECEC) and outside school hours care (OSHC) providers, ensuring the inclusion of children with disability is both a professional obligation and a legislative requirement.
Creating inclusive early learning environments is a foundational element of quality education and care. For early childhood education and care (ECEC) and outside school hours care (OSHC) providers, ensuring the inclusion of children with disability is both a professional obligation and a legislative requirement.
Naming private body parts isn’t optional: Why accurate language belongs in personal safety education
Teaching children the correct anatomical names for their private body parts can feel confronting for some adults. Yet evidence and child protection experts continue to point to the same conclusion: accurate language supports children’s safety, health and autonomy and reduces the secrecy and shame that can prevent children from speaking up.

Teaching children the correct anatomical names for their private body parts can feel confronting for some adults. Yet evidence and child protection experts continue to point to the same conclusion: accurate language supports children’s safety, health and autonomy and reduces the secrecy and shame that can prevent children from speaking up.
(Australia) Have Your Say: NSW Review of the Working with Children Check, shaping child safety laws
Ensuring the safety of children and young people in education, care and community settings is a shared responsibility. In New South Wales (NSW), the Working with Children Check (WWCC) is a cornerstone of child protection law, a screening mechanism that helps prevent people who pose an unacceptable risk from working or volunteering with children. Now, the NSW Government has opened a public consultation to review the legislation that underpins this system, inviting individuals, families, service providers and organisations to have their say on how it can be strengthened and made fairer and more effective.
Ensuring the safety of children and young people in education, care and community settings is a shared responsibility. In New South Wales (NSW), the Working with Children Check (WWCC) is a cornerstone of child protection law, a screening mechanism that helps prevent people who pose an unacceptable risk from working or volunteering with children. Now, the NSW Government has opened a public consultation to review the legislation that underpins this system, inviting individuals, families, service providers and organisations to have their say on how it can be strengthened and made fairer and more effective.
(Australia) Victorian Parliament releases key paper on child safety and reform in ECEC
A new research paper from the Victorian Parliamentary Library, A Moment of Reckoning: Recent Developments in Childcare Safety, explores the significant reforms reshaping early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Victoria. The paper provides a clear overview of the events, legislation and public concerns that have driven a major regulatory shift in the state’s approach to child safety and oversight of services.

A new research paper from the Victorian Parliamentary Library, A Moment of Reckoning: Recent Developments in Childcare Safety, explores the significant reforms reshaping early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Victoria. The paper provides a clear overview of the events, legislation and public concerns that have driven a major regulatory shift in the state’s approach to child safety and oversight of services.
(New Zealand) ECE in 2025: A Year of Flux - Key Stories, Insights, and Changes
The stories, issues, and changes, that shaped early childhood education in 2025 - your snapshot of a fast‑moving and challenging year.
(Australia) 26 January: Reflecting with respect in early childhood settings
26 January is the date on which Britain’s First Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788, beginning the colonisation that would lead to the dispossession, disruption and trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. For many, it is not a day of celebration, but one of survival and mourning.

26 January is the date on which Britain’s First Fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour in 1788, beginning the colonisation that would lead to the dispossession, disruption and trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. For many, it is not a day of celebration, but one of survival and mourning.

NAEYC promotes high-quality early learning for all children, birth through age 8, by connecting practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.