ECTA - Cairns

23/10/2026

Shorebird Dreaming honours the resident and migratory shorebirds of...

22/10/2026

22/09/2026

🍎The Best Practice Guide for Food Environments in Early Childhood Education and Care is now available.

It's the first national resource of its kind, which brings practical guidance together across 6 modules:

• mealtime environments and practices
• menu and meal quality
• food education
• sustainability
• staff and family engagement
• food policy

This free resource is for centre-based and family day care services, as well as the professionals and organisations that support children’s food experiences, health, wellbeing, learning and sense of belonging.

Explore the Guide: https://brnw.ch/21x5RBA

Edith Cowan University (ECU)

17/09/2026

🌱 Small Sprouts Therapy have their Term Four 'Tiny Talkers Club' beginning in three week's time. These sessions are FREE, run by qualified speech pathologists and no registration is required.
See details below for this great opportunity:
📆 Tuesdays from 6th October to 10th November
⏰ 9.30am to 10.30am
🏠 Bayview Scouts Den, 61 Windarra St, Woree
This program is proudly funded through Mission Australia Communities for Children by the Australian Government's Department of Social Services

15/09/2026

03/09/2026

PD webinar

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02/09/2026

Ages 3–5

21/08/2026

Why does mud kitchen play matter? 🤎

To children, they may simply be mixing, scooping, pouring and making mud pies… but there’s so much learning happening beneath the mess! ✨

Mud kitchen play gives children the freedom to explore natural materials, invent recipes, experiment with quantities and follow their own ideas through hands-on, play-based learning. 🌱💭

As children stir, measure, pour and create, they’re naturally developing:
👐 Fine motor skills
🔢 Early math concepts
🔎 Early science and problem-solving
💬 Language and communication
❤️ Social-emotional skills
🌱 Confidence and independence
✨ Creativity and imagination

And that’s what makes outdoor play and learning so powerful. Children can investigate, get messy, test their ideas and discover what happens all while connecting with nature and having fun.

A mud kitchen isn’t just a place to make mud pies. It’s a place to wonder, experiment, imagine and learn. 🌿🥣