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Embedding the Learning Connections Early Years Program In the heart of the Clinton community, Kookaburra Creek Kindergarten has achieved remarkable success establishing the Learning Connections Early Years Program in their centre. The Early Years Program, a neurodevelopmental movement program, has transformed the way the kindergarten engages with the children, fostering growth, connection and enhanced learning…
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Brain regions responsible for motor control interact with regions involved in self-regulation – movement programs therefore provide strong support for the development of self-regulation skills. What is self-regulation? Self-regulation is our ability to control our thoughts, emotions and behaviours in response to the demands of the environment. It’s the ability to return to a balanced,…
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In a recent article in The Conversation Kate Highfield highlights the importance of looking at the quality as much as the quantity of screen usage by children. The Australian 24-hour movement guidelines (REF) recommends the following quantities: no screen time for children younger than two years no more than one hour per day for children aged 2–5 years no more than…
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A recently published Canadian study has underlined the importance of tummy time for the development of gross motor skills in infants. 1 The study was undertaken by Valerie Carson and her colleagues with a group of 411 parents and their infants in Edmonton, Canada. The study method involved parents recording at ages 2,4 and 6 months the average time…
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Make the still time better … with these simple movement activities. It’s well established that young children can’t and shouldn’t sit still for long periods of time – children need to move. The benefits of regular brief movement breaks for children in the classroom include: Improved brain elasticity, which allows children to learn more easily,…
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How do we help children prepare for the demands of the classroom? The 2018 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) found that 20% of Australian children entering school are developmentally vulnerable in at least one of the five early childhood development domains – physical health, social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills, or communication and…
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There are many factors that can be contributing to challenging behaviours in young children. Children’s developmental differences are often expressed as challenging behaviours. Looking at the chart below you will see that many behaviours can be indicative of many different behavioural disorders. It is important to understand the similarities between challenging early childhood behaviours and…
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Learning Connections Approach The brain is the centre of all learning. We now know that the brain is ever changing and that depending on what we do over the course of our lives, healthy brains can be improved. Specific repetitive activities, experiences and mental exercises can assist the brain to reorganise its map. Because our…
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There are two types of vestibular disorders that commonly interfere with learning and behaviour. One is an overactive vestibular system, when a child’s neurological system cannot regulate the amount of information bombarding the central nervous system, it causes it to overload. The child is unable to ignore all the vestibular information entering the system, the…
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Learning to sit up, crawl and walk are all major milestones in a child’s early development – and parents often record these actions in baby diaries, photographs and videos. Developing motor skills allows the child to become more independent. But our research, backing a number of other studies, has shown that it may also say…
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