The following eight principles are central to early childhood teaching and learning and underpin the professional practice of kindergarten teachers and educators. These principles promote ways of working that support continuity of learning and positive transitions, including transitions to school.
QKLG 2024
- Familiarisation and planning resources
- Purpose
- Principles
- Practices
- Continua of learning and development
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Learning and development areas
- Identity
- Connectedness
- Wellbeing
- Active learning
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Communicating
- Stories for language and literacy
- Reading stories to build literacy
- Extending on stories to build literacy
- Playing with stories to build literacy
- Building awareness of sounds in words through play
- Building literacy for all learners
- Numeracy learning in kindergarten — Number and counting
- Engaging in numeracy games in kindergarten
- Supporting transitions and continuity of learning