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Jessie O’s Blog
AUGUST 2024
“I am an Australian early childhood teacher, and I have worked in a variety of roles centred around children, families and education for seventeen years . . . . “
“I’m thrilled to announce the launch of my new online workshop . . . Here is a sneak peek of what . . . “
SEPTEMBER 2025
“As we all know, nature play is important for children and their development. Children need connections to the natural world, to build their understandings about the world they live in, and their place in it. Natural environments that are rich in . . . “
“As a new early childhood teacher, one of the things I struggled with was finding appropriate and outcome-specific resources. Even to this day, I . . .”
“Children often love to take on roles and responsibilities in the classroom. When they have responsibilities, they feel a greater sense of belonging to their learning community, they feel a sense . . . “
“I feel like I’m a teacher 24/7. I know most other teachers and educators feel the same way. Outside of work, I spend my . . .”
MAY 2025
“How we connect with parents during parent-teacher interviews or meetings influences our relationships with them and their child. Parent-teacher interviews and meetings provide a great opportunity for . . .”
“There is a lot of research available, that presents evidence for the importance of physical touch and its impact on children’s brain development in early childhood, especially in the period from birth to five years of age . . . “
MARCH 2025
“You may have heard of the term, “teacher voice”. Many teachers have a particular way of speaking, of projecting their voice without straining it. As a teacher or educator, you use your voice constantly . . .”
“I feel that morning meetings really set the mood for the children and staff for the day. I ALWAYS host a morning meeting, or a group time as it is also called, every day. Morning meetings provide a . . . “
USING MINDMAPS TO DOCUMENT THE LEARNING JOURNEY
“Mindmaps are a great visual method and easy tool for early childhood educators and teachers to use to display the children’s long-term learning journey or journeys. I personally love mindmaps, and . . . ”
JANUARY 2025
DECEMBER 2024
“During the festive season, our wellbeing can suffer. Yes, we get to have a few public holidays off from working with children to rest and refresh, but how many of us don’t because we are swamped with Christmas preparation, shopping and cooking?”
“We’ve all had those time periods where, for whatever reason, you need to extend your group time, carpet time or focused teaching time. There may have been . . . “
STARTING OUT AS AN ECT AND THE CHALLENGES I WORKED THROUGH
OCTOBER 2024
“When I first started teaching kindergarten in Queensland in 2010 as a twenty-one-year-old, I faced many challenges, or to word it better, “growth opportunities”. Most of these I developed strategies for and overcame within my first year of teaching . . . . “
Why I Designed the Workshop, “Celebrating Children’s Strengths”
SEPTEMBER 2024
Workshop available online soon
