Early childhood daily routines
Making the Most of Routines: Embedding Intentional Teaching
Early Childhood Outreach’s daily routines presentation supports educators across Australia to consider how everyday tasks and routines can build children’s skills while helping educators maximise their time engaging with children.
| Duration | Up to 2 hours for a live session including time for discussion. Pre-recorded content may be shorter |
| Delivery | Your choice of live online, in-person, or pre-recorded presentation |
| AEDC Domains | Physical health and wellbeing; Emotional maturity; Social competence |
Educators often express concern that so much of their day is taken up with routines such as serving meals; and ‘busy’ tasks such as applying sunscreen and finding lost hats. In this presentation we reflect on the purpose of some routines and how they could be adjusted to support children’s development of self care, group responsibility, fine motor and regulation skills. We consider how to maximise the children’s engagement in the task, and minimise the time educators need to spend away from the children.
By reconsidering early childhood routines as opportunities for learning, educators can explore practical ways of teaching self care skills and supporting children’s participation in everyday tasks. The presentation encourages educators to consider how their early childhood daily routine and approaches to daycare daily schedules can create opportunities for children’s development, independence and engagement.
The online version of this presentation is only 20 minutes, and is available free.
If this presentation is requested as a live, face to face session, there will be extended discussion and interaction with educators to take the presentation length to up to 2 hours.
SRF broad goal
This item aligns with SRF Broad Goal:
‘Educators will provide an environment which facilitates high quality interactions, promotes social/emotional learning and supports the development of positive, secure, safe and respectful relationships.’
Childcare daily routines can provide opportunities for educators to support interactions, learning, independence and participation as part of children’s everyday experiences.
| Individual pre-recorded | FREE. No time limit. Flexible, but no opportunity to ask questions. |
| Individual webinar ticket | $70 per person. Fixed date and time. No refunds for non-attendance. Opportunities to ask questions during the session. Discounts for purchases of more than 10. |
| Zoom session for your team | $1000 for up to 20 people. Date and time agreed between the presenter and the centre, after hours available. |
| Live face-to-face session | $1000 for up to 20 people plus travel and accommodation fees. Date and time as agreed between presenter and centre. Please request a quote before adding this option to your plan. |
| Optional extra | Coaching package: A coaching visit to your kindergarten room on the day after the face to face training session to embed the learning. Observations and discussion to reflect on how to describe and document the strengths and challenges for children in your setting. $350 per hour – 3 hour minimum. |
