--- title: blog (2) description: (2) --- [Skip to content](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/page/2#main-content) ECMS Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact us](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/page/2#contact) [Contact us](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/page/2#contact) # Blog Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. [![](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/IMG_6518.jpg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/being-with-children) [Child development](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-development), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning) ## [Being 'with' children](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/being-with-children) [Emma Forsyth](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/emma-forsyth) Mar 4, 2026, 8:00:00 AM A new term is more than a date on the calendar. For some children it’s a happy return to familiar fa... [Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/being-with-children) [![two children at play](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/IMG_9692%20cropped.jpeg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/exceeding-practice) [Place-Based](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/place-based), [Anti-bias](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/anti-bias), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning), [Career](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/career), [Service showcase](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/service-showcase), [Child Safety](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-safety) ## [Exceeding practice](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/exceeding-practice) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Jan 16, 2026, 10:00:00 AM At ECMS, we know that quality doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of deeply reflective pract... [Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/exceeding-practice) [![An educator with two very young children](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/21-03-24_ECM_LOWRES_@MAXROUX-94.jpg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/teaching-consent-starts-from-birth) [Childcare](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/childcare), [Research](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/research), [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Place-Based](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/place-based), [Anti-bias](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/anti-bias), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning), [Career](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/career), [Child Safety](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-safety) ## [Teaching consent starts from birth](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/teaching-consent-starts-from-birth) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Jan 9, 2026, 10:00:00 AM [Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/teaching-consent-starts-from-birth) [![two children playing outdoors at a kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/21-03-24_ECM_LOWRES_@MAXROUX-4%20West%20Maddingley%200324%20(70)%20cropped-1.jpg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/from-kindergarten-to-school) [Child development](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-development), [Play-based learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/play-based-learning), [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning), [Career](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/career), [Child Safety](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-safety) ## [From kindergarten to school](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/from-kindergarten-to-school) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Nov 20, 2025, 10:00:00 AM [Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/from-kindergarten-to-school) [![A notice board with information about the Best Start Best Life reforms](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/cropped%20FBBCB91E-83EA-435C-9545-98B0CC2B1EE2-1.jpeg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/more-learning-more-belonging) [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Place-Based](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/place-based), [Anti-bias](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/anti-bias), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning), [Career](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/career), [Service showcase](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/service-showcase), [Child Safety](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-safety) ## [More learning, more belonging](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/more-learning-more-belonging) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Nov 14, 2025, 10:00:01 AM At Greensborough Preschool, Nominated Supervisor Donna Leibowitz and her team see the Best Start, Be... [Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/more-learning-more-belonging) [![A child plays in a kindergarten sandpit](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/2024.05.27_ECM_LOWRES_@MAXROUX__-127%20cropped.jpg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/holistic-approaches) [Childcare](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/childcare), [Careers](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/careers), [Play-based learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/play-based-learning), [Research](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/research), [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Anti-bias](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/anti-bias), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning), [Child Safety](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-safety) ## [Holistic approaches](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/holistic-approaches) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Nov 7, 2025, 10:00:00 AM At ECMS, we understand that early childhood education is not simply about preparing children for sch... [Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/holistic-approaches) [![An educator with two children at a kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/ECM_SHOOT1_LOWRES_@MAXROUX-1%20St%20Marys%200324%20(18)%20cropped-1.jpg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/working-together-for-children-and-families) [Research](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/research), [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Place-Based](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/place-based), [Anti-bias](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/anti-bias), [Child Safety](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-safety) ## [Working together for children and families](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/working-together-for-children-and-families) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Oct 10, 2025, 8:59:59 AM [Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/working-together-for-children-and-families) [![A child plays with shapes in a kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/21-03-24_ECM_LOWRES_@MAXROUX-146%20cropped.jpeg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/building-wonder) [Play-based learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/play-based-learning), [Research](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/research), [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning) ## [Building wonder](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/building-wonder) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Sep 30, 2025, 9:59:59 AM If you walk into an ECMS room mid-morning, you might see children pouring water between jars, buildi... [Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/building-wonder) [![two children socialising in a kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/21-03-24_ECM_LOWRES_@MAXROUX-129%20cropped.jpeg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/socialising) [Childcare](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/childcare), [Play-based learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/play-based-learning), [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Place-Based](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/place-based), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning) ## [Socialising](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/socialising) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Sep 29, 2025, 10:00:01 AM Human beings grow through connection. For young children, social development is central to how they ... 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