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[Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/the-extraordinary-in-the-everyday) [![](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/2024.05.27_ECM_LOWRES_@MAXROUX__-109-1.jpg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/from-old-technology-to-12000-meals) [Child development](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/child-development), [Childcare](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/childcare), [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning) ## [From old technology to 12000 meals](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/from-old-technology-to-12000-meals) [Joni Prescher](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/joni-prescher) Jul 21, 2026, 12:44:48 PM When it was time to replace some of our older laptops, monitors, phones and iPads, we discovered the... 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[Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/growing-together-relationships-at-the-heart-of-learning) [![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) [![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) [![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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