Don’t worry, your child’s early learning doesn’t stop just because they’re not in childcare
- Written by Jeanne Marie Iorio, Senior Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, University of Melbourne

At childcare and preschool, children experience belonging to a community and engage actively with their learning.
They also collaborate in groups, which helps them learn how to negotiate, listen and engage together.
Learning in this sense is layered and complex in that children aren’t just taught knowledge, but participate in...