Early learning news

Tiny Nation welcomes Minister Hipkins’ announcement yesterday that the home-based early childhood education (ECE) and care sector will move to a fully qualified workforce by 2025.   The announcement comes following a review into home-based education and care in 2018 and a move to ensure better and more consistent quality for more than 17,000 New Zealand …

Minimum Qualifications Introduced for Early Childhood Home-Based Educators Read More »

As we move to return to some kind of ‘new normal’ in the coming weeks, sometimes it feels as though we have more questions than answers when considering what a transition back to childcare and school will look like for all involved – children, parents, educators and teachers. It feels so big… and I think …

What comes next: returning to childcare following lockdown Read More »

As a working mum, when I first considered by return to work and looked at early childhood care and education providers for my children, there were some key questions that I wanted to have answered. Funnily enough, those questions didn’t revolve around the facilities or size of a service provider. They didn’t revolve around the …

A home away from home: why we chose home-based care Read More »

Today marks a full two weeks of lockdown. Two weeks since we retreated into our family ‘bubbles’ to stay home and save lives. While the enormity of what we are going through cannot be down-played, the speed at which we had to act as the Level 4 lockdown was announced probably left us all feeling …

The ‘Good Enough’ Parent Read More »

I’ve been wanting to write a blog on how we, as parents and colleagues and business owners, can cope through COVID-19 and the lockdown period. But before I put pen to paper, I came across an article written by NYS Pyschologist Eileen Feliciano. She’s been working up close and personal with patients where the singular …

Wellness tips: how to cope with lockdown Read More »

“Children see magic because they look for it.” – Christopher Moore Today my oldest son, Jack, the wee man who made me a mother, turned 7. I have to admit, I was a little unprepared (or so I thought). I hadn’t really thought much about presents (i’m normally a last minute kind of gal!) and …

Magic milestones: celebrating birthdays in lockdown Read More »

I feel like there are no words that can really describe what is happening in our communities, our country and our world right now. As COVID-19 takes hold and we head into our first day of national lockdown, there is an overwhelming feeling that nothing will ever truly be the same again. As parents, we’re …

Coming together by staying apart – day 1 of lockdown Read More »

On Monday 24 February, a list noting the names and locations of early childhood services that breached minimum standards in 2019 was published by the Ministry of Education. While it’s disheartening to see an increase in ECE services that have breached minimum standards across the country (and across all different ECE service types), what is …

Home-based early learning meets a need Read More »

He Taonga te Tamaiti with Erin Maloney from Tiny Nation; December 10, 2019 We were joined by Erin Maloney of Tiny Nation to discuss the release of He taonga te Tamaiti: Every child a taonga: The Early Learning Action Plan 2019-2029, a foundational plan from the Coalition government to create long-lasting changes to early learning. A big thank you to …

Early learning action plan interview with 95b FM Read More »

New home-based early learning provider, Tiny Nation, welcomes today’s release of He taonga te tamaiti – every child a taonga: early learning action plan 2019-2029. The action plan outlines 25 actions intended to raise quality, improve equity and enable parents to have greater choice when considering early learning for their children. Today’s launch of the …

Early learning action plan gets backing from new provider Read More »