Look at me, listen
to me, be with me
Exploring what
'tuning in' means
for children,
educators and
families
A KidsMatter Early Childhood webinar
In today’s webinar …
Welcomes and introductions
Relationships and learning
Relationships, the EYLF and the NQS
The research about the benefits of ‘tuning in’
Prioritising ‘tuning in’ through policy and practice
Thanks and close
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Lets do a poll … your experience of webinars
Relationships and learning
Children’s learning happens in
the context of relationships.
It’s through ‘serve and return’
interactions, that the infant brain
makes connections and grows.
Without positive relationships the
infant becomes stressed
This effects the brain’s growth and
ability to learn
Relationships, the EYLF and NQS
The EYLF
Principles …
Being,
Belonging,
Becoming
Practice
Relationships
National
Quality
Standard
Learning
Outcomes
Lets do a poll … your understanding of ‘tuning in’
Why research says ‘tuning in’ is important
Babies and children need relationships to grow, thrive and
flourish physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
The orphanage experience
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/07/31/the-orphanage-problem/
Babies are biologically designed to connect
Mother engaged with
and responding to baby.
Mother with ‘still face’,
baby trying to engage
mother by pointing at
something.
Baby now completely
distressed, losses
posture, cries and turns
away.
Tronick, E (1975) Still face experiment.
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzXGEbZht0
Lets do a poll … biggest tuning in challenges
How might you find the time to ‘tune in’
Be in the moment
… and stay there
Program to be
less busy
Finding
the time
Connect while
doing other tasks
Develop
strategies to ‘be
available’
Lets do a poll … How many times did I tune in today?
Making ‘tuning in’ a QIP priority
Making written
plan reflect
real time and
factor in ‘time
to be’
Re-examining
and reflecting
about learning
experiences
Plan with set
time frames
Tuning In can be
a QIP priority
Re-examining
and reflecting
about routines
Professional
Conversations
Individual
responses to
change
A few final thoughts about …
• Openness to change
• Continuous learning
• Reflective practice
Enabling children to be their very best
Resources and references
Here is the link to a special Shared Thinking
blog post written to provide details about
where the information came from and ideas
of where to find out more.
https://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/early-childhood/blog/lookme-listen-me-be-me-after-webinar
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