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Bodrova, E. & Leong, D. J. (2007). Tools

of the mind; the vygotskian approach
to early childhood education. New
Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc

Retrieved from: Early Childhood Australia

STORYTIME
Voices of
Children
Come and celebrate under eights
week!
In conjunction with under eights week,
Central
Queensland
University
students present a morning of stories,

Early Childhood Australia (ECA). (2015).

A Voice for young children: Under
eights week. Retrieved from:
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.
au/state-territory
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Ebbeck, M. & Waniganayake, M. (2010).
Play in Early Childhood Education.
Learning in diverse contexts. VIC,
Australia: Oxford University Press.

Story-time

by

the

Queensland

Central

University

students in conjunction with

Young

People's

Services

team,

Mackay

Regional

Council Libraries.
Story-time

is

program

aimed at children aged from

2 - 5 years and their parents
and

cares.

This

half

hour

program of stories, nursery

rhymes, finger plays, dancing
songs

language

enhances

and

development

Gordon White Library

Friday, 22

to

presented

and

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nd

Welcome

literacy
in

interactive,

an
fun-filled

environment and is a great

May 2015

networking

opportunity

for

parents.

9:30 10 am
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for children and their grown-

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ups. Listening to the stories,

3.

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being involved in the songs

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and
other

rhymes

and

peoples

enjoying
company

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relation

(1951) stages

to
of

Piagets
play most

children at the Under Eights

Story

Time

transitioning

event

will

from

be
the

sensorimotor period into the

preoperational
The focus for this years Under
Eights

Week

Children

Voices

(Early

of

Childhood

Australia, 2015) aligns with our

stage

where

"play is moving from being an

Viewing

uncoordinated

of

developmental prism highlights

is

the constructivist perspectives

activities

to

collection
one

that

coordinated and schematic".

Australia

identifies

(2012)

agency

rights

who

cited

in

who

significant

contributions

development

are

of
and

understanding

actively influencing society.

importance
childhood
Berk

(2006,

Ebbeck

&

as

cited

in

Waniganayake,

2010) highlights that in this

phase of development the
most obvious change is the

childhood

Bodrova,
both made

understandings

and the view of children as

of

as

2007)

the

expression of childrens voice

holders

of Piaget (1951, as cited in

(1978,

who

is

through

Bodrova, 2007) and Vygotsky

personal philosophy and Early

Years

play

is

child
play

of

of

play
vital

An
the

in

early

for

early

professionals

facilitate

to

to

children's

development through discovery

and exploration.