When you watch a baby bat at a mobile, or a toddler line up blocks by themselves, or a group of children build an elaborate shop together you are watching something that looks simple but is actually extraordinary. Play is how children learn. Not a warm-up for learning. Not a break from it. Play is the thing itself. And the way children play changes meaningfully as they grow becoming richer, more social, and more complex with every stage of development. Here is a look at what

A warm, honest look at the real learning happening every day at Little Jungle Early Learning in Dundas — for families across Parramatta, Rydalmere, Telopea, Carlingford and surrounding areas. When parents drop their child off at childcare, most of them picture the same thing. Their child playing. Maybe doing some drawing. Having lunch. Having a sleep. And all of that happens. But it is nowhere near the whole picture. What actually goes on inside a quality early learning centr