This collection of 麻豆社鈥檚 Early Childhood Learning Trajectories is designed for teachers and educators working in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for children in the years before school. It can support ongoing professional learning for individuals and entire ECEC services and teams.

The Australian Education Research Organisation (麻豆社)鈥檚 Early Childhood Learning Trajectories describe how children learn and develop in these key domains:

  • Executive functions
  • Social and emotional learning
  • Mathematical thinking
  • Language and communication
  • Physical development.

While each learning trajectory describes children鈥檚 progress in a single domain, they鈥檙e designed to be used in interconnected ways. A single experience within an early childhood program may support progress in multiple domains at the same time. Progress in one domain may depend on progress in another.

Teachers and educators can use the learning trajectories in a variety of ways to strengthen their curriculum and inform their pedagogical decision-making, in line with the or other approved learning frameworks used in their service. The learning trajectories also support the , especially Standard 1.3: Assessment and planning. They can also help ECEC services lift quality and implement Quality Improvement Plans.