This website will be under development throughout 2018. Check in periodically for updates.

The Early Learning Continuum website acknowledges and thanks the traditional custodians of Australia for taking care of this beautiful place for so long, and even still.

I have earmarked this page for, hopefully, a knowledge portal, built together by Indigenous and early childhood collaborators; the former bringing expertise on Indigenous cultural transmission, and the latter bringing expertise on child development research.

In the meantime, here are some news articles I’ve collected about the practical efficacy of Indigenous story and song based learning:

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/songlines-indigenous-memory-code/7581788

https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/aboriginal-legends-untapped-record-natural-history-written-stars

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-05/aboriginal-astronomy-basis-of-dreamtime-stories-stargazing/8413492

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-32701311

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/sep/16/indigenous-australian-storytelling-records-sea-level-rises-over-millenia

http://theconversation.com/ancient-aboriginal-stories-preserve-history-of-a-rise-in-sea-level-36010

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-sea-rise-tale-told-accurately-for-10-000-years/