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Resources to support young children and their families prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters.

Welcome to ABC Kids Early Education

The destination for ABC resources conveniently aligned with priorities in early childhood education and care. To find out more visit our About page.

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Reef School

Dive into a world of ocean adventure with all new Reef School, then check out these playful early literacy resources.

Various sea creatures swimming, Mr Flip the Reefies.

New year, new lunch box ideas!

To follow Nutrition Australia’s Healthy Lunch Box week, be inspired by recipes from Play School’s Let’s Eat. Perfect for early childhood kitchens, school lunches and easy family dinners.

Luke and Rachael eating pizza on the Play School set

Learning through storytelling for a connected childhood

The Australian Federal Police support children and families to learn about online safety through storytelling. Learn more ahead of Safer Internet Day.

Curriculum Areas

With ABC Kids Early Education you will find articles, audio and video aligned to the following curriculum areas.

Creativity and Self-expression

Paintbrush and paper alongside a trumpet

Family, Community and Culture

Digital drawing of a family

Health and Wellbeing

Woman holding an apple in one hand and a soccer ball in the other

Language and Literacy

A child reading a book

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

Cogs, a test tube and a planet

Sustainability and Nature

The Earth with eyes on it, next to a koala

Extension Ideas

Extend ideas emerging from our shows and podcasts. These resources help you delve a little deeper - facilitating deeper understandings and promoting ongoing discovery at your setting.

Gardening Australia Junior Projects

Beep and Mort Puppet Pals

Image of finger puppets from the show Beep and Mort

Noisy by Nature

Explore our collection of resources to enhance teaching and learning after listening to Noisy by Nature.

Play School's Walking Together

Fosters children’s early understandings about our shared histories and the role we all play in building relationships and communities that value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, histories, cultures and futures.

Hunter, Rachael & Emma Donovan behind coloured hand cut outs and the Torres Strait Islander flag and Aboriginal flag behind them

Latest Bluey Resources

Explore ways to use Bluey in early learning environments with this Tool Kit of resources - developed by educators, for educators!

Welcome to the Bluey Series 3 Early Education Tool Kit

About this resource

Bluey and her friends

Avenues of Interest

Resources to enrich and extend children’s learning across the curriculum through different types of play.

Bluey looking at a dragonfly with the text "Nature Play"

Bluey Early Education Quick Card - Cricket (PDF)

Bingo holding a cricket bat in front of the wickets and Lucky's Dad behind the stumps.

Bluey models inclusive practice

Turtleboy, Mini Bluey and Chest are just a few of this season’s episodes that model the importance of inclusive practice in the early years.

A Bluey miniature world made with figurines and toys

Helping Hands - Disaster Resilience Tool Kit

Helping Hands is a disaster resilience curriculum planning tool kit for early childhood educators to help young children and their families prepare, respond and recover from emergencies and disasters.

Bushfire

Burnt tree with the text "bushfire"

Cyclone

Tall palm trees blowing in a strong wind with the text "Cyclone"

Drought

Dry, cracked red earth with the text "Drought"

Earthquake

Cracked exterior of a building, with the text "earthquake"

Emergency

Flood

A flooded road, with the text "Flood"

Pandemic

Soapy hands washing under a tap, with the text "Pandemic"

Severe Storm

Lightning in the night sky, with the text "Severe Storm"

Early Learning Little Talks

A bite-sized social media series created for the ABC Kids Community. Early Learning Little Talks highlights learning opportunities emerging from ABC Kids programs.

Digital technology and culture of consent

What does it mean to build a culture of consent in early childhood? And how does it relate to children’s engagement with digital technology? Join Laura and the educators at C&K Jinibara to find out.

Children help judge best books

Find out how The Children’s Book Council of Australia have incorporated children’s voices into their exciting annual judging process.

Jump into a Conceptual PlayWorld

Professor Marilyn Fleer shares the big ideas behind her team’s innovative approach to STEM exploration in early childhood. Discover the exciting resource collaboration between Monash PlayLab and Play School Story Time.

When the dinosaurs came to Kindy!

Inspiring educator Bernadette Crescini explains how children used augmented reality (AR) as a tool in their playful, inquiry-based learning.

Reflective Journal

Bursting with stories to inspire and inform planning and practice in the early education and care sector.

Staying active in the digital playground

From watching characters go on adventures to seeing arty projects unfold, there is a treasure trove of screen content out there to promote early learning and imagination.

What does your child understand about the internet?

When is the right age to start learning about the internet? Science communicator Lauren Bogar, from Raising Healthy Minds, explores the value of early conversations.

Working in early childhood: Get your mojo back.

How do you care for yourself when you have been busy supporting children and families, particularly with the added pressures of the last few years? Louise Dorrat shares thoughtful ways to banish burn-out.

Whose hands, hearts, and minds made this?

When children create art and craft items in their early education or school settings what are your first thoughts?

Resources to inform your early childhood media choices

ABC Kids listen Early Education Handbook

This user friendly eHandbook steps early childhood educators through the inspiring and diverse ABC Kids listen catalogue.

Collaborative professional learning

Learn about the CBCA Sun Project and explore children’s literature as we integrate a range of digital resources from ABC Kids Early Education. Watch now via the CELA website.

Community Early Learning Australia Free Webinar

Early Education Poster

Download, link, post, attach, print … share! However you choose to share it, this poster enables educators to spread the word about ABC Kids Early Education Online. Available in 13 community languages.

Early Education poster

Media and Digital Technologies in Early Education - Play, Pedagogy and Partnerships

Explore meaningful ways to integrate quality children’s media in early education programs. Visit the Community Early Learning Australia (CELA) website to watch and download the notes.

Screenshot of people on a video call with the text "You're invited to watch our WEBINAR!"

Around the ABC

ABC Education

For school teachers and students, go to ABC Education for media resources aligned with The Australian Curriculum.

ABC Kids listen

With music to move, podcasts to play, and stories and soundtracks for sleep, ABC Kids listen stimulates curiosity, fires imaginations and fosters good listening.

ABC Kids TV Guide

Want to know what's on? Go to the ABC Kids TV Guide now.

ABC Kids TV guide promo image

Apps

ABC Kids app

The free ABC Kids app is designed for our preschool and younger school-aged viewers. Watch all your ABC Kids favourites anytime and anywhere.

Various devices showing the ABC Kids app

ABC Kids listen app

ABC Kids listen provides children and their families with music and stories that are trusted, educational and entertaining.

ABC Kids Play

ABC Kids Play features games from ABC Kids favourites Giggle & Hoot, Bananas in Pyjamas and Play School!

ABC KIDS Play app

ABC ME App

Is your primary school age child ready to move from ABC Kids to ABC ME? Why not download the ABC ME app!

Child holding iPad watching Little Lunch on ABC ME App

Play School Play Time

Play Time encourages imagination and creativity through open-ended play, exploratory tasks and engagement with Play School character's world.

Image of Humpty with the text "Play Time" on a tablet

Play School Art Maker

Get creative with Humpty, Jemima, Big Ted and Little Ted! Make pictures and animated movies using Play School toys and craft items.

Play School Art Maker app on iPad screen

ABC Reading Eggs

ABC Reading Eggs makes learning to read fun with self-paced lessons, interactive games, colourful animations and exciting rewards.

Animated egg character holding up a tablet with ABC Reading Eggs app playing.

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