About Connect Early Childhood

Connect Early Childhood is a DEECD (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) site linking to a range of websites appropriate to a Early Childhood audience. It is a public site accessible to all users.

By clicking on the images, children can find websites to help them read, learn, think, play and create online.

The site is designed to be used by younger children with adult supervision and guidance. The environment is not ‘closed’, therefore if a child continues to click to other sites they are ‘outside’ the Connect environment. For extra protection you may wish to consider filtered internet access at home.

It is recommended that a parent or adult explores the site before introducing it to a child. It may also be helpful to explore a couple of preferred sites with the child in more detail.

Using the internet

Discuss your expectations for internet use with your child. You may wish to consider:

• Time spent on the computer
• Sites they can use
• What to do if inappropriate content is accidentally accessed (children should know how to immediately click off the site)

With all internet usage we advise

• Adult supervision at all times
• Computer located in a visible location (ie not in bedroom)

For more information, see About eSafety.

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