Your Child's Learning and Development
Your child is unique and will develop in their own way and time. Every child goes through the stages of development in the same order but will spend different lengths of time and display different characteristics at each stage.
To give you further practical information we have included a link to the Raising Children Network website, an invaluable resource for parents. Supported by the Australian Government, the Raising Children Network website features reliable, research based material and resources that offer practical information and suggestions, step by step guides in areas such as child development, behaviour, health, nutrition, play and learning, communication, sleep and safety. It also has a section for parents on looking after your own needs.
For more information, see: Raising Children Network
Additional resources
It can be useful to have information on hand when you need it so we have included some printable resources here for your convenience.
Child development birth to six years wall chart
Keep track of the stages of development that your child goes through and what you can expect with this handy wall chart, see: Your Child’s Health and Development: birth to 6 years (PDF - 354Kb)
Seventy-five ways to encourage your child to talk
This poster has useful and practical tips on encouraging your child to talk, see: Kids Talk: 75 ways to encourage your child to talk (PDF - 695Kb)
Communications, language and play pamphlets
This series of pamphlets is a handy printable resource of tips and suggestions on how to encourage your child’s development: