Family Resources

Tips, advice & fun activities

Your go-to guide for parenting tips & engaging activities

Parenthood is fun, exciting, and challenging. As an early learning centre, we have plenty of tips and ideas to help you, as a parent, make the most of your child’s formative years. Check out our Articles & Tips section for parenting advice and Activity Ideas section for fun and engaging activities that you can do with your children at home.

Building Connections That Last a Lifetime: The Power of Relationships

“Every interaction with a child is an opportunity to build a relationship and shape the [...]

Quality Educators: The Foundation of Early Success

“An educator affects eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops.”— Henry Adams At [...]

Community Focus

There is a famous proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child”. What does [...]

Embracing Bilingualism in Early Childhood Education: Nurturing Minds for a Global Future

In the early years of development, children possess an extraordinary capacity to learn new languages. [...]

Exceeding National Quality Standard: Explained

At Bright Early Learning Centre we strive to provide the best possible start in life [...]

What is a funded kindergarten program

Bright ELC is a government-funded kindergarten provider, offering a high-quality program for 3 & 4-year-old [...]

Celebrating Diversity in Bright ELC

Australia is a wonderful and heartwarming nation filled with people of various cultures, backgrounds, and [...]

Teaching Children Valuable Lessons with Routines

Routines. Oh, how that word reminds us of our own parents nagging us on the [...]

Benefits of Boredom

“I’m booorreeddd!” Oh, how that complaint immediately grinds the gears of any busy parent. In [...]

Preparing Your Child (and You) for The First Day of Childcare

Starting childcare early is beneficial to help kickstart social development. However, parents of early starters [...]

How Bright ELC Keeps Your Family COVID Safe

As we enter into a new year, it is becoming increasingly clear that COVID is [...]

Keeping Your Child Protected in The Sun

Bright blue skies, warm buoyant days, filled with moments waiting to be seized. Who doesn’t [...]

5 Tips to Survive a Road Trip with Young Children

Children are a bundle of energy and curiosity, which can make long road trips incredibly [...]

How You Can Help Your Child Return to Child Care

Life is returning to normal for families around Victoria as lockdown restrictions are lifted and [...]

Preparing for the future. Putting Sustainability into Practice at Bright ELC

Children are our future, and the last thing we want them to be doing is [...]

11 Online Learning Resources for You and Your Child

Lockdowns have certainly disrupted our lives, more so when it comes to our children’s activities. [...]

What’s on the Menu? How Bright ELC Creates Delicious Seasonal Menus

Nothing whets a child’s appetite for learning better than a hearty meal, especially one as [...]

95% Subsidised Childcare? Here’s How to Get It

As they say, “the more the merrier”, but for many Australian working families who depend [...]

Eat Well to Grow Well – Nutrition for Kids

All parents talk about is how quickly their children grow up, and that’s not a [...]

How can you get Child Care Subsidy?

Childcare is a godsend to parents around Australia, and thanks to the Australian government there [...]

What to Look Out For When Choosing an Early Learning Centre?

Anxious about picking an early learning centre? Don’t worry. It is only natural for us [...]

Easy Oat Cookies

Craving for a little munch? Here’s an easy, low-sugar cookie recipe that you’ll enjoy making [...]

Berry Smoothie

Here’s an easy to make Berry Smoothie with yogurt for your children at home. A [...]

Homemade Spinach and Ricotta Rolls

Delicious cheesy spinach filling wrapped in flaky puff pastry. These lunchbox fillers are so tasty, [...]

Fun Winter Activities and Getaways for Kids

With cold, short days that are oftentimes miserable, winter always gets a bad reputation, especially [...]

Super Easy Apple Crumble

Easy homemade apple crumble with crunchy oat topping. This recipe is great with any apples [...]

Vanilla Oats Cookies

These vanilla oats cookies are simple, but they are by no means boring. Whip up [...]