Joy was a Teacher at Kurrajong School, Wagga Wagga, for children with additional needs for almost two years and then Teaching-Director at Charles Sturt University Campus preschools for 24 of the next 26 years, followed by a short time at Kingfisher preschool before her retirement from the classroom.
She has been a distance educator with Charles Sturt University for 15 years and author and co-author of many successful resource books for early childhood educators.
Joy is passionate about the emergent curriculum and has been on a journey of discovery about the ideas coming from Reggio Emilia in an Australian context. She also has a long-term fascination for Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligence and its implications in the lives of young children. She is acknowledged as a leader in the field and travels across Australia and New Zealand presenting seminars challenging educators about cute or authentic child-focused programs, the importance of imagination, and how this is made visible in documentation and planning. Joy lives in Wagga Wagga, New
South Wales, where she runs a consultancy business with her
partner, Peter.
More - Observation to Refection
Working with the Early Years Learning FrameworkAuthor(s): Joy Lubawy (click on the author's name for more titles)
This book gives an answer to the question; how can we demonstrate and document the ways we are emergent, intentional, holistic and supporting play-based learning? Joy has been thinking about these ideas and while still promoting documenting using learning stories these thoughts are reflected in an almost complete re-write of the very popular From Observation to Reflection. This book clears up some misconceptions as it takes the reader from our image of the child, to using MS Word, answering other frequently asked questions, and makes some comparisons that will delight.
RRP $39.95
Pancakes and Red Buckets:
Emergent and Intentional - Working within the Early Years Learning FrameworkAuthor(s): Joy Lubawy (click on the author's name for more titles)
This book explores how we can be intentional and explicit without becoming didactic. 66 pages (30 with colour) and a lot more photographs, all working towards a deeper understanding how to make EYLF more visible.
RRP $39.95
Planning for Provisions, Provocations and Possibilities:
Working Within The Early Years Learning FrameworkAuthor(s): Joy Lubawy (click on the author's name for more titles)
It’s thoughtful, encouraging, practical and reflective and once again delights in the wonders of the young child. This book is designed for practitioners at all experience levels and will support them in their understanding of The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia
RRP $39.95
Play, Dance, Sing with Young Children Book/CD
Author(s): Joy Lubawy (click on the author's name for more titles)
Play, Dance, Sing with Young Children has19 useful and exciting tracks for adults to share with children. Joy and her friend Team Henderson with a little help from a couple of friends have written, recorded and produced this fantastic resource. There are some adaptations of familiar songs as well as original material.
RRP $50.95
Preschool Math
Author(s): Debbie Cunningham, Joy Lubawy, Robert Williams (click on the author's name for more titles)
Preschool Math encourages teachers to listen to and observe young children to better understand how they think about their world. The book uses these prompts to expand into useful and appropriate maths experiences. Teachers will encourage children to use their senses and bodies to explore ideas, record and talk about the concepts, and to learn how maths feels, tastes, and looks. Activities in Preschool Math use the scientific ideals of testing, evaluating, exploring, experimenting, problem solving, making guesses, and forming a hypothesis, while utilizing interesting materials and environments in mathematical ways.
RRP $44.95
Reflection, Empowerment and Practice in Early Childhood
Growing with the NQF, EYLF, NQS & QIPAuthor(s): Joy Lubawy (click on the author's name for more titles)
This book has three Chapters:
- Reflecting on and growing with the theorists
- Reflecting on the EYLF Principles and Practices
- Down to the wire - putting everything together in practice and documentation
136 pages, 66 with colour! Spiral bound – it will lay open and flat for easy use.
NQF ( EYLF, NQS & QIP ) as a whole – using learning stories as documentation easily and effectively.
Suitable for educators working with any age young child in any situation.
Practical – down to earth – reflective and philosophical. Real stories, real children, real centres and Joy’s conversational and inclusive style.
RRP $69.95
Visions of Creativity in Early Childhood
Connecting Theory, Practice and ReflectionAuthor(s): Joy Lubawy (click on the author's name for more titles)
This book brings together a variety of theories and influences together with the author's own research and experience. It connects philosophy, theories and practice alongside the development of a strong curriculum and is not just about child development, but about children discovering, theorising, experiencing, and learning. Easy to read, thoughtful and inspiring.
RRP $79.95
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