Birth to Big School is designed to support the Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care in a holistic and integrated way while addressing the relevant units of the Training Package. The text uses down-to-earth, practical examples to help students to understand traditional areas of development, and links these to the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the National Quality Standards (NQS). Questions throughout the text challenge your students to check their understanding of the content. Learning from real life scenarios helps to connect theory to practice, and reflective activities reinforce learning.