How you can support New Zealand Kindergartens promotion of quality Early Childhood Education
You can make a big difference; you and the thousands of others who we know support the importance of quality Early Childhood Education. Please take a little time to consider how you can support ECE by spreading our message.
Speaking out in support of ECE, encouraging discussion and spreading the word among friends are natural ways to help. But these days, with online promotions and social media (such as Facebook and Twitter), you have the opportunity to extend your own influence and help play a significant role in building support for quality ECE.
Things you can do and how to do it
Firstly, sign up your support for our promotion and to receive emails (see top of right panel). Once you receive an email from Greatstart100, you can then pass on to others in your email address book. You can also receive an automatic feed of alerts directly to your email whenever a blog post occurs. And finally, encourage more links to this website by placing a link at the bottom of your emails. Read more here.
Facebook provides a huge natural pool of supporters, with over 400 million global users. Facebook is a place where our supporters can talk to each other about ECE issue. To participate, you firstly need to have your own Facebook personal page. Gather friends and use your friends list to gather more friends, giving you a group to recommend support of the GreatStart100 Facebook fan page. Read more here.
Other things
Any amount of activity, whether it’s online or in the real world, adds vitality to the promotion of quality Early Childhood Education. Think about how you can help that vitality with activities ranging from writing letters to the editor through to commenting in blogs. Read more here.