The State Library of Western Australia is offering micro and innovation grants for libraries and community groups to launch and deliver family literacy programs.

The sounds babies make in their first year of life may be less random than previously believed, a researcher from the University of Texas at Dallas has found.

Deepdene Preschool is a community-based, not-for-profit educational service in Victoria which is rated as Exceeding the National Quality Standard.

Concerns have been raised by local media about the future of early learning at both Beechworth Kindergarten and Beechworth Community Early Years Learning Centre.

The Victorian Early Years Awards are an opportunity for the best and brightest Victorian early childhood professionals to be recognised.