OATLEY MP Mark Coure and the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Leslie Williams, chose Possum Child Care Centre at Hurstville to say needs-based funding for preschools is showing good results a year after it began.
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Mr Coure said the $150 million model was boosting enrolments of kids from disadvantaged backgrounds, including Aboriginal kids and those in remote areas.
At Possum Child Care business partners Cheryl Byles and Wendy Stone don't see their centre as disadvantaged but they would welcome any funding to enhance the services they already provide.
Mrs Byles and Mrs Stone are teachers and set up their centre in the mid-1990s to identify children who were in danger of falling through developmental gaps.
Mrs Byles said they found an increasing number of children had difficulty with motor skills because they spent most of their time with computers rather than using their limbs to kick balls.
Some had trouble with language, particularly with listening and understanding, because their eyes were on the TV or their smart phones.
If their funding application was successful they would spend the money on more early-intervention support such as speech pathology, occupational therapy and physical education.