I'm an early childhood teacher too and I love it. I agree with meow with the pros and cons she has said. The pay sucks, and other con would be that you don't get holidays off in alot of early childhood centres, (except a few weeks at chrissy usually) and definately not as much as you do in schools, unless you're employed in a Dept of Ed pre-school. You get alot of conditions from primary teaching that you don't in early childhood even though you have the same sort of quals. While I'm a SAHM, I am considering doing my primary teaching degree though, because of the benefits you get from it, especially the holidays. When you have young kids and no help from family, it helps to have school holidays free because childcare fees are through the roof!! Especially for me for (soon to be) 3 kidlets.....