by Svetlana | May 15, 2019 | Blog
The Mikhulu Child Development Trust trains organisations to implement an evidence-based early childhood development (ECD) programme called “book-sharing”. Book-sharing is an interactive exercise shared between a young child (under 6) and an adult. Unlike when reading...
by Svetlana | May 15, 2019 | Blog
Research from around the world shows that a caregiver can boost the developmental benefits of books by sharing them with a child in a particular way – using dialogic book-sharing. What is dialogic book-sharing? Dialogic book-sharing is an interactive exercise...
by Svetlana | May 13, 2019 | Blog, ECD News, News
The Bridge ECD Community of Practice has launched the ECD Practitioner Quality Reflection Tool, which assists ECD practitioners in understanding quality in ECD practice and helps them identify their strengths and weaknesses so they are able to develop and improve...
by Svetlana | Apr 23, 2019 | Blog
Today is World Book Day and to celebrate, we’ve compiled a few great quotes to remind everyone what a power and love of books can ignite in every young child. We hope these quotes will inspire you, as they have us, to understand how important reading to and with young...
by Svetlana | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, ECD News, News
Unicef has launched its first-ever global report dedicated to early childhood education – A World Ready to Learn: Prioritizing quality early childhood education. This report gives a comprehensive analysis on the state of early childhood education globally and...
by Svetlana | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog, ECD News
In his SONA address in February, President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged that the responsibility of ECD will move from the Department of Social Development to the Department of Basic Education this year. This function shift will affect the ECD community in a number of ways...
