by Laura Brooks | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog, Lessons from the Field, News, Projects
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. This old saying seems apt in 2020, a year which many people are lamenting as one of the worst in living memory. Certainly is has been a tough year for all of us, not just in South Africa, but around the world. And the...
by Svetlana | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog
The Early Childhood Matters 2019 launched today and showcases advances in early childhood development. This document will be useful and of interest to anyone working to improve the health and wellbeing of babies, toddlers and their caregivers. The 2019 edition...
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 | 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...
