Supporting parents and caregivers requires a whole-of-society approach, with coordinated responses from the health, education, social services, private and other sectors. This brief focuses on the role of the health sector specifically.Read More →
This document provides comprehensive guidelines for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective and scalable parenting programs—including by examining their costs—particularly in low- and middle-income countries.Read More →
This research–into–action brief explores how the climate crisis is reshaping the lives of an estimated 500 million children and young people growing up in slums and informal settlements.Read More →
This working paper provides an overview of the risks and potential of early childhood and the changing climate and showcases a dozen innovative approaches where early childhood and climate sectors have successfully converged.Read More →
The compendium supports efforts to end mistreatment and achieve respectful maternal and newborn care, marking a decade since the WHO’s 2014 statement on the prevention of disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth. Despite substantial progress in understanding and measuring respectful care large-scale implementation remains limited. Emerging research has highlighted small-scale interventions, but there is still much to learn about the most effective approaches. Read More →
This video describes the importance of play for child’s development and future. Different types of play are described including active play, exploratory play and representational (imaginative and pretend) play. Read More →
This video clip from The Beginning of Life documentary highlights the incredible amount and speed of connections made in the brain in the first years of life. It cites that 700 to 1000 neuronal connections are made every second. However, more recent estimates indicate the number is much higher: “more than 1 million new neural connections per second.”Read More →
“The more you talk to your baby, the better they will learn.” This video includes explanations of why talking to children before they can talk is important and examples of caregivers talking to their children (3, 7, 10, 15, and 20 months old).Read More →
Cette vidéo décrit les différents types de stress – positif, tolérable, toxique. Avec le soutien adéquat des personnes qui s’occupent d’eux, les enfants peuvent faire face à un stress positif ou tolérable sans que leur santé et leur développement n’en pâtissent.Read More →
Did you know that sorting shapes promotes the ability to analyze and classify objects? To make shapes cut out geometric shapes, such as triangles, squares and circles of different sizes and colors, from cardboard, construction paper or foam… Read More →
Did you know that sorting shapes promotes the ability to analyze and classify objects? To make shapes cut out geometric shapes, such as triangles, squares and circles of different sizes and colors, from cardboard, construction paper or foam… Read More →
Did you know that rattles or shakers helps stimulate baby’s ability to see, hear and grasp objects? To play this game all you need is a transparent plastic bottle, in which you can put small items such as colored buttons, pebbles, etc.Read More →
In this video a grandmother and young child are playing dress up with clothes they have at home. Notice how the child is initiating (selects the clothing item, decides what to do with it) and the grandmother follows her lead. The grandma collaborates in the play and uses language to explore what the child is thinking/doing and extend the play.Read More →
In this video a facilitator interacts with a child under 3 years. She gives the child a three sticks and asks what he would like to do with them. She then copies the child. This goes on and on with the child initiating and the facilitator copying. She is following his lead. Later she demonstrates some actions with her own sticks, then asks the child: ‘And what will you do with your sticks?’Read More →
This video explains and illustrates three ways in which play is important for children’s development. Play supports relationships with caregivers; builds children’s life skills; and fosters children’s resilience in response to hardship.Read More →
Did you know that Peekaboo helps babies understand that people and things exist, even if they can’t see them? Read More →
¿Sabías que el Móvil Bebé sirve para desarrollar las destrezas de las manos y la vista? Para armar el Móvil Bebé es necesario unir trozos de cintas o telas de colores a una goma de cabello y atarlas en un extremo para que no se suelten. De este modo las cintas quedarán unidas y podrán agitarse y tener movimiento al colgar hacia abajo. El adulto puede sujetar el móvil y moverlo lentamente acercándolo al bebé para que pueda seguir los colores y el movimiento con los ojos y alcance a tocarlo. Read More →
¿Sabías que el Móvil Bebé sirve para desarrollar las destrezas de las manos y la vista? Para armar el Móvil Bebé es necesario unir trozos de cintas o telas de colores a una goma de cabello y atarlas en un extremo para que no se suelten. De este modo las cintas quedarán unidas y podrán agitarse y tener movimiento al colgar hacia abajo. El adulto puede sujetar el móvil y moverlo lentamente acercándolo al bebé para que pueda seguir los colores y el movimiento con los ojos y alcance a tocarlo. Read More →
This video explains the value of open-ended play materials, such as objects from nature, boxes, pieces of cloth and others.Read More →
¿Sabías que el Korekoguá ayuda a que el bebé comprenda que las personas y cosas existen, aunque no las vea? Para jugar al Korekoguá solo tenés que taparte la cara con las manos o con un pañuelo frente a tu bebé. Escondete y luego aparecé con una sonrisa. Al desaparecer decí “Koreko…” y al aparecer, “Guá”. También podés hacer lo mismo cubriendo brevemente la carita del bebé. Otra forma es ocultando su juguete favorito para que lo encuentre.Read More →
