Early Learning
The materials on this page are intended to assist moms and other household members in keeping their under-five children engaged in learning activities even when they are not attending an early learning facility.
Resources
Play with water and learn many things!
Children start learning about the world around them through their senses – touching, smelling, tasting, listening and watching. They love playing with water. Let them enjoy their bath time by playing with them, talking and singing to them while teaching them that they...
Educational game: Help to stop the COVID-19 coronavirus
This educational game was conceptualised and developed as part of ECD Let’s play, learn and grow together and the Active Learning@Home series, compiled by the Department of Basic Education, Department of Social Development, and with support from Unicef. The purpose of...
Listen, touch, smell, watch and taste is learning
Children start learning about the world around them through their senses - touching, smelling, tasting, listening and watching. That is why sensory play is extremely important for their brain development. It stimulates the development of their motor, visual, language...
Problem Solving is Fun
This resource assists caregivers to teach children how to use their inborn creativity when dealing with issues and problems in everyday life, think critically, investigate and discover solutions to problems through play. This is very important for their overall...
Practice Counting Every Day
This resource assists caregivers to teach children one-to-one correspondence and how to understand the value of numbers, which is a foundation of mathematics. It gives suggestions for ways to practice counting in everyday activities with children according to age...
Have Fun with Sounds, Words and Reading
This resource teaches caregivers about the importance of communication for the overall development of children and gives suggestions for ways to communicate with children according to age group: 0 – 18 months, 18 months – 36 months, 3 – 5 years. Compiled by the...
Have Fun with Measurements
This resource assist caregivers to teach young children how they can have fun while learning about measurement and thus developing important base for mathematics later on. It gives suggestion fors easy to do at home exercises according to age group: 0 – 18 months, 18...
Have Fun with Counting
This resource assist caregivers to teach young children how they can have fun with numbers, shapes and counting, by suggesting easy to do at home exercises according to age group: 0 – 18 months, 18 months – 36 months, 3 – 5 years. Compiled by the Department of Basic...
Learn about space
This resource assist caregivers to teach young children about the relations of objects in space, by suggesting easy to do at home exercises according to age group: 0 – 18 months, 18 months – 36 months, 3 – 5 years. Compiled by the Department of Basic Education,...
Playing and sorting
This resource assist caregivers to teach young children about sorting, by suggesting easy to do at home exercises according to age group: 0 – 18 months, 18 months – 36 months, 3 – 5 years. Compiled by the Department of Basic Education, Department of Social...
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