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Tips and guidance for early learning at home

Playful learning activities and resources for parents of young children up to 5 years.

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Resources to assist parents and other primary caregivers to provide easy, but important, playful learning activities for young children up to 5 years at home. Tips and activities for older children will also work for those children in Grade R and can be found here.

Free books for young children are available on Nal’ibali.

Early education resources

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Pledge To Play with the Manifesto for Fun

International Day of Play special colouring and activity book and the #PledgeToPlay for you and your child.

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Study on knowledge, attitudes and practices

The importance of play in early learning

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Brief on Scoping Study to determine priority geographical areas for face-to-face training and capacity development of parents with children aged birth to six years

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Investing in foundational learning drives development

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The ECDMobi App

Providing parents and caregivers with building blocks for their child’s future through play

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Golden rules for preventing the spread of COVID-19

Posters for learners, educators, parents and caregivers

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Tshwaragano ka Bana - Let's play learn and grow together #11

# 11 - 20: easy, daily, playful learning activities for young children up to 5 years at home.

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Help to stop the COVID-19 coronavirus

An educational game developed as part of ECD Let’s play, learn and grow together and the Grade R to 9 Active Learning@Home series.

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Tshwaragano ka Bana - Make your own Tippy Tap

A fun activity for the whole family

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Children at heart

A series of podcasts on children and COVID-19 in partnership with Heartlines - Episode 1-5

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Let’s play, learn and grow together - Series 1: Me!

Little booklet developed to support parents and young children with reading, pictures and ideas for children from birth to five (all official languages).

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Tshwaragano ka Bana -Let's play learn & grow together #1-10

#1-10 - easy, daily playful learning activities for young children up to 5 years at home.

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COVID-19 coronavirus explained to parents of young children

Providing parents of children under 6 years with easy-to-understand information that will assist them to protect themselves and their young children.

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“My Hero is You”

A new fictional book developed by and for children aims to help families understand and cope with COVID-19.

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Coronavirus - How can I avoid the risk of infection?

Poster with 4 precautions you and your family can take to avoid infection.

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Water, sanitation and hygiene posters

Poster series promoting hand washing

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