The first 5 years of the child's life is critical, in the development of a young child. These are the years for the foundation of a child's life. Thus it is importance to create awareness among parents and caregivers.

Parent Education workshops have been a major tool used for parent and family awareness programmes. The following areas are covered:

 Introduction to ECD in Maldives
 Characteristic of the success of person
 Babies communicate from the day they are born
 The most important thing a baby need is love and attention from the key people in her/his life
 It is important for a father as well as a mother to nurture their babies and to take part in care giving practices
 Your everyday routines can be learning experiences for your child
 The habit of looking and reading books can be beneficial even to the youngest child
 The best way to help build the self-esteem of children is to make them feel loved, challenged and competent
 Both girls and boys are born with the same potential to develop skills in language, music arts, sports, science etc.
 Children learn best through play
 All infants and children who are disabled can learn and be a joy to a family
 Elder sister and brothers can help their baby sister and brother in many positive ways
 Most injuries to babies and young children are preventable
 The best and most influential way a child learns is through modeling
 Discipline with love
Parent workshops are conducted for 2 days through lectures, discussions and group activities.

Link 16:         Parent Education Package (being developed in soft copy)

Link 17:         Parent Education Workshops conducted

Link 18:         Workshops planned for 2006