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