Family and Community Involvement
Getting Started as a Community Preschool Motivator (CPM)
Only half a million of an estimated six million children under the age of 5 in South Africa receive any kind of organised childhood development services. This guide presents elements of strategy for CPMs to reach out to more children and their families.
CPMs work closely with parents and child care systems that are already in place to identify the places where support is needed so that the child's right to basic early education, health, safety and nutrition is assured.
ISBN:978-0-9583137-9-7
Age: Adult
Language: English
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Keeping Records
This publication explains how to keep records of all the activities and business of the early childhood centre in an effective way. It deals with attendance registers, progress records, fees, income and expenditure books, accounts, financial statements, budgets, supplies, donations and stocktaking.
ISBN: no ISBN
Age: Adult
Language: English
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Some Options for Community Educare Programmes
This is an introduction to some programmes which may be less well known than a preschool, educare centre or crèche. The options described - parent playgroups, home visiting, childminding - do not require large amounts of money or registration to get started, but have many benefits for young children and their families.
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Age: Adult
Language: English
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Upgrading Preschool Shelters
This publication has ideas for upgrading pre-school shelters using shipping containers. It looks at how to plan indoor and outdoor space and provides three different lay-out plans. It also suggests ways to recycle waste.
ISBN:978-0-9583137-7-3
Age: Adult
Language: English
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Menu Planning and Costing
Food is one of the main expenses of apreschool programme. All children, not only those in preschool centres, should receive an adequate nutritious diet. This book provides information on where to find information about food values and nutrition, hints about fruit and vegetables, wise buying, shopping-lists, basic kitchen equipment, costing, examples of menus, measurement of food as well as a meal planner. It also provides information about nutrition support programmes.
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Age: Adult
Language: English
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The Story of Etafeni
This book describes the development of play groups run by mothers in an area of Nyanga, Cape Town, lacking in ECD services. In this book women talk about the project, Etafeni - a Xhosa word which means "on the open space" - and how it has changed their lives for the better. There are still many problems in the community but this story shows how people working together can overcome problems and how they can make some dreams come true.
ISBN:978-0-9583137-5-9
Age: Adult
Language: English
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Ideas for Parent Meetings
This book helps preschool and community workers involve parents in the education of their young children. It gives detailed suggestions for six workshop meetings on baby care and eleven workshops on preschool education, using the ELRU Leaflets for Parents
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Age: Adult
Language: English
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Leaflets for Parents
The ELRU Leaflets for Parents help parents understand how young children develop and learn and how to develop their confidence and discipline.
Each leaflet also describes inexpensive educational activities and games for children at home. There are 18 leaflets dealing with the development of the child aged 2 - 6 years and 8 leaflets about babies. The leaflets come in a card folder and are available in English, Xhosa, South Sotho, Pedi and Afrikaans.
SBN: no ISBN
Age: Adult
Language: English
List Price: R15