Play Makes Us Human: Innovative Approaches to Early Childhood Care and Education Case Study (Video)
Sports Day is a month away and two classes at Kaede Kindergarten in Hiroshima, Japan are busy getting ready for a box-stacking competition that will be the highlight of the event.
This short film, which originally aired on nationwide Japanese television (Television Shin-Hiroshima System [TSS)]), documents both teams’ journey over the course of the month – their trials, triumphs and, most importantly, lessons learned along the way.
Teachers at the kindergarten embrace the type of child-centred, play-based and collaborative approach that is proven to be effective in early childhood care and education (ECCE).
As such, this is one the innovative approaches to ECCE that UNESCO Bangkok has selected to highlight as part of the ongoing “Documentation of Innovative Pedagogical Approaches and Tools in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE).”
Parenting Education Videos
Nine videos containing key messages and good practice related to parenting education based on the recent UNESCO Bangkok’s publications Parenting Education Guidebook and Facilitators’ Handbook for Parenting Education, are released!
The videos aim to improve the quality of the community-based parenting education programmes for parents, families, caregivers and other community members, so that they acquire appropriate knowledge and skills to provide holistic Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) to their children. Thanks to the participants whose drawings have been included in the videos and which have been received as part of the Asia-Pacific contest 2012 organized by UNESCO, ARNEC, ASPBAE and UNICEF on “What is a good early childhood?”
Working Together for Early Childhood
This video was prepared by ARNEC with support of UNESCO, as a contribution to the UNESCO World Conference on ECCE in 2010 in Moscow, to promote the cause for early childhood in the Asia-Pacific region through a collective voice and to galvanize partnership in the region to work together to raise the profile of early childhood.
