MASIKHULE EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM
Young children attending ECD centres in marginalised communities are at risk of not reaching their physical, mental, social and learning potential due to a number of factors. The most important being the dire socio-economic environment in which they live – resulting in them attending ECD Centres that are often staffed by women without sufficient training, are unregistered, under-resourced and over-crowded. Masikhule has been putting measures in place to address these concerns since 2005.
Masikhule’s Early Intervention program comprises a number of projects:
Our Early Learning Program (ELP) has been created over many years for 3 to 5 year old children at their most receptive stages of development, and which is relevant for the South African population. The content has been overseen by a team of Occupational Therapists and educationists who have vast experience working within the ECD sector, and community-based sector in particular. Our ELP not only provides structure to keep young children on track, but is designed in such a way as to encourage independence, problem solving, decision making, creativity and ultimately empowerment of the educators, caregivers or parents when implementing this
Our Teacher Enrichment Workshops (TEW) is incorporated into the ELP training and is based on educators gaining knowledge and insight into child development, how to identify developmental and learning delays and most importantly, how to work on those areas within the preschool setting, ensuring that all learning is inclusive. Regular mentorship and group OT at ECD Centres further enhances the implementation of these skills and guides implementation, providing educators with confidence and assisting them with keeping the children’s development on track.
Through our Early Learning Resource Library (ELRL), children are exposed to a wide variety of exceptional games, toys and resources to further ensure learning is optimized.
MASIKHULE EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM
Young children attending ECD centres in marginalised communities are at risk of not reaching their physical, mental, social and learning potential due to a number of factors. The most important being the dire socio-economic environment in which they live – resulting in them attending ECD Centres that are often staffed by women without sufficient training, are unregistered, under-resourced and over-crowded. Masikhule has been putting measures in place to address these concerns since 2005.
Masikhule’s Early Intervention program comprises a number of projects:
Our Early Learning Program (ELP) has been created over many years for 3 to 5 year old children at their most receptive stages of development, and which is relevant for the South African population. The content has been overseen by a team of Occupational Therapists and educationists who have vast experience working within the ECD sector, and community-based sector in particular. Our ELP not only provides structure to keep young children on track, but is designed in such a way as to encourage independence, problem solving, decision making, creativity and ultimately empowerment of the educators, caregivers or parents when implementing this
Our Teacher Enrichment Workshops (TEW) is incorporated into the ELP training and is based on educators gaining knowledge and insight into child development, how to identify developmental and learning delays and most importantly, how to work on those areas within the preschool setting, ensuring that all learning is inclusive. Regular mentorship and group OT at ECD Centres further enhances the implementation of these skills and guides implementation, providing educators with confidence and assisting them with keeping the children’s development on track.
Through our Early Learning Resource Library (ELRL), children are exposed to a wide variety of exceptional games, toys and resources to further ensure learning is optimized.