The Future of Our ECD Centres
A News24 article published on 03 September 2020 had as headline “The silence where ECD centres are concerned is very loud.” In fact, it would probably have been closer to the truth to have stated “the silence is deafening!” The lack of...
Learning Through Play in Preschools – An Exercise in Serendipity?
“Children are not a distraction from more important work. They are the most important work.” – John Trainer, MD Introduction The Cambridge Dictionary defines serendipity as “the fact of...
Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Implications for Early Childcare Development “The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out” Bill Gates Introduction People often find it difficult to understand why some children are better at one specific activity than others....