Why does play matter? This is a question asked in "The Right to Play," published by the Bernard van Leer Foundation to coincide with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment No. 17, which aims to strengthen implementation of children’s right to rest, leisure, play and recreational activities.

PHAC has engaged with the Ministry of Health in the creation of a new online resource offering supports to assist in learning more about planning for a pregnancy, care during pregnancy, labour, birth, as well as postpartum baby and toddler care.

In this article from the Bernard van Leer Foundation Early Childhood Matters magazine, the authors introduce the World Health Organization and UNICEF Care for Child Development package, an evidence-based set of materials to help health sector workers to support caregivers in improving the sensitivity, responsiveness and psychosocial stimulation of their children.

Click here to read an overview of an article presented by David W. Kritt on cognitive development theory and how this relates to optimized learning in children.

Four respected joint workshop presenters in the early childhood field have brought together 12 of their most important topics as essays in this newly published book.

“By the time most kids start preschool, aged around 3, the most important building blocks for learning have already been put in place.”