Playful parenting

AfECN’s resource hub therefore provides a platform for sharing information including best practices in scaling up playful parenting in varied contexts including in emergency situations. The resources featured are:

 

  1. Advocacy briefs

  2. Blog series

  3. Child play models

  4. Compendium of resources

  5. Courses on facilitating playful parenting

  6. Parenting manuals

  7. Policy documents

  8. Project evaluation reports

  9. Scoping review reports

  10. Webinar and conference recordings

  1. AfECN: Playful parenting webinar series | Link to Resources

  2. AfECN: Promoting playful parenting through ECD focused communication strategy: A Case of Zambia. | Link to Resources

  3. AfECN: Snakes & Ladder | Link to Resources

  4. AfECN: Book of feelings | Link to Resources

  5. AfECN: Book of friendship | Link to Resources

  6. AfECN: Webinar on Enhancing Delivery of Quality in Early Childhood Education and Development | Link to Resources

  7. AfECN: Africa Regional Convening of Global Initiative to Support Parents | Link to Resources

  8. AfECN: Webinar on Inclusive Early Childhood Education and Development | Link to Resources

  9. AfECN and Consortium Partners: Strengthening capacity for play-based learning in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review report | Link to Resources

  10. World Vision: Playful parenting activity booklet | Link to Resources

  11. Unicef: Playful parenting brief: SCALING-UP PLAYFUL PARENTING | Link to Resources

  12. Aga Khan Foundation: Learning through play in East Africa. | Link to Resources

  13. Aga Khan Foundation: Science for Early Childhood Development | Link to Resources

  14. UNICEF: National Scaling Up  Playful Parenting in Zambia | Link to Resources

  15. LEGO Foundation: White Paper on Playful Learning and Joyful Parenting | Link to Resources

  16. LEGO Foundation: What we mean by playful parenting in early years | Link to Resources

  17. Oxford University: COVID-19 Playful Parenting Emergency Response: Reaching 1.3 billion families with immediate parenting support | Link to Resources

  18. LEGO Foundation: The Power of Playful Parenting | Link to Resources

  19. US. Department of Health and Human Services: Adventures  in Parenting | Link to Resources

  20. Centre for Disease Control: Positive Parenting Tips for Healthy Child Development | Link to Resources

  21. Playful Parenting: An exciting New Approach to Raining Children | Link to Resources

  22. Save The Children: Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting PDEP (fourth edition) | Link to Resources

  23. Centre for Emotional Health: Playful parenting course | Link to Resources

  24. Genesis Therapy Centre: Connecting with your kids through play “Play is the purest expression of love” | Link to Resources

  25. Catholic Relief Services and Partners: Changing the Way we Care - Learnings: Positive Parenting and Care Reform in Kenya | Link to Resources

  26. European Journal of Social Studies: Single Parenting in Kenya: Issues, Challenges and Solutions. | Link to Resources

  27. Aga Khan University Institute of Human Development: Aga Khan University launches online hub to train early childhood development workers | Link to Resources

  28. Aga Khan University Institute of Human Development: Supporting  Child Development  Through Parenting  Interventions in in Low- to Middle-Income Countries: An Updated Systematic Review | Link to Resources

  29. Aga Khan University: Integrating Playful Parenting Interventions in Government Systems | Link to Resources

  30. APHRC: Learning through Play: A Concept Proven over Generations | Link to Resources

  31. APHRC: Strengthening the Capacity of Teachers on Play-Based Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa. | Link to Resources

  32. APHRC: Play as a Pathway to Inclusive Education for all Children | Link to Resources

  33. APHRC: The place of play in early learning: Highlights from a stakeholder engagement workshop | Link to Resources

  34. Stellenbosch University: The use and value of play: Perspectives from the continent of Africa – a scoping review | Link to Resources

  35. BERA: A scoping review of research on play-based pedagogies in kindergarten education | Link to Resources

  36. 13 Play Based Learning Benefits And Challenges | Link to Resources

  37. ECD Measure: SCHOOLS 2030 UGANDA BEQI PILOT REPORT: Overview Of The Process And Results From Piloting The BEQI In Uganda | Link to Resources

  38. ECD Measure: SCHOOLS 2030 KENYA BEQI PILOT REPORT Overview of the process and results from piloting the BEQI in Kenya – October 2021 | Link to Resources

  39. World Vision: Initiative launched to promote effective use of play-based activities to improve the performance of thousands of children in Kenya | Link to Resources

  40. Global Parenting Initiative | Link to Resources

  41. UNICEF: Evidence on how parenting programmes can reduce violence against children and women | Link to Resources

  42. UNICEF: Breaking Stereotypes: A Conversation with UNICEF Ghana on Parenting and Gender Roles | Link to Resources

  43. IDRC: Insights from KIX ECE Learning Through Play Research Projects | Link to Resources

  44. Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies: Brief on the Need to Provide Holistic Support to Young Children in Acute Emergencies | Link to Resources

  45. The International Rescue Committee: Transforming Tomorrow: Innovative Solutions for Children in Crisis Learning from Ahlan Simsim's experience in the MENA region | Link to Resources

  46. Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action: Compendium of Resources for Family and Caregiving Strengthening in Humanitarian Settings. | Link to Resources

  47. UNICEF: A Strategic Note: UNICEF’s Vision for Elevating Parenting | Link to Resources

  48. UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti: Family and Parenting Support Policy and Provision in a Global Context | Link to Resources