{"id":737,"date":"2018-07-03T09:11:48","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T09:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=737"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:30:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:30:46","slug":"no-limits-to-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/07\/03\/no-limits-to-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"No limits to learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday my friend Ginny had a flying visit to meet with some people in Durban. Before you imagine she\u2019s turned into one of her fairies or something – she really did fly and she was only there for a few hours. (Hahahaha \u2013 I\u2019m a witty girl today hey!)<\/em><\/p>\n

Seriously though, the reason she went is ultra-cool. She\u2019s going to be involved in writing a series of short stories for little children. These will be based on various topics \u2013 lovely things like courage, joy, creativity, responsibility, kindness, caring, accountability etc.<\/p>\n

These are values that everybody should be teaching their kids from a very young age. Also, if children from the age of 0 \u2013 6 are not taught various concepts (colours, shapes, fine motor skills etc) it impacts hugely on their future learning.<\/p>\n

The Unlimited Child<\/a> is a national non-profit initiative that started in 2008. These guys are simply awesome. They have an early childhood education model and they provide training for people who work in\/or own cr\u00e8ches \u2013 normally in really disadvantaged areas where finances are challenged.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s rather use the correct terminology\u2026 these \u2018people\u2019 are actually known as practitioners. They are not teachers because they don\u2019t have a formal qualification, nor are they care-givers, because they do more than just wipe bums and noses. They aren\u2019t really cr\u00e8ches either\u2026 they are known as ECD Centres (early child development). Apparently cr\u00e8ches are places where kids play and don\u2019t actually do too much learning. Not ideal if you want your kid to get the best possible start in life.<\/p>\n

Sjoe! All this terminology gets a bit confusing at times.<\/p>\n

These guys (actually \u2013 they are mainly ladies<\/em>) work with various government departments to discover which places really do need their help. Then they swoop in, a bit like guardian angels, and offer assistance in the form of this model.<\/p>\n

Okay wait\u2026 \u2018model\u2019 conjures up a stiff image. Banish that picture from your head immediately! It\u2019s more like cool, colourful stuff for the kids to play and interact with, accompanied by lesson plans for the practitioner\u2019s to use along with the toys. Like I mentioned earlier \u2013 training is given on how to use the equipment. Thereafter the centres are monitored and follow-up assistance is provided when necessary.<\/p>\n

In case you are wondering\u2026 NO! They do not provide actual financial assistance to centres.<\/p>\n

In 2008 The Unlimited Child started with 5 ECD centres in KZN. Today they assist over 1729 centres in 8 provinces, including Gauteng. Their goal is to have 5000 centres by 2022!<\/p>\n

Eventually Ginny\u2019s stories are going to be read to all these kids!<\/p>\n

Little kids are so precious \u2013 they should be treasured and nourished, on many different levels, to give them the best possible start in life.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sibo<\/p>\n

xxxx<\/p>\n

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PS \u2013 If you want to know more about The Unlimited Child and the thinking behind it \u2013 visit their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday my friend Ginny had a flying visit to meet with some people in Durban. Before you imagine she\u2019s turned into one of her fairies or something – she really did fly and she was only there for a few hours. (Hahahaha \u2013 I\u2019m a witty girl today hey!) Seriously though, the reason she went … Continue reading “No limits to learning”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79,80,12],"tags":[173,76,111,171,172],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":743,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}