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The TOY for Inclusion toolkit is published!
Do you want to promote social cohesion in your community starting from the very young children?
Are you keen to promote inclusive and high quality early childhood education initiatives for Roma and non-Roma young children?
Do you need inspiration for activities to involve families and community members to improve early childhood education and care services?
The “TOY for Inclusion Toolkit – A step-by-step guide to creating inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Play Hubs for all generations” is what you are looking for!
International workshop week in Dublin
Great news for TOY-PLUS this week!
We are in Dublin for the whole week together with 40 practitioners in early childhood education, social care and community development from 5 European countries. These practitioners took part in the piloting of the TOY online course in Intergenerational learning in the last weeks, and are now together participating in several workshops with the purpose to enhance and enrich the social exchange and mutual learning tools provided by the online course.
TOY for Inclusion inspires children in Belgium!
Playing, reading and drawing is highly beneficial for the development of young children. In this video we see learning activities organized in Ghent, Belgium, by the Centre for Innovation in the Early Years (VBJK) within the TOY for Inclusion project.
TOY publication: IGL and cultural heritage
This week we welcomed with pride the publication of the chapter ‘Intergenerational Learning: A Tool for Building and Transforming Cultural Heritage’ that the TOY team Margaret, Giulia and Jessica wrote for the Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice.
Normally we associate the term ‘public heritage’ with architecture, archeology and museums, however it is now an interdisciplinary field where humanities and social sciences converge. In this book the editors speak about “public heritage” as a way of bringing together these emerging interconnected practices. >> Read more
Not much to celebrate: Roma children’s discrimination starts early in life
Today, 8th April, is International Roma Day. It is a day marked to celebrate Romani history, culture, language and aspirations. While we praise the intentions and the efforts behind this initiative, we must conclude that there is not much to celebrate. The Roma are still one of Europe’s most disadvantaged groups: they are highly discriminated against and suffer from negative stereotypes, high levels of poverty and unemployment, poor education and deprivation. 35.7% of Roma population is under 15, and the discrimination and marginalization Roma suffer has a big detrimental effect on children in terms of their rights, development, and possibilities for their future. >> Read more