 The central aim of this study is to examine what measures have been taken by selected EU member states – two countries (Sweden and Croatia), as well as three regions (Flanders in Belgium, Berlin in Germany and Emilia-Romagna in Italy) – to deal with the COVID-19 crisis during the first year of the... 2021 VBJK Belgium English Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be |
 The World Health Organization advises mothers to exclusively breastfeed their newborn babies for at least 6 months. In the Netherlands, a recent assessment of breastfeeding practices showed that 69% of the mothers start breastfeeding after birth. After one week this number declines to 58%, and to... 2020 TNO Child Health The Netherlands Dutch Sylvia van der Pal, Sylvia.vanderpal@tno.nl; Wilma Otten, wilma.otten@tno.nl |
 Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
The InTrans project has identified five key actions that policy decision-makers, providers and leaders should undertake – in social dialogue with trade union organizations – to enhance the participation of children and families to ECEC in times of crisis... 2021 English Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be |
 Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic showed how crucial it is to keep the relationship between ECEC centres and families and children alive. Considering the possible fear and stress that parents and children experienced during the pandemic situation, ECEC had to invest... 2021 English Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be |
 Draft document
The InTrans project aims at influencing the systemic conditions needed in order to disseminate and implement good transitional practices on a wider scale. The ultimate goal is to ensure that more children and families, especially the most vulnerable ones, can benefit from... 2020 VBJK, University of Ghent (Centre for Diversity and Learning and Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy), University of Bologna, Tampere University, ERI, BUPL Belgium English Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be |
 Transitions across the home environment, early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings and compulsory school education (CSE) mark significant changes in the life of children and their families and communities. Positive experiences of transition between educational levels can be a critical... 2019 Educational Research Institute, University of Bologna – Department of Education ‘G.M. Bertin’, VBJK – Centre for Innovation in the Early Years, Pen Green Centre and Research Base, Preschool and Primary School Direzione Didattica di Vignola, et al Slovenia English Katrien Van Laere, katrien@vbjk.be |
 This handout presents in brief the Persona Dolls methodology and provides a brief and concise overview of how we can create a doll with personality, the main rules for making the dolls, the steps that need to be taken in advance, the main phases of a persona dolls session and some story examples... Partners Hungary Foundation Hungary English Zsuzsa László, laszlozsuzsa01@gmail.com |
 A combilation of videos addressed to families and ECD professionals, that aim at explaining the developmental stages of the child and how we can support children's holistic development and autonomy.
Learn more about Ensemble for Early Childhood Education on the website, Facebook, Twitter and... Ensemble for Early Childhood Education France English, French Aurelia Rabe, aurelia.rabe@eduensemble.org |
 This toolbox explains how to organize accessible and flexible childcare businesswise. The toolbox consists of a folder, four concrete examples of business models and a template of a business model canvas that you can complete yourself.
Download the Business Toolbox:
PACE Business Folder EN (169 KB... 2020 Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Department of Early Childhood; Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dutch, English An Raes, an.raes@arteveldehs.be |
 This report outlines how the access to childcare and employment can be enhanced for families living in vulnerable conditions by investing in strong systems, organisations and staff. It highlights what measures can be taken to support families into childcare and employment and to enhance their... 2020 Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Department of Early Childhood; Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts Belgium English An Raes, an.raes@arteveldehs.be |
 Providing accessible childcare can improve chances of vulnerable parents in general and on the labour market. With PACE we want to explore organising occasional and/or flexible childcare. As we are working with vulnerable parents, we have to be aware of their difficult living reality, where they... 2020 Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Department of Early Childhood; Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts Belgium English An Raes, an.raes@arteveldehs.be |
 TOY to Share, Play to Care is a two-year project (January 2019 – January 2021) that builds on previous work undertaken by International Child Development Initiatives (ICDI), a Netherlands-based non-governmental organization. Specifically, it follows upon the project TOY for Inclusion, 2017-2019.The... 2021 Early Childhood Research Centre, DublinCity University Ireland English Giulia Cortellesi, giulia@icdi.nl |
 The EDUCAS project planned to start the Continuous Professional Development Paths (CPD) in the three countries involved (Belgium, Lithuania, Italy) with specific focus groups involving families and staff in the ECEC centers partners of the project. The aim of the focus groups has been:
1) gaining... 2021 VBJK, Center for Innovative Education in Lithuania, University of Parma Belgium, Lithuania and Italy English Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be |
 The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has upended families’ lives, with school closures, social distancing, and stay-at-home measures limiting their access to support systems, while adding to health concerns and economic uncertainties. As families face these varied stressors, it is even... 2021 R4D, ISSA English |
 The purpose of this report is to demonstrate development and implementation of a common path of professional development for professionals: ECEC core and assisting practitioners in two Slovenian kindergartens involved in the VALUE project.The aim of the VALUE project was to create a ‘path of... 2020 VBJK - Centre for Innovation in the Early Years, ERI - Educational Research Institute Slovenia English |
 In this report we present a description and reflection of the learning path carried out in Portugal, by the teams of Lisbon and Santarém. After a previous contextualization about the ECEC system in Portugal, we share information on the two institutions where the pilot studies took place (one... 2020 VBJK - Centre for Innovation in the Early Years, ERI - Educational Research Institute Portugal English |
 This report examines the question "How can professional development in learning laboratories enhance professional identity, a holistic perspective approach to education and care (educare) and collaboration among and between core and assisting practitioners within Danish ECEC settings?"
Overall,... 2020 VBJK - Centre for Innovation in the Early Years, ERI - Educational Research Institute Denmark English |
 In this Belgian Pilot Report, conducted as part of the VALUE project, we examine how collaborative learning between ECEC core and assisting practitioners can be supported as part of sustainable CPD (Continuous Professional Development) path in the context of Flemish community of Belgium.
2020 VBJK - Centre for Innovation in the Early Years, ERI - Educational Research Institute Belgium English |
 The ambition of this roadmap is to inspire you, as a reader, to strengthen collaboration between assisting and core practitioners in ECEC. The underlying idea is that better collaboration strengthens individual practitioners and teams in addressing all aspects of children’s well-being, development... 2020 VBJK - Centre for Innovation in the Early Years, ERI - Educational Research Institute, DPU – Danish school of Education, Aarhus University Aga Khan Foundation, ESE – IPSantarém, Erasmus University College, Karel de Grote University College Belgium Slovenian, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, English |
 In this VALUE endline report, the following question is examined: How can continuous professional development (CPD) strengthen professional identity, holistic approaches to educational work (educare) and cooperation between core and assisting practitioners working within the field of Early... 2020 VBJK - Centre for Innovation in the Early Years, ERI - Educational Research Institute Denmark English |
 The fourth and final International Learning Exchange Visit of the crossnational EU PINN Project, took place virtually on 2, 3 and 4 November 2020. Our goal for this learning exchange visit was to get a better understanding of the role maternity services and parenting support play in prevention and... 2020 English |
 The Toolkit aims to support the work of nursery teachers with young refugee children and their families. It consists the Guidebook with methodological and theoretical guidelines; Activity cards with examples of activities for children under 4 years of age organized in 3 clusters: Welcoming the... 2020 EADAP and ISSA English, Greek Natacha Papaprocopiu, natachaapapap@gmail.com |
 A guidebook which aims to support and inform the work of kindergarten teachers engaged in kindergartens in refugee camps on the Aegean islands, but can also be of help in various kindergarten settings.The guidebook besides hints on how to support kindergarten teachers, addresses topics such as... 2020 ISSA, University of Patras and Refugee Trauma Initiative (RTI) English, Greek Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 During the lockdown, the Child Development Institute at Ilia State University continued its activities by providing services at the distance. All distance interventions included parents or other family members. In order to support their work at home, specialists were designing tailored activities... 2020 Child Development Institute, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge |
 The COVID crisis and its effect has put families with children under a lot of stress. This is especially true for those families that were already experiencing difficulties or were at risk.In this new and turbulent situation, we as service providers are aware that the pressure can seem overwhelming... 2020 For Our Children Foundation Bulgarian Dilyana Maneva |
 This book is one of the main outputs from the PACE (Providing Access to Childcare and Employment) project. This European project tested new models of making childcare and employment more accessible for families living in vulnerable conditions, at distance from childcare and employment, including... 2020 Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Department of Early Childhood; Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences and Arts English, Dutch, French An Raes, An Piessens, Dietlinde Willockx |
 The Home Visiting Workforce Needs Assessment Tool aims to help Ministries and government agencies reflect on the ways in which they can support personnel delivering home visiting programs across sectors for pregnant mothers and caregivers with children under 3. Drawing inspiration from the UNICEF... 2020 ISSA Global Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, English, Arabic, French |
 For over 25 years, the Step by Step Program, flagship initiative for Early Childhood Education reform of the Open Society Foundations, has implemented a democratic child-centered classroom approach where families and children are placed at the heart of the pedagogical practice. For everyone to take... 2019 ISSA the Netherlands English Eva Izsak, eizsak@issa.nl |
 Calendar with ideas for the family was developed by the Center for Interactive Pedagogy as an immediate response to COVID-19 pandemic. The resource was developed with the ultimate aim to support parents/caregivers in organizing activities for their children during self-isolation. The Calendar... 2020 CIP – Center for Interactive Pedagogy Serbia English Aleksandra Kalezic Vignjevic, aleksandra@cipcentar.org Free |
 Worldwide Orphans (WWO) created a learning at home activity manual with 20 activities to do in 20 minutes, targeted for children from 6 months-8 years of age with focus on supporting parent capacity to play with and support their child’s ongoing learning. The activity manual has been rolled out in... 2020 Worldwide Orphans Foundation Amharic, English, Bulgarian, Creole Melissa Middaugh, melissa@wwo.org |
 Bridge Back to School was created by the Irish National Autism Charity ‘AsIAm’ and education exper/researchers at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, with the support of the supermarket chain SuperValu. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact society in unimaginable ways, with children... 2020 Mary Immaculate College Ireland English Prof Emer Ring, emer.ring@mic.ul.ie |
 This Toolkit has been developed in the context of the project ‘Making the first 1000 days count!’. The aim of this Toolkit is to provide Home Visitors with the latest scientific evidence about child development, learning and well-being as well as practical advice and materials, which they can share... 2020 International Child Development Initiatives ICDI Amharic, English Giulia Cortellesi, giulia@icdi.nl |
 During the pandemic, the NGO “KHAM" Delcevo had an important role to play in raising awareness among the Roma community about how to be protected from COVID-19. In order to achieve our objectives we implemented online education for pregnant women about going to the Gynecologist and taking care of... 2020 NGO “KHAM" Delcevo Macedonia Macedonian Zoran Bikovski, z_bikovski@yahoo.com |
 Everyday experiences are being lost behind the statistics about the COVID-19 pandemic. This is especially true for those already marginalised, such as displaced men, women, and children. At Refugee Trauma Initiative (RTI), we spent time listening to the communities we work with to hear what life... 2020 Refugee Trauma Initiative Greece English Evelyn Wilcox, evelyn@refugeetrauma.org |
 For young children a phone line has been activated: they can call the line every day from Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 12.00 to listen to fairy tales in Italian and Romanes languages that have a Roma protagonist. The stories were taken from the book “Gipsy fairy tales” by Alberto Melis, and... 2020 Association 21 July Italy Italian Francesca Petrucci, educazione@21luglio.org |
 As soon as the lookdown was declared by the Prime Minister, Associazione 21 luglio conducted a research to monitor the condition of Roma communities living in housing emergency in Rome. Association 21 luglio carried out an investigation within the institutional Roma settlements in Rome, to... 2020 Associazione 21 luglio Italy English Francesca Petrucci, educazione@21luglio.org |
 The guidebook “Environment that Belongs to Children” focuses on creating an inclusive learning environment which many researchers call a “third teacher”, after parents and educators. The first things most people think of when discussing learning environments are the furniture, toys, and equipment.... 2019 Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation Ukraine Ukrainian Yulia Naida, naida@ussf.kiev.ua, ussf.of@gmail.com |
 This guide documents the promising practices of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Play Hubs, which support integration of Roma at local level. The practices and the accompanying recommendations are based on the evidence from the TOY for Inclusion project piloted in seven countries. The... 2018 International Child Development Initiatives ICDI the Netherlands English, Croatian Giulia Cortellesi, giulia@icdi.nl |
 Based on innovative global practice, Intergenerational Learning in Practice presents a unique contribution to the field of intergenerational learning. Drawing on the Together Old and Young (TOY) programme, this book provides a comprehensive background to intergenerational learning, along with tools... 2019 International Child Development Initiatives ICDI the Netherlands English Giulia Cortellesi, giulia@icdi.nl |
 Children’s long term success at school is influenced as much by social, emotional and self-regulation skills as by academic skills and knowledge. The overall goal of SEED was to improve psychosocial well-being and healthy development of young children (2,5 to 6 years old), with an emphasis on those... 2018 International Child Development Initiatives ICDI the Netherlands English Margaret Kernan, margaret@icdi.nl |
 Refugee Trauma Initiative and our partners deliver Baytna - a trauma- and identity-informed model of Early Childhood Education for refugee children and their families living in Greece. Baytna was being implemented across five centres up until early March 2020, when delivery was halted due to... 2020 RTI Greece Sorani, Urdu, English, Arabic, Farsi, French, Greek, Kurmanji Evelyn Wilcox, evelyn@refugeetrauma.org |
 These Guidelines are the outcome of the second part of the SEED project, during which a group reflection pathway, called WANDA1, was piloted with 80 ECEC practitioners with the aim to help them to deal with daily challenges in their practice so they could better support the socio-emotional well-... 2019 ICDI, VBJK the Netherlands, Belgium English Margaret Kernan, margaret@icdi.nl |
 The power of early childhood education and care (ECEC) interventions in transforming the lives of very young children is highly dependent on the quality of the services provided. More recently, evidence has increased the focus on the value of process quality as determinant of the outcomes.
This... 2018 ISSA - International Step by Step Association the Netherlands English Free |
 This toolkit represents the compilation of different programs and specific activities developed by ISSA and its members over the past 15 years. The backbone of the toolkit is ISSA’s core document Competent Educators of the 21st century: Principles of Quality Pedagogy which focuses on process,... 2019 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl Subject to License |
 Embracing Diversity Training program for adults promotes the values of anti-discrimination, anti-bias, equity and respect for diversity in different settings: in communities, at the workplace, and in society. Embracing Diversity guides participants through a process of personal transformation,... 2017 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl Subject to License |
 Informing and guiding the development of a Framework to Strengthen the Capacity of “Tipat Halav” nurses in Israel is a qualitative research study on behalf of Goshen Institute, with the overall objective to generate in-depth data that unveil effective processes and strategies which need to be in... English |
 This literature review, written under the EDUCAS project, investigates the meanings, relevance, and importance of physical indoor and outdoor space in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services for children from birth to school age. Authors map, synthesize and critically analyze the... 2019 English |
 The manual “Inclusive Education” describes the conceptual principles of inclusive education, international and national legislation in a field of inclusive education, experience of inclusive education implementing in other countries, public-state governance of inclusive education. The special... Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation Ukraine Ukrainian Natalia Sofiy, nsofiy@gmail.com Free |
 The purpose of this manual is to equip members of Inclusive Resource Centers (IRC), parents of children with special needs, schools and other institutions dealing with the issues of inclusive education, providing special support to children with special needs with necessary practical information.... Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation Ukraine Ukrainian Natalia Sofiy, nsofiy@gmail.com Free |
 The culmination of many years of work in defining and promoting quality pedagogy, ISSA’s Quality Resource Pack proposes a practice-research-policy blended approach to quality, enabled by various tools that can be used with practitioners, pre- and in-service trainers, supervisors, parents and policy... 2012 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Subject to License |
 Competent Educators of the 21st Century: Principles of Quality Pedagogy is a policy document that defines quality teaching practices when working with children from 3 to 10 years old, and their families, to better support the child's holistic development and well-being.
After a brief description on... 2010 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Roma, Russian, Spanish, English, French Free |
 Putting Knowledge into Practice: A Guidebook for Educators is a reference book that describes in depth each of the Principles of Quality Pedagogy and the related Indicators. The Guidebook connects theory with practice and research and provides clear examples on how to use the Quality Principles.... 2011 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, English Subject to License |
 Professional Development Tool for Improving Quality of Practices in Kindergarten illustrates each of the 85 indicators of quality in the ISSA Principles of Quality Pedagogy. It shows how early childhood educators advance and move on a continuum from inadequate practice, to a good start, to quality... 2012 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, English Subject to License |
 This tool specifically illustrate (for primary school levels of education) each of the 85 indicators of quality in the ISSA Principles of Quality Pedagogy. It deconstructs how educators move on a continuum from inadequate practice, to a good start, to quality practice and then into transformational... 2012 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, English Subject to License |
 The Instrument for Assessing Quality Practices is a condensed version of the Professional Development Tool for Improving Quality of Practice. It serves to assess educators' performance with a select group of 36 key indicators derived from the two Professional Development Tools.
The selected... 2012 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, English Subject to License |
 Roads to Quality - Strengthening Professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care Systems is showcasing ISSA’s approach towards practitioners’ professional growth and nurturing their professionalism. It helps organizations to find and establish clear targets to their practitioners’... 2015 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 Early Childhood Educators Change Lives is an easy to use advocacy leaflet aiming to promote importance of the role that educators play in young child's life and profession in general. Building on ISSA Quality principles it offers 7 ‘golden rules’ to help them keep their personal, social and... 2013 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, English Free |
 Give Your Child the Best Start in Life is an easy to use advocacy leaflet aiming to inform parents and caregivers how important the role is that they play in a child's life. Building on ISSA Quality Principles this tool is aiming to help parents and caregivers understand what Early Childhood... 2013 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, English Free |
 Invest in Quality Teachers is an easy to use advocacy leaflet aiming to promote the importance of quality educators and mobilize policy and governance level to invest in educators, their education, professional development, working conditions and status of profession.
Evidence shows that high... 2013 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, English Free |
 This report from 2018, is the first in the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative's Landscape Analysis Series and it advances existing knowledge on the early childhood workforce by synthesizing for the first time data on the approaches to and challenges associated with training and professional... 2018 Results for Development (R4D) & ISSA - International Step by Step Association United States of America & The Netherlands English Free |
 The book, Professional Learning Communities, provides both the theoretical background and the practical experience as it came about while building Professional Learning Communities in Croatian schools around ISSA’s Definition of Quality Pedagogy and the Quality Resource Pack. The book provides an... 2014 Open Academy Step by Step, Croatia Croatia English, Croatian digital copy, not free |
 This report, the second in the Early Childhood Workforce Initiative's Landscape Analysis Series, addresses the theme of competences and standards. An extensive review of published and grey literature yielded six findings related to the ways in which countries have used competences and standards to... 2018 Results for Development (R4D) & ISSA - International Step by Step Association United States of America & The Netherlands English Free |
 Study on the implementation of ISSA's Pedagogical Standards (2001-2008) was developed to evaluate the impact of the work done by ISSA members in 27 countries on quality assurance and improvement. The study examines the role of the ISSA Pedagogical Standards (2003) as they were implemented through... 2010 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, English Free |
 The article ISSA's Principles of Quality Pedagogy: Quality Early Childhood Education and Care Through Democratic Processes published in the first edition of Learning for Well-being online journal, is exploring how ISSA's Quality Principles, their accompanying resources, and the collaborative... 2016 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 ISSA’s Quality Framework for Early Childhood Practice in Services for Children under Three Years of Age is grounded in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and stands for the centrality of the child and family in conceptualizing, designing and implementing programs dedicated to this age group... 2016 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Russian, Dutch, English Free |
 The report Early Childhood Education and Care Services for Children from Birth to Three years Old contains results from the survey run among ISSA members to map the strengths, weaknesses, and the gaps that exist in early childhood systems in their respective countries for the birth to three age... 2013 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 The first book in the series Policy and Pedagogy with Under-three year olds: Cross Disciplinary insights and innovations establishes a path for the much-needed examination of the experiences of infants and toddlers in contemporary educational settings across the globe. Bringing together... 2016 Springer Switzerland English digital copy, not free |
 The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Policy draws critical attention to policy in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) its relationship to service provision and its impact on the lives of children and families all around the world. ISSA's program staff contributed to this relevant publication... 2018 SAGE Publications Ltd. United Kingdom English digital copy, not free |
 Measuring and Improving Quality in Early Childhood Environments report reflects discussions and conclusions from the international consultation organized by ISSA, UNICEF, UNESCO and the Bernard van Leer Foundation, in partnership with the World Bank and the Brookings Institution met in in September... 2014 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 Roma Empowerment and Support for Inclusion Report - Synthesis report of the Case Studies in Ghent, Belfast and Rome summarizes the cross-national issues regarding Roma empowerment and support for inclusion with a specific focus on young children such as parenting support, access to quality early... 2016 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 The case study of the Roma Community Outreach (RCO) project in Belfast, Northern Ireland features the potential of small scale community based interventions and the need to have strong anti-discrimination, social justice and peace-building components when working on Roma inclusion.
The Roma... 2016 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 Growing through sharing together: Needs and aspirations of Romani early childhood professionals report was developed to support ISSA and Early Childhood Program at the Open Society Foundation to launch The Romani Early Years Network (REYN). The selected group of practitioners provided information... 2016 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English, Italian Free |
 The case study on the project Bridging Figures (BIEMs) - The Intra European Migration School Mediators in Ghent, Belgium, highlights the importance of the political will as a driver for introducing and supporting universal and inclusive policies benefiting the whole society and not only a target... 2016 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 Building Opportunities in Early Childhood from the Start - A Teacher's Guide to Good Practices in Inclusive Early Childhood Services is a guidebook developed within "The Good Start Project", funded by the European Commission and led by Roma Education Fund in partnership with ISSA and other... 2012 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 The publication, Early Childhood Development and Education in emergencies: country profiles from the CEE/CIS region presents the existing emergency preparedness resources and plans for protecting children’s rights and meeting their needs in five countries in the CEE/CIS region (Bosnia-Herzegovina,... 2010 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 The booklet Diversity and Social Inclusion - Exploring Competences for Professional Practice in Early Childhood Education and Care booklet is a result of the ISSA and DECET (Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Training network) Working Group on Professionalism with the support from Bernard... 2011 DECET & ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Serbian, English, Dutch, French Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl Free |
 In the article 'Power of Associations in Early Childhood Education and Care,' published in the Official Journal of the Association for Childhood Ecucation International, ISSA Program Director, Mihaela Ionescu, unpacks the power of membership associations in the early childhood field, with a... 2015 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 ISSA's Effective teaching and learning for minority-language children in preschool is a set of materials developed under the Socrates Programme-Comenius 2.1 project in partnership with ISSA’s members from Slovakia, Open School Foundation, and from Estonia, Hea Algus with input from international... 2006 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands, Slovakia, Estonia, Italy Slovenian, Russian, English, Estonian Free |
 Growing through sharing together: Needs and aspirations of Romani early childhood professionals report was developed to support ISSA and Early Childhood Program at the Open Society Foundation to launch The Romani Early Years Network (REYN). The selected group of practitioners provided information... 2013 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 This academic publication, Early Childhood programs as the doorway to social cohesion: Application of Vygotsky's ideas from an East West perspective, builds links between theory and practice, and presents ideas aiming to stimulate development of new thinking for successful implementation of... 2010 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 Reaching and Investing in Children at the Margins is a report from event co-hosted by ISSA and the Open Society Foundations in partnership with the National Academy of Sciences’ Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally in Prague in 2016. During the event top-class speakers from across the... 2016 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 Introduction to Home Visitors Modules Supporting Families for the Nurturing Care. You can access all the modules here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 The trainer guide is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Together, UNICEF ECARO and ISSA have developed a set of Resource Modules for Home Visitors: Supporting Families for Nurturing Care, intended to better equip home visitors with the latest knowledge and tools to support and engage with the families of young children.Drawing upon the most recent... 2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands Serbian, English Zorica Trikic, ztrikic@issa.nl Free |
 Module 1: THE EARLY CHILDHOOD YEARS - a Time of Endless Opportunities is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 2: THE NEW ROLE OF THE HOME VISITOR is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 3: IMCI, IYCF and CARE for CHILD DEVELOPMENT is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 4: FALLING IN LOVE - Promoting Parent-Child Attachment is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 5: ENGAGING FATHERS is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 6: THE ART OF PARENTING - Love, Talk, Play, Read is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 7: PARENTAL WELLBEING is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 8: COMMON PARENTING CONCERNS is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 9: HOME ENVIRONMENT AND SAFETY is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 10: CARING AND EMPOWERING - Enhancing Communication Skills for Home Visitors is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 11: WORKING AGAINST STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION - Promoting Equity, Inclusion and Respect for Diversity is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 12: CHILDREN WHO DEVELOP DIFFERENTLY - Children with Disabilities or Developmental Difficulties is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 13: DEVELOPMENTAL MONITORING AND SCREENING is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 15: WORKING WITH OTHER SERVICES is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 14: KEEPING YOUNG CHILDREN FREE FROM VIOLENCE, ABUSE AND NEGLECT is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 16: RESPONSIVE FEEDING is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 17: SUPERVISION - Supporting Professionals and Enhancing Service Quality is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
Published in 2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 Module 18: GENDER SOCIALISATION AND GENDER DYNAMICS IN FAMILIES - the Role of the Home Visitor is a part of the Home Visiting Resource Modules Supporting Families for Nurturing Care. You can access the whole package here.
2016 UNICEF ECARO & ISSA The Netherlands English Free |
 An extended literature review, interviews with stakeholders from more than 20 countries in Europe and the piloting experiences from Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Slovenia have contributed to the development of the innovative toolkit Towards Integrated Early Childhood Education and Care Systems –... 2019 INTESYS English Free |
 This report was written within the INTESYS project in order to map the state of integration of ECEC provision in EU Member States, with a special focus on vulnerable groups regarding workforce policies and practices, stakeholders, governance and also key success factors, gaps (policies, practices... 2016 INTESYS English Free |
 These Policy Recommendations were written under the INTESYS Project, Erasmus+ Key Action 3 pilot project implemented in four European countries (Belgium, Italy, Portugal and Slovenia). INTESYS proposed and piloted an innovative Reference Framework and the Toolkit Towards Integrated Early Childhood... 2019 English |
 The Handbook of Early Childhood Development (ECD) Experiences, Innovations, and Lessons from CEE/CIS comprises of successful cases of early childhood development investments and public/private partnership in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CEE/CIS region). The... 2009 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English Eva Izsak, eizsak@issa.nl Free |
 NESET II report on Professional Learning Communities. Each child its own story: Diversity in child care centres (from birth to 13 years) is a book acknowledging that every child starting at a childcare centre (day care, preschool and afterschool care) brings along its own experiences and its own... 2017 VBJK - Center for Innovation in the Early Years Belgium, The Netherlands English, Dutch Free |
 The report Quality of Early Childhood Education Services - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro resulted from a consultancy carried out by Jan Peeters from VBJK (ISSA's member from Flanders) for the UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (UNICEF ECARO). The report was... 2018 VBJK - Center for Innovation in the Early Years Belgium English Free |
 The High 5 Quality Scan is an evaluation tool based on the European Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care accompanying the 5 Steps to Quality Training Package. ISSA has translated this resource so it is now available in English.
This document offers childcare centres, nurseries,... 2017 Belgium, The Netherlands Dutch, English Free |
 The training package 5 Steps to Quality is promoting the implementation of the European Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care (EQF) with the aim to building and improving the quality in early childhood education and care services at country and organisation level. The training... 2017 VBJK, Bureau Mutant Belgium, The Netherlands English, Dutch Free |
 Launched in 2012, the TOY project (Together Old and Young) is about bringing young children, up to 9 years old, together with older people for them to meet, get to know each other, learn and have fun. Funded by the European Commission and implemented in several European countries like The... 2014 ICDI - International Child Development Initiatives The Netherlands English Free |
 The Role of Special Ed Teacher in Early Education is a guidebook for special education teachers working in early childhood settings. Special educators for kindergartens are new to the Georgian kindergarten staff. The main goal for the creation of the guidebook is to help these professionals realize... 2017 Center for Preschool and Inclusive Education, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge Free |
 AÇEV Foundation, ISSA’s member organization in Turkey, is please to share this report, which is the result of a joint project. Yale University, UNICEF, AÇEV Foundation, the Fetzer Institute and other global partners have embarked on a joint initiative to achieve the common objective of analyzing... 2012 Turkey English Nur Sucuka, nur.sucuka@acev.org Free |
 The Role of Psychologist in Early Education is the first guidebook created for psychologists working in early childhood settings. The psychologists in Georgian kindergartens are one of the personnel responsible for development of inclusive practice in kindergartens.
2016 Center for Preschool and Inclusive Education, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge Free |
 Each child its own story: Diversity in child care centres (from birth to 13 years) is a book acknowledging that every child starting at a childcare centre (day care, preschool and afterschool care) brings along its own experiences and its own history. An early childhood centre is like a micro... 2013 Bureau MUTANT The Netherlands Dutch Free |
 The publication Teacher Assistant in the Inclusive Classroom outlines the necessary information about the position of the Teacher Assistant (introduced in 2010 in Ukraine). It includes legislative documents, description of the main functions and tasks, etc. It also includes the main content related... 2015 Ukrainian Step by Step Foundation Ukraine Ukrainian Natalia Sofiy, nsofiy@gmail.com Free |
 Communication, Speech, and Language Guidebook for professionals in early education is a guidebook based on contemporary, evidence based knowledge in the field of speech, language and communication. Most logopeds (speech therapists) in Georgian kindergartens are part of the kindergarten team that... 2016 Center for Preschool and Inclusive Education, Ilia State University Georgia Georgian khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge Free |
 Two ISSA members, CIP (Center for Interactive Pedagogy/Serbia) and VBJK/Belgium, co-authored this manual as a result of the work they carried out under two large projects in Serbia:
IMPRES Project – Improvement of Preschool Education in Serbia, with funding from the European Commission and the... 2013 VBJK - Center for Innovation in the Early Years & CIP-Center for Interactive Pedagogy Belgium, Serbia English Free |
 A new report launched by the European Commission includes a case study exploring the work of ISSA’s network and of the Open Society Foundations (OSF): OSF/ISSA Approaches to Teacher Training and Pedagogy. The case study was written by Dawn Tankersley (ISSA Program Expert) and Sarah Klaus (Director... 2012 ISSA & OSF The Netherlands, Germany English Free |
 Early Learning and Development Standards for Children from Birth to 7 (ELDS) and Early Childhood Development Teacher Standards are coupled to reinforce a holistic approach to child learning and development through child-centered practices. The ELDS, along with traditionally addressed physical and... 2010 Step by Step Educational Program Moldova Romanian Cornelia Cincilei, ccincilei@gmail.com Free |
 Published by Bernard van Leer Foundation, Early Childhood Matters is a journal about early childhood, which looks at specific issues regarding the development of young children, in particular from a psychosocial perspective. In June 2015 issue, ISSA contributed the article Quality in Early... 2015 ISSA, Bernard van Leer Foundation The Netherlands English Free |
 All about language is a resource offering concrete tips and ideas to support professionals in language stimulation for young children. It is generally acknowledged that language development is an important aspect of the overall development of children and consequently, a stimulating language... 2014 Artevelde University College Belgium Dutch Ine Hostyn, ine.hostyn@arteveldehs.be Contact Ine Hostyn to purchase |
 Video coaching 'imagination' professional development practice is about video coaching teaches and educators how to videotape themselves in order to be able to reflect on the quality of interactions they have with the children, the needs and strengths of the children, their initiatives, and the... 2018 Artevelde University College Belgium Dutch Ine Hostyn, ine.hostyn@arteveldehs.be Free |
 ProuD! Is a manual of how to use documentation of children’s learning including photos, audio-visual recordings, quotes, written notes, and children’s work products to reflect on children’s learning and development through discussing and reflecting upon them with colleagues. These kinds of... 2017 Artevelde University College Belgium Dutch, English, Finnish Ine Hostyn, ine.hostyn@arteveldehs.be Free |
 This resource summarizes the contents of the Peer Learning Activity (PLA) among ISSA members during 5 years, which focused on the WANDA methodology. WANDA is a co-reflective method aimed at improving early childhood education and care (ECEC) quality through staff group reflection on their practice... 2019 Artevelde University College, VBJK a.o. Belgium English Nima Sharmahd, nima.sharmahd@vbjk.be Free |
 To develop a new method of professionalization for low qualified practitioners in the 0-3 sector of the Flemish Community of Belgium, in 2010 Artevelde Hogeschool (University College in Gent) and VBJK (Center for Innovation in the Early Years), with ESF (European Social Fund) funds, started a... 2016 Artevelde University College, VBJK Belgium Croatian, Czech, English, Hungarian, Slovenian Sofie Vastmans, sofie.vastmans@arteveldehs.be To purchase contact Sofie Vastmans |
 To promote child's holistic development and prepare children for the competences needed in the XXI century, Bambi Kindergarten (Bucharest, Romania) implemented a programme to stimulate child's initiative and entrepreneurial abilities and independent skills - autonomy (age- appropriate) in the... 2018 Step by Step Center for Education and Professional Development Romania Romanian Cristina Boca, cristiana.boca@stepbystep.ro Free |
 Health by the Book is not only a nutrition book, it is also an educational handbook for well-being and a healthy life style. Step by Step Centre for Education and Professional Development in Romania developed this guidebook together with the Lidl company. The format of the handbook is a magazine... 2017 Step by Step Center for Education and Professional Development Romania Romanian Roxana Avram, roxana.avram@stepbystep.ro Free |
 This research study from Bulgaria documents how healthcare, social, and education systems in the country organize and encourage early childhood development. The study aimed to: provide an overview of the legislative and political context in which sectors related to early childhood development are... 2018 For Our Children Foundation Bulgaria Bulgarian, English Vania Kaneva, v.kaneva@detebg.org Free |
 The Guidelines for a Secure Family Environment are a tool directed at parents, professionals working directly with children and policy makers in the area of child protection. They document the main areas of parental care, which are required to make a child safe, secure and happy in the family... 2018 For Our Children Foundation Bulgaria Bulgarian Vania Kaneva, v.kaneva@detebg.org Free |
 The manual for organizations and outreach workers - Establishing and Management of Outreach Work in Support to Early Childhood Development of Children from Marginalized Groups is a result of the project "Supporting the Early Childhood Development of children from marginalized groups in Novi Sad"... 2016 Know How Centre Serbia Serbian Tatjana Lazor Obradović, tatjana.lazor@gmail.com Free |
 The Macedonian handbook Math through play is comprised of 50 activities that aim to improve lower grade students’ numeracy skills. All activities are divided in six teaching and learning areas (Numbers; Math Operations; Measurement; Data Analysis; Word problems and Geometry) as defined in the... 2016 Foundation for Education and Cultural Initiatives Step by Step Macedonia Albanian, Macedonian Suzana Kirandziska, info@stepbystep.org.mk Free |
 The Macedonian handbook Step by Step to Literacy- 50 activities for improving student literacy skills is composed of 50 activities divided in six teaching and learning areas (Listening and talking; Reading and writing; Language; Literature; Verbal expression and creative writing and Media culture)... 2017 Foundation for Education and Cultural Initiatives Step by Step Macedonia Albanian, Macedonian Suzana Kirandziska, info@stepbystep.org.mk Free |
 Handbook with activities for work with students with disabilities for improving their literacy and numeracy skills contains 20 activities for lower grades of the primary school . Two special educators from a special primary school in Macedonia made an adaptation of ten activities from each of the... 2018 Foundation for Education and Cultural Initiatives Step by Step Macedonia Albanian, Macedonian Suzana Kirandziska, info@stepbystep.org.mk Free |
 Manual for educators and parents for use of picture books is an adaptation of ISSA’s activity books "Opening Magic Doors – Reading and Learning together with children" done by Step by Step Foundation for Education and Cultural Initiatives Macedonia (FECIM). The ISSA's activity books are adapted for... 2015 Foundation for Education and Cultural Initiatives Step by Step Macedonia Albanian, Macedonian Ana Dimovska, ana@stepbystep.org.mk Free |
 The Planned Activities for Cohesive Education (PACE) program was initiated by Balkan Sunflowers Kosova in their learning centers. This program outline activities to be used with children within the national curriculum to improve their core competencies necessary to succeed in school and life. PACE... 2016 Balkan Sunflowers Kosova Kosovo Albanian, English, Serbian Muhamet Arifi, muhamet.arifi@balkansunflowers.org Free |
 School Mediation Training Manual contains 20 training modules and can be used for teachers and school mediators with the aim to prevent dropouts, increase cooperation between educational stakeholders and parents involvement.
2012 Balkan Sunflowers Kosova Kosovo Albanian, English, Serbian Muhamet Arifi, muhamet.arifi@balkansunflowers.org Free |
 Summer Program curriculums contain different educational activities to be implemented with the children ages 6 - 12. Each curriculum has 4-5 weeks of planned activities.
2012-2017 Balkan Sunflowers Kosova Kosovo Albanian, English, Serbian Muhamet Arifi, muhamet.arifi@balkansunflowers.org Free |
 The Respect for Diversity and Peace Building Manual is an adaptation of the Regional PRECEDE Manual implemented in 48 kindergartens in the five Balkan countries: Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Croatia and Macedonia. It also represents combination of the International Handbook of Professional Workers with... 2017 Balkan Sunflowers Kosova Kosovo Albanian Muhamet Arifi, muhamet.arifi@balkansunflowers.org Free |
 The Learning for Well-being Magazine was created in 2016 by the Learning for Well-being Foundation and is published online twice a year. The articles are free to download. Each issue explores a theme of interest for all those who wish to expand their perspectives on creating and encouraging... 2016 onward Learning for Well-being Foundation The Netherlands English Yakarah Attias-Rosen, Yakarah@learningforwellbeing.org Free |
 Compendium of games and activities for children is the guide promoting the holistic approach to child development. It is covering five areas: the child in the world of nature, smells and sounds; the child in the world of manipulative games and maths; the child in the world of colors and lines; the... 2016 Pedagogical Center of Montenegro Montenegro Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Biljana Maslovarić, biljana.maslovaric1@gmail.com Contact Biljana Maslovaric for details |
 The book presents the psychology of parenthood.
2017 Pedagogical Center of Montenegro Montenegro Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Biljana Maslovaric, biljana.maslovaric1@gmail.com Contact Biljana Maslovaric for details |
 A Guidebook for parents and NGO representatives consist of two thematic units: psycho-motor and psycho-social development of children and youth and development of partnerships between family and educational institutions.
2016 Pedagogical Center of Montenegro Montenegro Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Biljana Maslovaric, biljana.maslovaric1@gmail.com Contact Biljana Maslovaric for details |
 My Reflective Diary: ISSA Pedagogical Principles is developed around the ISSA Principles of Quality Pedagogy. It can be used to document professionals on-going changing understandings of different principles as they work together in learning communities to go deeper into the concepts presented... 2011 Centre for Quality in Education Step by Step Slovenia Slovenian Jerneja Jager, korakzakorakom@pei.si Contact Jerneja Jager for details |
 The AFLATOT program for children who have not yet entered primary school (typically 3 to 6yrs old) aims at providing the building blocks of social and financial literacy, equipping children with the skills and competencies that will ensure they contribute to sustainable development – individually... 2013 Aflatoun Child Savings International The Netherlands Polish, Russian, Spanish, English, Arabic, French Tetiana van Waveren-Valkova, tetiana@aflatoun.org Freely Available to Aflatoun Network Only (contact Aflatoun for details) |
 Professional Development Tool - a tool for gathering examples on ISSA quality principles is a tool used for identifying and documenting examples of good practice in teachers' practice (peer observation, etc.) on specific ISSA quality principles and indicators. Teachers use these examples for... 2011 Step by Step Centre for Quality Education Slovenia Slovenian Jerneja Jager, korakzakorakom@pei.si Free |
 The Aflatoun Manual for Non Formal Education is developed for all children who happen to be learning in a non-formal environment. The partnership with Liliane Fonds has encouraged us to pay particular attention to issues of inclusivity and diversity, especially where disabled children are involved... 2015 Aflatoun Child Savings International The Netherlands Polish, Russian, Spanish, English, Arabic, French Tetiana van Waveren-Valkova, tetiana@aflatoun.org Freely Available to Aflatoun Network Only (contact Aflatoun for details) |
 The ultimate goal of Life Skills and Financial Education for Peace Manual is to enhance the activity of children and young people as Peace Builders. An estimated 230 million children worldwide currently live in conflict-affected areas. Alfatoun's work starts with an acknowledgement that poverty and... 2016 Aflatoun Child Savings International The Netherlands English, Arabic Tetiana van Waveren-Valkova, tetiana@aflatoun.org Freely Available to Aflatoun Network Only (contact Aflatoun for details) |
 The book Child Protection in the Early Years provides information on what is child abuse and the its causes. It explores how to provide safe, nurturing environments for young children. It also explains the impact of trauma on young brains and explores how practice can be developed. It also... 2018 The University of Northampton The Netherlands English Eunice Lumsden, eunice.lumsden@northampton.ac.uk Contact University of Northampton for details |
 The Slovenian National Guidelines for the inclusion of Roma children and their parents into preschool programs are aimed at kindergarten and municipalities as decision makers in the field of early childhood education.
2017 Step by Step Centre for Quality Education Slovenia English Jerneja Jager, korakzakorakom@pei.si Free |
 Activity book for early childhood educators contains a body of activities for early childhood educators for planning for integrated teaching using a thematic approach. The main purpose of this book is to help professionals, and give hints and ideas to creatively plan activities for children from 2... 2012 Ilia State University Georgia Georgian Khatuna Dolidze, khatuna.dolidze.1@iliauni.edu.ge Free |
 Ensuring quality in early years services is essential for young children's well-being and healthy development. The Early Childhood Development Quality Assessment Tool or ECD QUAT developed by ICDI is a free and accessible tool for practitioners, parents and communities to jointly measure and... 2012 ICDI - International Child Development Initiatives The Netherlands Amharic, English Margaret Kernan, margaret@icdi.nl Contact ICDI for details |
 The UPSI-5 is an easy to administer instrument to measure the psychosocial well-being of 5 year old children. The UPSI-5 consists of 29 questions which can be filled in by someone, for example a teacher or a social worker. The UPSI-5 provides an urgently needed counterpart to the strictly physical... 2012 ICDI - International Child Development Initiatives The Netherlands Norwegian, English, Croatian, Dutch, Latvian, Hungarian Margaret Kernan, margaret@icdi.nl Contact ICDI for details |
 The Nest Center is an open, close-to-home type of center, where a stable, fixed group of 30 to 60 children aged 7-16 from multi-problem families spend time before and/or after school, and in weekends and holidays. The overall objective of the Nest Center is to provide children from multi-problem... 2016 ICDI - International Child Development Initiatives The Netherlands English, Dutch Margaret Kernan, margaret@icdi.nl Contact ICDI for details |
 TOY for Inclusion Toolkit: A step-by-step guide to creating inclusive Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Play Hubs for all generations provides all the necessary conceptual and practical information to enable trainers and practitioners from different sectors to set-up and run non-segregated... 2018 ICDI - International Child Development Initiatives The Netherlands English Margaret Kernan, margaret@icdi.nl Free |
 Happy young learners: Psychosocial well-being of young children in Ethiopia report presents the findings and recommendations of a research and practice project about the psychosocial well-being of five year-old children. It took place between 2016 and 2018 in two regions in Ethiopia: Amhara and... 2018 ICDI - International Child Development Initiatives The Netherlands Amharic, English Margaret Kernan, margaret@icdi.nl Free |
 Putting SDG 4 into practice: School leadership, a technical brief describes why professional learning communities (PLC) matter for quality education, VVOB’s approach to sustainably creating and managing these communities, and how this works in practice in our partner countries.PLCs play an... 2016 VVOB Education for Development Belgium English Tom Vandenbosch, Tom.Vandenbosch@vvob.be Free |
 Putting SDG 4 into practice: School leadership, a technical brief describes why professional learning communities (PLC) matter for quality education, VVOB’s approach to sustainably creating and managing these communities, and how this works in practice in our partner countries.PLCs play an... 2017 VVOB Education for Development Belgium English Tom Vandenbosch, Tom.Vandenbosch@vvob.be Free |
 Health and Child is an educational material for professionals and para-professionals working with Romani communities, for Romani parents, grandparents and children at an early age. This material is used for trainings, workshops and home visits. Content of the manual consists from health topics and... 2016 Skola dokoran – Wide Open School n. O. Slovakia Slovak, English Miroslav Sklenka, miroslav.sklenka@gmail.com Free |
 Trust Based Parenting is an educational material for professionals and para-professionals working with Romani communities, for Romani parents, grandparents and children at an early age. The material can be used for trainings, workshops and home visits. Content of the manual consists of various... 2016 Skola dokoran – Wide Open School n. O. Slovakia Slovak, English Miroslav Sklenka, miroslav.sklenka@gmail.com Free |
 What is permaculture and why is it vital in the quest for ecological viability on planet earth? Why it should have a prominent role in education of the youngest? This short video offers a succinct glimpse of the vision that guided the “Children in Permaculture” project and effects it had on young... 2018 Neohumanist Educations Association Romania English Didi A. Devapriya, didi@amurtel.ro Free |
 The Earth Care, People Care and Fair Share in Education is a ground-breaking manual which uses a permacultural lens to inspire child-friendly approaches to embed education for a sustainable future into preschool, kindergarten and primary school programs. The resource is designed to provide... 2018 Neohumanist Educations Association Romania Slovenian, Romanian, English, Czech, Italian Didi A. Devapriya, didi@amurtel.ro Free, or £20 + p&p for a hard copy in English, other languages are available |
 This resource is a collection of personal stories and experiences shared by people marginalised due to their ethnicity or level of ability. The views and the voices of these people are presented in a way to evoke solidarity and emphaty. The resource promotes friendship as a way to combat and... 2016 Neohumanist Educations Association Romania Romanian Didi A. Devapriya, didi@amurtel.ro Free |
 This resources provides in depth information needed to adapt early childhood education and care programs to be inclusive. Special focus is on inclusion of ethnic minorities, in particular the Roma, inclusion of children with special needs, and avoiding gender stereotyping.
2016 Neohumanist Educations Association Romania Romanian Didi A. Devapriya, didi@amurtel.ro Free |
 Learning through play has gained momentum in early childhood education and beyond. Yet translating well-meaning policies into concrete teaching practices is a complex process.
This technical brief by VVOB (1) zooms in on the proven positive effects of learning through play on a child's wellbeing... 2019 VVOB Education for Development Belgium English Katelin Raw, katelin.raw@vvob.be Free |
 2010 Step by Step Moldova Moldova Romanian Cornelia Cincilei, ccincilei@gmail.com |
 One in a hundred Roma makes it to University, why is that? The study One in One Hundred: Drivers of Success and Resilience among College-Educated Romani Adolescents in Serbia, is a collaboration between the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University (Harvard... 2019 Harvard University, CIP-Center for Interactive Pedagogy United States of America & Serbia English Boris Spasic, boris@cipcentar.org Free |
 While a lot of progress has been made in both early childhood education and gender-responsive education, less has been done on the crossroads of both. V.VVOB- education for development, Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) and public education partners in Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia... 2019 VVOB Education for Development Belgium English Katelin Raw, katelin.raw@vvob.be Free |
 Full Title: Integralno dićhipe sićimašće inkluzijako: ažutipe rane barjarimasko ande funkcija e prevencijako katar o inklistipe andar o sićimasko sistemo ke rromane čhavorra, Integrisani pristup obrazovnoj inkluziji: podrška ranom razvoju u funkciji prevencije napuštanja sistema obrazovanja kod... 2018 Know How Center Serbia Roma Tatjana Lazor Obradovic, tatjana.lazor@gmail.com Free |
 ISSA has created three Activity Kits to accompany selected groups of Reading Corner books. The Kits offer teachers, parents, and caregivers guidance on the most efficient ways to engage children in exciting and meaningful learning, using books as a starting point for inquiry and action. Each kit... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, Hungarian admin@issa.nl Purchase online |
 ISSA has created three Activity Kits to accompany selected groups of Reading Corner books. The Kits offer teachers, parents, and caregivers guidance on the most efficient ways to engage children in exciting and meaningful learning, using books as a starting point for inquiry and action. Each kit... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian, English, Creole, French, Hungarian admin@issa.nl Purchase online |
 ISSA has created three Activity Kits to accompany selected groups of Reading Corner books. The Kits offer teachers, parents, and caregivers guidance on the most efficient ways to engage children in exciting and meaningful learning, using books as a starting point for inquiry and action. Each kit... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 Best friends are separated from one another when one moves to another country. They call, write letters, think about each other, remember each other's favorite food and plan one day to visit. Can their friendship survive and how?
Written by Laura Liliom (Hungary)Illustrated by Lilit... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 Yurchyk, the littlest member of the family, tries to be bigger by climbing on various things. He learns that he becomes bigger by doing something "big", not by being taller.Written by Halya Kruk (Ukraine)
Illustrated by Manana Morchiladze (Georgia)
Price: € 10,00
Picture Book Preschool 8.25... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 Mary's friends have beautiful dolls, but Mary has no money to buy one. With her mother's help, Mary creates a beautiful doll out of objects she finds in her house. But what will she use for the doll's nose? Mary comes up with an ingenious solution--and when she shows the doll to her friends, they... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 When Ivan's parents find good jobs and the family moves from their small, crowded apartment to a new, spacious one, they realize that they've left something precious behind...
Written by Nenad Vujadinovic (Macedonia) Illustrated by Emil Für (Hungary)
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 6.5 in. – 32... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French Purchase online |
 Arielle is given a little coconut plant as a present. She plants the tree, watches it grow, bloom flowers and finally produces coconuts. A hurricane does major damage to many of the neighborhood plants including uprooting the coconut tree. The cycle of life goes on when two small coconuts are found... 2010 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English, Creole, French Purchase online |
 The story of two very different dogs that were friends-they played together, ate together and even slept together - until one day they had a disagreement and stopped being friends. Friendship wins out and they become friends again.
Written by Olesya Tavadze (Georgia) Illustrated by Evgueni Ivanov... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 Andy's family is moving to a new house. Each member of his family packs their favorite thing to bring along. Andy's favorite thing is the cherry tree in the backyard. But how can he bring that along? With his mothers' help, Andy finds out just how to do it.
Written by Miranda Haxhia (Albania) ... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
Grandpa has 27 grandchildren, all who loved him, and shared the mangos he brought home every day. But grandpa was getting sick, losing his memory and the ability to even cut the mangos. Grandpa died, he will never be forgotten.
Written by Caroline Hudicourt
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 8.... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 Jonah is afraid of the dark. His brother tells Jonah that if he stops crying, he will give him his toy soldiers. Inspired by this offer, Jonah finds courage to explore the dark in his bedroom. He comforts a crying sister, faces the monsters in the cupboard and on the chair - and collects his prize... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French Purchase online |
 Rita finds a young parrot in the garden and brings it home. The parrot learned to repeat everything Rita said, driving her parents crazy. Fearing her parents will force her to let the parrot go, Rita decides to run away with the parrot. The misadventure and Rita are saved from disaster by the... 2010 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands English, Creole, French Purchase online |
 Alex wants to buy his mother a birthday present, but all he has is a frying pan! He bangs on it with a street orchestra to earn money, but the musicians chase him away. When Alex fills his frying pan with soapy water to earn money washing cars, that doesn't work either. Finally, with great... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Free |
Everyone in Dorothy's family wears glasses except her. Does that mean she doesn't belong? She decides to solve this problem, with mixed results, and realizes that being different doesn't make her any less a part of her family.
Written by Ivona Brezinova (Czech Republic) Illustrated by Mentor... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 A young narrator wonders what his parents do at work all day, and why they come home too tired to play or read stories. When they tell him, he decides that he will work, too, reminding his parents of the importance of fun.
Written by Aude Brunel (Czech Republic) Illustrated by Marjan Mancek (... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 Moush is having a bad day. So while hiding in the closet he decides to run away from home. During his preparation he remembers all the good things in his world and how important a place he has in it.
Written by Rouzanna Baghdasaryan (Armenia) Illustrated by Yulia Lushnikova (Russia)
Price: €... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 Ponies from the Land of the Rainbow: A collection of pro-diversity stories | Căluții din ținutul curcubeului: O colecție de Povești pro-Diversitate. This resource is a collection of children's stories designed to awaken empathy and appreciation for diversity through the use of colorful metaphors.
2016 Neohumanist Educations Association Romania Romanian Didi A. Devapriya, didi@amurtel.ro Free |
 A young girl plays with and falls in love with her best friend Zulaa's doll. Wanting the doll all the time, she takes the doll home. Once she learns how badly Zulaa misses her doll, she returns the doll learning the importance of friendship.
Written by Kh. Batkhuu (Mongolia)Illustrated by... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 Matthew lives in an orphanage. He wanted a dog. He received other gifts and things through the years - stuffed animals, toys, snails, even lice - but never a dog. One day Matthew was finally getting new parents, and what did the parents have for him - a dog.
Written by Ivona Brezinova (Czech... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 With Friends to the Seaside is a picture book created by children under the mentorship of preschool teachers at a meeting attended by Roma children and their parents. It is written in Slovenian and Romani with the possibility for including additional translation of the text.
2017 Step by Step Centre for Quality Education Slovenia Slovenian, Roma Jerneja Jager, korakzakorakom@pei.si Free |
 Jimmy learns that sharing oranges with his family and friends can have a surprising reward.
Written by Daiga Zake (Latvia) Illustrated by Elena Stojanova (Macedonia)
Picture Book Preschool 8.25 x 6 Copyright 2007
Catalog:
Books for children
SKU: 1234561
Please click on the links below to... 2007 ISSA - International Step by Step Association The Netherlands Albanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukrainian, English, Czech, French, Hungarian Purchase online |
 This guide supports a wide range of professionals working alongside parents and caregivers in both special and mainstream systems to manage and implement the ongoing transitions that affect how special and mainstream institutions provide services and coordinate actions. This includes those who may... 2021 Early Childhood Program of the Open Society Foundations English |
