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Announcement
Apolitical launches newsfeed on early childhood policy
Apolitical has launched its ‘early childhood global policy topic’, a newsfeed dedicated to early childhood policy on their global peer-to-peer platform, with…
Announcement
Israel’s lawmakers take responsibility for supervising childcare providers
History was made yesterday when the BvLF-supported Coalition for Education from Birth succeeded in pressuring lawmakers in Israel’s Knesset to pass a…
Announcement
Moving Minds Alliance launches today
The Bernard van Leer Foundation is proud to be a founding member of the the Moving Minds Alliance, which launches today. Moving Minds…
Q & A
Supporting parents to keep their children’s weight healthy: An interview with Linda Leijdekker
Late in 2017, we gathered experts from 17 countries in Amsterdam to explore best practices in coaching parents on child development, part…
Announcement
BvLF partners awarded $100m for work with refugee children and families
Congratulations to Sesame Workshop and the IRC, who have won a $100m grant from the MacArthur Foundation to scale up early childhood development for the youngest refugees in Syria,…
Story
Beschuit met muisjes! A paternity leave breakthrough in the Netherlands
“Beschuit met muisjes” is the typical Dutch treat to celebrate the birth of a child in the Netherlands. They are crackers topped…
Case
Empowering the last mile workers – Scaling up early learning programme through workforce development
Seven thousand people to be trained in three months? Are you crazy? This is what I was told by Professor Mukti Kanta…
Case
Helping parents in the Netherlands to keep all their plates spinning
With only a simple technique using a small stick, Chinese acrobats have been performing the tradition of “plate spinning”. Acrobats are challenged…
Story
“Smiley Brick”: an initiative to brand child-friendly brick kilns
A smiley is a symbol that represents a smiling face, typically used to indicate emotion. As per Smithsonian, the smiley face as…
Announcement
Whole Family Approaches: Reaching Parents and Children Together
One of the first principles that one learns in studying child development is the importance of an ecological approach. This approach assumes…
Story
“Mini Thinktank” explores refugee children’s needs in the Netherlands
According to Rien van Gendt: “The Netherlands has a unique foundation landscape, in which most foundations have moved from traditional grantmaking to…
Announcement
Marking a New Era for Young Children and Families Around the World: Early Childhood Matters 2016
September is the first anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals. For the early childhood field, it has been a year filled with…