ECD Educator Training

Four day intestive workshops focused on capacity building of ECD educators to leverage existing envoirenments to optimise education delivery to children of ages 3-5

Day 1 - Foundations of Early Childhood Development

Task 1: Core Principles of Early Childhood Education

• Objectives of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Center

• Needs of Children in Early Childhood (Ages 3–6)

• Philosophical Concepts for Early Childhood Education

Task 2: Developmental Domains in Early Childhood

• Physical Development: Growth of fine and gross motor skills, strengthening coordinationand balance

• Emotional & Social Development: Building self-discipline, learning cooperation and empathy, managing emotions

• Cognitive Development: Early mathematical concepts, problem-solving, memory, logical thinking

• Language Development: Pre-writing and pre-reading skills, listening and speaking abilities, phonological awareness

• Creative & Aesthetic Development: Expression through music, movement, drama, and art

Task 3: Developmental Skills of Children Aged 4 & 5

• Hand–eye coordination

• Fine motor strengthening (grip, threading, drawing)

• Gross motor strengthening (running, jumping, balance)

• Early cognitive and language milestones

• Social–emotional readiness for structured learning

Day 2 - Teaching Themes & Learning Aids (Part 1)

Theme 1: "Myself"

• Physical Development: Identifying body parts, movement games

• Language Development: Vocabulary about self, speaking and listening activities

• Cognitive Development: Understanding similarities/differences, counting body parts

• Aesthetic Development: Drawing self-portraits, role play

• Environmental & Health Development: Hygiene, safety, healthy habits

Training Includes: Demonstrations on using teaching and learning aids, low-cost material creation, theme-based classroom setups.

Day 3 - Teaching Themes & Learning Aids (Part 2)

Theme 3: "Flowers"

• Physical Development: Sorting flowers, fine motor craft activities

• Language Development: Naming flowers, describing colors and shapes

• Cognitive Development: Counting petals, classifying flowers

• Aesthetic Development: Flower crafting, dance with petals

• Environmental & Health Development: Learning about nature, caring for plants

Training Includes: Hands-on activities, creating subject-related learning aids, and demonstration of theme-based lessons.

Day 4 - Preschool Management & Professional Practice

Preschool Management Essentials

• Organizing daily routines and learning circles

• Classroom management and safety guidelines

• Creating an inclusive learning environment

• Parent–teacher communication strategies

Planning & Documentation

Teachers will learn to create:

• Weekly plans

• Monthly plans

• Yearly development plans

• Lesson plans aligned with national ECD standards

Example: Preparing weekly, monthly, and yearly themes with structured learning circles.

OUR RESPONSES

*Five themes covered per day

*Five themes covered per day

Craft Activity Packs

Allow ECD institutions to develop the child growth with effective mediums with ease as educators are limited interms of developing these locally

Craft Packs for Rural Children

• Provide theme based craft packs for ECD institute

• Each pack will include all material required for the acitivties along with instructions

• Each pack will be per month, four themes and 40 activities (10 activities per theme)

Democratise English

Provide a self learning platform for rural children via publications that articulate self thaught techinques in local lanugages

Self Learing English Text Books

• 10 books published via a reputable local teaching expert (Alphabet to Complete Grammar / Phonics)

• Books are written in local languages to ease into picking up the language

• Books are written with 50+ years of teaching experience

• Clear impactful outline of how some with no English background can self-teach them selves from alphabet, volcabulary, grammar to example speaking engagements

Parental Awareness

Educate new, expecting and future parents on how to develop a safe and nuturing environment for children to grow and thrive

Educational Workshops

• We focus on three high level groups of parents - 1) Future Parents 2) Expecting Parents and 3)New Parents

• Educate on the clear needs of ECD - Safety, Relationships, Health, Nutrition, Wellbeing and General conduct

• How to educate a child through daily experiences prior to primary school or pre-school education

• How to allow the child to engage in social and communal activities

• How to focus and develop emotional intelligence

• How parents can become the right character citizen standard to set the right example to the child

• How to best prepare to expect or conceive a child

• How to parent a child with limited negative queues

National ECD Curriculum

Continue to idendify gaps and coordinate the updates for the national curriculum to ensure that we stay by or ahead for the ECD curve

Framework to build, implement and continous improvement of a National ECD Curriculum

• Help ECD eductors understand the curriculum and identify methods to implement it

• Identify continued areas of improvments and act as a advisors or gate keepers to uphold the highest standards of ECD

• Equip the teachers with ways to build their own aids via resuable and sustainable materials avoiding any fiancial impact to the preschool

• Provide assistance and craft packs to ease the execution of the activities outlined in the curriculum

Model ECD Institution and Resource Centre

Provide a self learning platform for rural children via publications that articulate self thaught techinques in local lanugages

Training Hub

• Where ECD educators will be provided with instructions on how to run a efficient ECD institution

Model ECD Institution

• Where anyone can see what a best in class ECD institution looks like so they can identify gaps and be inspired

Resource Center

• Purchase crafts, aid and manuals, where all profits will go into our continued mission

FAQs

Who do you help?

We support early childhood educators, parents, and children in remote areas.

What education do you offer?

We teach early childhood development, parenting skills, birth preparation, and child-rearing frameworks. We also provide

How do you support emotional growth?

We provide tools and training to help educators and parents nurture emotional intelligence in children and themselves.

Do you cover nutrition?

Yes, we educate on health and nutrition tailored to each stage of a child’s growth.

Where are you located?

We operate in Sri Lanka, focusing on underserved and remote communities.

How can I get involved or support?

You can volunteer, donate, or join our training programs to help strengthen early childhood care. Please reach out to us, and we will outline the exact details for the programmes and how we use the resources we are given