The Home-Based ECCD program was developed primarily to support parents as first teachers and to provide alternative programs for children who were not able to attend centre-based programs.
The COVID-19 ECCD program of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport in Cambodia was designed to support the continuation of children’s learning across the five areas of the national preschool curriculum framework through providing families with play and interaction-based activities to engage in together within the home environment.
This 2023 ARNEC Connections showcases a range of different approaches taken in the region to introduce playful parenting or play-based interactions in ECD programs in the context of COVID-19.