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Children Are Citizens Now — Not Someday

Children Are Citizens Now — Not Someday

by Ofentse Donald Maleka | Feb 25, 2026 | Advocacy For Young Children

What if we truly believed that young children are not just future citizens, but citizens right now? In Children Are Citizens: The Everyday and the Razzle-Dazzle, Mara Krechevsky, Ben Mardell, Tiziana Filippini, and Maddalena Tedeschi argue exactly that. Children, even...
Children Are Citizens

Children Are Citizens

by Ofentse Donald Maleka | Feb 25, 2026 | Advocacy For Young Children, World Forum

Helping young children gain a sense of citizenship to begin participating in democracy. As the world becomes increasingly connected, knowledge of ourselves as individual learners and as members of a community becomes more important. When children begin their schooling...
COP28 ECD Climate

COP28 ECD Climate

by Ofentse Donald Maleka | Feb 25, 2026 | Advocacy For Young Children, Impact and Resilience, World Forum

SDGs for The Early Years

SDGs for The Early Years

by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 30, 2025 | Advocacy For Young Children, Policies and Standards

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN EARLY YEARS The Flourish Project has taken the United Nation’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals SDGs and created sets of topics that can be explored within primary/elementary school settings. The Flourish Model provides an ecological...
Creating an eco-friendly early years setting

Creating an eco-friendly early years setting

by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 30, 2025 | Advocacy For Young Children, Professional Development

A Practical Guide, by Cheryl Hadland Cheryl’s book offers a comprehensive guide to becoming a more eco-friendly setting, from small steps that can be taken to reduce waste and improve efficiency to setting up partnerships. It illustrates how sustainable choices can...
Sustainability Schemes for EY Providers

Sustainability Schemes for EY Providers

by Cheryl Hadland | Oct 30, 2025 | Advocacy For Young Children

From sustainability tool kits to awards, there’s a lot of support and many routes to achieving and shouting about your sustainability credentials! Here are a few to explore: Count Us In Making Changes That Matter. These 16 steps are the most effective way to reduce...
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