Last week, to coincide with the reopening of many Early Years and School Age Care (EY and SAC) settings following the summer break, we reiterated our call for children’s rights to be at the heart of the EY and SAC system in Budget 2024. Context Early Childhood Ireland believes that children are being let down
The Child Poverty and Well-Being Programme Office, established in the Department of the Taoiseach, aims to tackle child poverty and enhance children’s overall well-being in Ireland. This initiative recognises that ending child poverty is vital, not only for children’s happiness and development, but also for achieving broader economic, environmental, and social goals. Following the decision
– Early Childhood Ireland calls for ambitious new approach as Early Years settings reopen. Ireland’s children are being let down because of a decades-long focus on providing childcare for economic reasons. That’s according to Early Childhood Ireland, which has called on the Government and policymakers to ‘completely rethink’ their approach to Early Years and School Age
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) recently released a new Policy Statement on Care, which promotes a human rights and equality-based framework for care and outlines the actions that the State must take to translate European and international standards into public policy commitments and measures. IHREC supports several of Early Childhood Ireland’s key
Heritage Languages – Resources to nurture and develop practice Louise Tobin – 18 October 2022 Heritage Languages: Promoting Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Suzanne McCarthy – 11 October 2022 As Gaeilge: A living language in an Naíonra Máire Ní Chéitinn – 04 October 2022 My daughter’s name means “fortune of the moon” Valerie Gaynor – 27
By Francesca La Morgia, Founder and Director of Mother Tongues Talk-rich environments, where heritage languages are used alongside English, help to promote multilingual children’s understanding of language and literacy more generally. Storytelling and interactive engagement with picture books can support language and literacy development in multiple languages, while creating imaginary worlds where different languages
By Liz Kerrins, Director of Research at Early Childhood Ireland and Francesca La Morgia, Founder and Director of Mother Tongues From birth, children need to develop a positive sense of self and group identity and positive feelings of belonging in society, their community, peer groups and Early Years settings. Having a positive identity and
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Funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan, 2018-2027 Company Registration No: 506235
Charity No CHY: 19987
Registered Charity No: 20078904
Funded by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan, 2018-2027 Company Registration No: 506235
Charity No CHY: 19987
Registered Charity No: 20078904
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