3 R FRAMEWORK FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNINGIN THE PANDEMIC ERA AND BEYOND

This framework is an outcome of our regular interaction with the parents community in the past year.Last year post lockdown parents reached out to us concerned about developmental issues with their kids. How can we make some engaging fun-learning supplies to support home-based learning? It was not to discount the effort schools have put to cope with this sudden change in education delivery. The idea was to augment the efforts for the overall development of their child.Our continuous interaction with parents led us to launch a survey to understand the impact on larger groups across India. We will be releasing a second report on this framework after we have analysed the data collected.The framework proposed here focuses on renewing the strategy for child development adopted so far in light of the unforeseen situation created by the pandemic. It enables parents and teachers to work in tandem to create a conducive environment for the overall development of a child.The report will showcase how the early childhood community can help ensure that our future generation is less impacted because of restrictions imposed due to coronavirus.We have also taken inferences from various research and reports published in the last year across the globe that highlight the impact Covid19 had on kids and their development. We have given concise insights on what kids were missing last year. What steps to take to create the right development opportunity for kids this year?Finally, it will provide a way forward, what we early childhood community can do to fill these gaps with our collective effort and ensure the overall development for all our kids in the early childhood learning phase.