In India, one child is born almost every second….
and then?
... It's time to celebrate early childhood
to make the most of it
Think of your earliest childhood memories…
You smiled, didn’t you?
Childhood is filled with joy, wonder, excitement, and an unlimited appetite for life.
Children learn best from childhood itself. So, let’s join them in this celebration of growth and learning. It’s the ideal way to build a strong foundation for their future.
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)Missed Opportunity
Today, there is a lot of vulnerability and anxiety around early childhood, which can limit a child’s growth and learning journey to a severe extent.
The first eight years are a window of opportunity
Holistic development can be a lifelong advantage
An abundance of learning opportunities
Play is the way
Playground
A collection of resources, tools, articles and stories to help you celebrate childhood in real and diverse ways. Click on the categories below to explore further.
Voices Of Play Team
4,000 children across 10 states were asked what play means to them. Their answers, in their own words and drawings, became a book. And every adult who read it felt like a child again.
What if math was never meant to stay inside textbooks and classrooms? Through playful games, everyday experiences, and conversations with parents and educators, the Moms for Math webinar explored how math already exists in our homes — often in ways we don’t even notice.
The Inclusion Guidebook: 50 Micro Improvement Plans for the Classroom is a practical handbook featuring simple, scalable strategies to make schools more inclusive. Based on learnings from schools across India, it supports educators in creating environments where every child can participate, learn, and belong.
Bachpan Manao
A practical and reflective workbook for hosting 'Bachpan Baithaks'. These are convenings that bring caring adults together to think about childhood, care, play, freedom, and the worlds children grow up in. The workbook includes facilitation guidance, activities, prompts, and tools for creating meaningful dialogue in community spaces.
What does it really mean for a library to welcome every child? At The Shared Shelf, librarians and practitioners from across India came together to explore what inclusion in libraries looks like in practice through stories, accessibility, participation, and belonging. The keynote was delivered by Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta, Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Karnataka, and speakers included Namita Jacob, Jatin Lalit Singh, and Raviraj Shetty.
Collabaction
Partners can champion this social mission by raising awareness and bringing about behaviour change through projects
and programs. We call this Collabaction – collaborating for action and impact.
