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SUMMARY:Make ECD Fit Into Life
DESCRIPTION:‘Make ECD Fit Into Life’ explores how we can design early childhood development in ways that work within the realities of family life\, rather than asking families to add more activities\, time or resources to their day. \nThrough four provocations\, the session will invite participants to rethink how one can approach ECD. Participants will explore how everyday routines\, relationships and objects can become opportunities for Talk\, Care and Play\, while questioning assumptions about caregivers\, parenting and fathers’ roles. \nThe session will be reflective\, participatory and practical\, with a focus on seeing and strengthening the learning already present in everyday life. \nWhat to expect? \n\nUnderstand how to make ECD fit into everyday family life rather than adding more activities or tasks.\nIdentify and question assumptions embedded in common parenting and ECD messages.\nPractise redesigning an ECD activity so that it can happen within an existing routine\, without adding extra time.\nReframe fathers as caregivers in their own right\, rather than as helpers or supporters of mothers.\nDevelop a lens for identifying Talk\, Care and Play opportunities in ordinary routines and objects.\n\nThis masterclass is designed for: \n\nCaregivers\nAnganwadi Workers\nPreschool educators\nNGOs\nEarly childhood professionals\nCurriculum designers\nGovernment stakeholders\nAnyone interested in children’s early development
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/masterclass-on-make-ecd-fit-into-life/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260917T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20260917T190000
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SUMMARY:What happens to childhood when the climate  around us is changing?
DESCRIPTION:Climate change reaches further than heatwaves and rainfall. It reaches into the ground children learn\, play\, rest and grow on. \nLess outdoor play on a hotter afternoon; A school day interrupted by flooding; Feeling hot and sweaty as an ordinary state rather than an occasional one; New pressures landing on the adults responsible for caring for them. \nNone of this shows up in a weather report\, but all of it is invisibly becoming part of what it means to grow up right now. \nOn 17 September\, as part of Climate Week India\, Bachpan Manao is joining Mudito for a conversation on exactly this\, what a changing climate actually does to childhood\, not as a future risk\, but as a present\, everyday condition. \nThree people are joining us\, each looking at this from a different scale: \n\nMahalakshmi Ganapathy\, educator and mother\, on what climate shows up as inside a single family’s daily decisions\, the small\, constant negotiations that don’t make it into any policy document\nSuhel Quader\, Nature Conservation Foundation\, on the forgotten loss of children’s everyday\, casual contact with the natural world\, and what citizen science is picking up about that shift\nRiya Kumari\, young education practitioner at Yuwa India\, on how heat\, flooding\, and disruption actually land inside a classroom\, and who bears that disruption unevenly
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/what-happens-to-childhood-when-the-climate-around-us-is-changing/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261001T160000
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SUMMARY:Is play a waste of time in  formal preschool environments?
DESCRIPTION:The masterclass will explore the idea of play and play pedagogy for young children. Drawing on actual examples from several sites where playful learning is at the heart of teaching-learning in the early years\, we will look at forms of play and the core principles of practising these in early childhood classrooms. \nWhat to expect?\n\nRecognising the value of play pedagogy in young children’s classrooms\nUnderstanding the features of play pedagogy\nDesigning and planning playful learning environments with culturally appropriate materials\nKnowing about organisations/initiatives that use playful learning pedagogy in their ECCE programmes\n\nThis masterclass is designed for:\n\nECCE practitioners\nProgramme developers\nCurriculum planners\nFoundation stage educators\nParents of young children\nAnyone interested in learning for young children
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/is-play-a-waste-of-time-in-formal-preschool-environments/
CATEGORIES:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009
DTSTAMP:20260918T123516Z
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SUMMARY:Bachpan is Gr8 Hour: Gift a child an hour. Let them decide how to spend it
DESCRIPTION:This DaanUtsav\, Bachpan Manao is inviting adults across India to give children something rarer than money: an hour of undivided attention\, spent entirely on the child’s terms. We’re calling it the Bachpan is Gr8 Hour — and we’re inviting you to give it\, or pass the invitation on. \nThree steps. Nothing to organise. \n\nGive the hour. Spend it with a child\, full attention. They decide what you do together — ice cream\, a story\, a movie\, or just play. Whatever it is\, go with it. Pledge your hour.\nLook back. You’ll likely notice the child drawn to play\, social bonding\, all-round skills\, education\, creativity\, stories\, nature\, or quiet time — the 8 Wonders of Bachpan is Gr8 — without anyone planning for them.\nShare it. Post a photo tagging @BachpanManao with #BachpanIsGr8Hour\, email us at bachpanmanao@gmail.com\, or WhatsApp us at 87922 43532\, and tell us which wonder you spotted.\n\nThe ask — choose one\, or both \nGive the Hour. With the children around you\, or your own team’s families. Just once\, any day\, between Oct 2–8. \nAnchor Bachpan is Gr8 Hour. Share the pledge into your neighbourhood\, school\, workplace\, or network\, so others can take it on too. \nBefore you begin \n\nChild-led just means no teaching\, no directing. Follow\, don’t lead.\nAny age counts — not just 0–8. Older kids can lead just as well.\nMore than anything tangible\, your time and attention matter.\n\nFor organisations — ways to amplify \n\nGive it as a team. Every staff member takes the pledge to take their own hour\, wherever they are.\nOpen your space. Create the environment for a child-led hour for your community\, staff families\, or partner NGOs.\nBring in unusual allies. Invite leadership\, funders\, donors\, or senior officials to spend the hour with a child themselves.\nCarry it to your network. Share the pledge with your neighbourhood\, friends\, donors\, parents\, HR\, or stakeholder list.\n\nCapturing the moment — safely \n\nAsk the child first\, and the caregiver\, every time\, before any photo or video.\nCapture the moment\, not the face. Hands\, drawings\, objects\, or a voice note carry the story just as well.\nSharing is optional. If unsure\, show hands or drawings\, not faces — and don’t name or tag a child either way.\n\nThis year\, we’re sending this invitation to 100+ Collabactors and roughly 3.25 lakh caring adults across our community — including you. \nHoping you’re able to give an hour to a child in your life. Let us know how it goes. \nPledge your hour
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/bachpan-is-gr8-hour-daan-utsav-2026/
CATEGORIES:Offline,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261005T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20261005T180000
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SUMMARY:Voices of Teaching: A Conversation with Teachers this World Teachers' Day organised by Simple Education Foundation
DESCRIPTION:What does it take to create a classroom where children feel safe to ask questions\, excited to participate\, and curious to learn? \nThis World Teachers’ Day\, join us for Voices of Teaching\, a live conversation with four teachers from Delhi\, Uttarakhand\, and Punjab. They will take us inside their classrooms and share the small practices\, ideas\, and lessons that help them build supportive\, engaging\, and joyful learning environments for children. \nFrom making every child feel heard to finding new ways to make lessons come alive\, these teachers will share what works\, what they have learnt along the way\, and how they navigate the everyday realities of teaching. \nCome listen to their journeys\, pick up ideas for your own classroom\, and learn from teachers who are constantly finding new ways to help children learn\, participate\, and flourish. \nJoin us this World Teachers’ Day to listen\, learn\, and celebrate the people behind the classrooms. \nWhat to expect? \n\nGain a deeper understanding of how teachers create spaces where children feel supported\, engaged\, and comfortable in the classroom and beyond\nLearn about small everyday moments that shape teaching and children’s experience.\nLearn about the journey and experience of India’s teachers\n\nThis conversation will be interesting for: \n\nTeachers\nNon-profits who work in education\nFunders who support education\n\nVoices of Teaching is a Bachpan Manao Collabaction organised by Simple Education Foundation
URL:https://bachpanmanao.org/events/voices-of-teaching-a-conversation-with-teachers-this-world-teachers-day/
CATEGORIES:Online
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