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New Play Hub children’s book published! Mia goes on an adventure with mom
A brand-new children’s book inspired by the TOY for Inclusion Play Hubs has been developed and published! Mia Goes on an Adventure with Mom draws from the real-life experiences of families participating in the Play Hubs in Europe. The book was written by ICDI intern Paz Heusser Ferrés and illustrated by Emily Oxenaar, who was…
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TOY for Inclusion: What Works Guide
TOY for Inclusion will demonstrate that social cohesion is possible. It will do so through building relationships between Roma and non-Roma young children and their families, and supporting interactions in safe play spaces across all generations. This guide documents the promising practices of the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Play Hubs, which support integration…
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TOY for Inclusion Toolkit
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TOY4Inclusion – Play Hubs
TOY for Inclusion – Play Hub Approach is the gateway to education and care for many children of disadvantaged communities. High-quality Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) is an essential foundation for all children’s successful lifelong learning, social integration, and later employability. Disparities in access to quality education and increasing segregation in schools start at…
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TOY for Inclusion and ICDI at the European Parliament
“The TOY for Inclusion project addresses all the fundamental aspects of quality early childhood education and care […] I can ensure you that we will continue to actively support and implement respect for diversity, equity and inclusion and encourage sustainability of ECEC Play Hubs”. These are the words of the Slovenian MEP Tanja Fajon in…
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TOY for Inclusion – phase 2
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TOY for Inclusion is now kicking off in the Netherlands!
On Friday 4 October, Iara de Witte, from Leger des Heils and Giulia Cortellesi from ICDI jointly facilitated the training for the TOY for Inclusion Local Action Teams for the Ede and Eschede ECEC Play Hubs. Participants included representatives from the two municipalities, social workers, Roma activists and education practitioners. They have already been working together…
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TOY for Inclusion presented at the ISSA pre-conference workshop today
Today, 20 ECEC experts from 15 countries took part in the ISSA pre-conference workshop titled ‘From Hard to Reach Families to Easy to Reach Services’, co-organised by ICDI and JES Rijnland. Increasing accessibility to services to support all families with young children and especially vulnerable ones, is a pillar of inclusive and universal high quality early…
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TOY for Inclusion: Care for children of disadvantaged communities
Our project TOY for Inclusion is the gateway to education and care for many children of disadvantaged communities. The project has so far created eight Play Hubs for young children in the EU which have obtained extraordinary results: 1. Improved the transition experience of Romani children to schools.2. Improved children’s preparedness for formal education.3. Increased…
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Register now for our online course on intergenerational learning!
ICDI launched the TOY Programme in 2012 with the objective to bring young children and older people together. It was a success and nowadays, TOY still continues to foster a vibrant community of practice on intergenerational learning, promoting connections between generations. TOY uses different approaches to facilitate exchange of knowledge and good practices across Europe and beyond, such as events, publications,…
