A ECCD module developed to build the capacities of caregiver ensuring the continuity of learning at home during the new normal situation

1. A HOME BASED ECD MODULE

2. - No access toearly learning
- Stress out Children
- Higher Drop out rate due to
migration
Nationwide lockdown
Closure of AWCS
No ground Presence
Struggle to meet daily needs.
CONTEXT
Mass migration
SCENARIO

3. Formulation- Gulmohar
Technical Guidance &
Mentoring
Experience working with
Government department
Experience working in tribal
areas
Experience working in
Urban Areas & Migratory
population
NSO EDUCATION TEAM
KARNATAKA/
WEST BENGAL
GULMOHAR
JHARKHAND
DELHI & UP
ORRISA/
BIHAR
Vast Experience implementing
ECCE projects

4. MAKING OF GULMOHAR

5. GULMOHAR
Home Based ECD Module
18 EMERGENT MATH
20 EMERGENT
LITERACY
20
PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT
12 HEALTH & HYGIENE
PRACTICES
22
TIPS TO CREATE
LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT AT HOME
18 SOCIO-EMOTIONAL
Gulmohar is a well-crafted framework of activities on Early Childhood Developed which can help parents
with tools and tips to keep children in age group 3-6 years engaged in learning at home
https://youtu.be/PHj1hldjrdU

6. GULMOHAR’S APPROACH
6
Video
Sharing
Instructions
calls
Follow up of
ELM
development
Follow up
Call on
activities
Feedback on
activities
Course
Correction
Feedback
Take appropriate feedback from the
caregivers either video or audio.
COURSE CORRECTION
Course correction if required post
caregivers feedback.
INSTRUCTIONS CALLS
Instruction to make ELM and
conducting activities at home as
shown in video
Follow up call on activities
Constant follow up with caregiver to conduct
activities with children at home
Follow up on ELM development
Provide support if required in
development of ELM using household
material.
Video Sharing with caregiver
Sharing video with caregiver
as per Planner

7. Activities
Onsite support
Onsite capacity building of
AWW
Onsite demonstration of TLM
development
Session with Children in AWC
Session with caregivers at
Centre via team
Modification
Online Support
Capacity building via Zoom/teams
App
Sharing online Instructional video
with AWWs and caregivers
Caregiver as new teacher at Home
Building their capacity via Gulmohar
( WhatsApp video 2-4 minutes)
II. ABOUT THE COVID-19 ADAPTATION
Child/ Gender
- Gender neutral activities
- Ensured participation of boys
and girls
- Age appropriate activities
- Child friendly material like
vegetable, households items
were used

8. Be the
innovator
Be the voice
Partner-
ship
Results at
Scale
Gulmohar
Results at Scale
- Begin with 22 videos in Noida
reaching just 400 children
- Now being implemented across 7
states comprising of 120 videos
reaching more than 5300 children
Be the voice
- Opportunity to spent more time with
parents specially fathers
- Provide sort of psychological support
to children
Be the innovator
- Developed during crisis situation
- Didn’t violate the laws
- Low/no cost solution to children need
- Based on common approach
Partner-ship
III. LINK TO SC INDIA’S THEORY OF CHANGE
During development
- Team members ( SCI
team)
- Caregivers
- AWWs + helpers
- Experts ( Externals)
Post development
- Department of ICDS in
different states
- PRI members
- CSO
- MEDIA

9. IV. RESULTS/ACHIEVEMENTS
• Karnataka Department of Women and Child Development (DWCD-focal department for ECCE services) has already adopted Gulmohar
• Enhance parent’s confidence to facilitate developmental activities at home, despite their low level of literacy.
• Child’s father involvement in learning activities could be ensured through constant touch with both the parents at home.
• Contributed in lowering the stress among parents related to continuity of learning of children in COVID times.
• Gulmohar also provided children to get some relief of stressful situation
9COVID-19 Adaptations
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No of caregivers reached
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202
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400
AWWs Trained
580
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1245
504 498
1681
Children

10. 23rd June 2017Presentation for Toyota
CASE STORIES
Learning through caregivers
Ms. Sumitra devi who shared her experience stating that since lockdown Shagun
(her daughter) was unable to go outside and was missing Anganwadi centre and
her friends hence she started being irritated by every little things and was turning
very dull day by day.
SCI staff shared started sharing videos with her which provided her with a very
easy step by step way to conduct activities at home. Within a week she was able
to see the change in her daughter’s behavior and shared this with XXY team.
Since then each day Sumitra devi spends at least 2 hours with her daughter to
make her learn new competencies through play method.
Ms. Sumitra also shared that “Pehle mai akele pareshan hoti thi ab shagun ke
papa bhi activities karate hain, mujhe kkhushi hai ka seekhna ni ruka corona ki
wajah se” (Initially only I use to get involved in activities with shagun but now
her father also conducts activities with her. I am happy that Corona Virus has not
stopped the learning of my child.)

11. (Parents use to call us and ask
us when will the centre reopen.
SC, India shared videos after
children stopped missing the
centre much)
Parents and children were
stressed about the ways to
involve children in learning.
After my home visit I got to
know save has shared videos
and children are loving the
activities)
After speaking to the children I
got to know that save the
children has provided
environment like Anganwadi
centre at home )
11
TESTIMONIAL FROM ANGANWADI WORKER
Evidences:

12. (My daughter was bored and
stressed during lockdown after
which save the children sent us
video and through them we
were able to engage her in
activities at home only)
I really liked that I could make
children learn something. I
taught them to identify color
and shapes with vegetables)
Earlier I was not able to
understand that how I can
spend time with children and in
lockdown SC, India had shared
videos which helped me engage
with my children effectively
12
TESTIMONIAL FROM CAREGIVERS
Evidences:

13. POWERPOINT TEMPLATE | Email : support@slidemodel.com | Web : slidemodel.com
Feedbacks
Started taking voice
feedback rather video
reducing the data
consumption.
Updated contact
details
Took an extensive exercise
to update the existing
contact details .
Voice calls
Voice calls to caregivers
with no smart phone
explaining the entire
concept.
Leveraging
Leveraged the existing
government system to
share the videos i.e. via
AWWs.
Non- Acceptance
Only accessible by Smart phone users
Lack of sufficient data packs
Migratory population
Frequently Changing
number
V. CHALLENGES/
LIMITATIONS V. MITIGATION
Live Demonstration
ASF organized live
demonstration where possible
for non smart phone users or
poor connectivity zones

14. VI. LESSONS LEARNT
Packaging
• we could package the Gulmohar videos
with ECCE kits for children at home
Expert review
• Expert review will lead to development of quality
and more relevant content
Capacity Building
• Capacity building of project staff is must ensuring
quality
Advocacy
Approval of government authorities is
essential for smooth execution and
participation
Expert reviewE
Capacity
building
Packaging
Advocacy
C
P
A

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VII. WAYS FORWARD: SCALABILITY & REPLICABILITY
COVID-19 Adaptations
Originated in Noida
With only 22 Video
Based on Common
approaches
Contextualized Contextualized Contextualized Contextualized
Voice Over- different languages Voice Over- different languages
Bihar Delhi Jharkhand
West
Bengal Orrisa Karnataka.
120 Videos