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The Inter-American Development Bank released in December a study, "Measuring Education Quality in Brazil," and shared with ExchangeEveryDay by Aimee Verdisco, on the quality of care being provided in crèches (programs serving infants and toddlers) in Brazil.  Key findings include...

• Overall, the results of this study find latitude for improving the quality of services provided in Brazil’s crèches and preschools, particularly in terms of what goes on inside the bricks and mortar.
• Interior spaces are generally classified as “basic" — furniture available for daily classroom activities and resources available for providing comfort to children appear as “inadequate.”  This raises safety concerns, among others.
• "Activities” — the heart of the pedagogical model implemented in classrooms and thought to be essential building blocks for ensuring positive outcomes in school and later in life — are an area requiring attention from policy makers.
• Poorest performance was found in activities in dramatic play and in nature and science, suggesting that few, if any, opportunities exist for children in the tested centers to explore the world around them and engage in language-rich activities.
• Similarly, activities related to using blocks, which are quite universally recognized as important for developing basic notions of number, size and problem-solving, received one of the lowest scores.
  

You'll save 20% when you purchase both Dibujando / Drawing with Children and Modelando / Modeling with children under six years old (regularly $10 each).

Dibujando con Niños / Drawing with Children
Authors, Roxana Salazar and Maria Carmen Schulze, describe in words (English and Spanish) and photos their work in Bolivia teaching children to draw using elements in their natural environment. This short (24 pages) book combines both a theoretical framework as well as real life examples, woven together by the amazing passion of the authors.

Modelando con ninos menores de seis anos / Modeling with children under six years old
Children represent their understandings and develop hypotheses through modeling with clay. Stunning photography and text in English and Spanish share the authors' premise that children can learn and express themselves through materials, given the nurturing of adults who see the possibilities in the resources and the potential of each child.

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