Smooth adaptation from home to educational institution is a key prerequisite for accelerating the progress of Roma children, for two-thirds of whom Bulgarian is a second language, different from the language they first learn at home. Early parental support for learning at home, as well as the early formation of positive attitudes and habits towards the education system, are also significant factors in children’s educational achievement at school. In this process, educational mediators in kindergartens play an important role in helping children and parents to adapt-especially in sparsely populated, hard-to-reach and socio-economically vulnerable communities. Read more “Diversity training supports educational mediators in working with families and communities”

High quality early learning and care approaches start from the understanding that parents and other family members are the most important people in any child’s life. They are the people who are involved in their growth, learning and development from birth; they provide the cultural and value system for their socialisation. It is precisely with this contribution that the family can and should be an important factor in good coordination between the home environment and the kindergarten. Read more “Children’s portfolio – a useful tool for partnership between kindergarten and family”

The Trust for Social Achievement has again launched the LOCAL EVENTS programme of the REYN NETWORK.
Read more “CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN ORGANIZING LOCAL EVENTS AT THE REYN NETWORK”

REYN Bulgaria – coordinated by the “Trust for Social Achievement” Foundation, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria successfully organized a conference on “Practices and Directions: the Educational Mediator in the Kindergarten” on November 3, at the Ramada Hotel, Sofia. Read more “REYN Bulgaria in cooperation with the Ministry of Education organizes an advocacy conference for educational mediators in the country”