In view of closure of the Anganwadi Centres (AWCs) due to COVID19 pandemic, the State Women and Child Development Department has planned to engage and stimulate 16,13,775 Anganwadi children (3-6 years) across 72,587 AWCs of the State, who are mostly indoors these days.
The Women and Child Development Department, in coordination with the UNICEF, has, therefore, released Rs Ghare Ghare Arunima, a calendar-based fun-filled list of activities for children to be implemented in support of parents and grandparents.
This will help sustain early learning and ensure school readiness of children at home.
The WCDMS Department Principal Secretary while dedicating the programme to the DSWOs and CDPOs, through a video conference on Tuesday, maintained that it was important for families to keep young children engaged in meaningful activities at home.
She hoped that, the calendar of activities will keep them stimulated and improve their psychosocial wellbeing. It will also strengthen the bondage amongst the members of family and spread happiness at home.
The programme stresses on reaching out to parents for keeping the children engaged in a host of activities such as action songs,dance,painting, storytelling/listening etc based on the prescribed theme. It also focuses on practice of good habits like hand washing, hygiene, sanitation, social distancing etc. to prevent infection. Further, children are to be initiated to household chores such as folding clothes and watering plants etc.
Given the challenges of the lockdown and social distancing measures, the calendar of activities will be shared digitally with parents by the Anganwadi Workers.