MSINGI BORA Community Meetings to Promote Early Child Development (ECD) ENGLISH VERSION 1 Contents of Sessions 1 to 8 (9 to 16 follow) Introduction and Meeting Guidelines for Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) ........................... 6 What are the Community Meetings? ........................................................................ 6 What are the community meetings about? .............................................................. 6 Training course objectives ......................................................................................... 7 Training Ground Rules ............................................................................................... 7 Short list of Rules for Facilitators of Sessions ............................................................ 7 CHV Guidelines for Sessions ...................................................................................... 8 Instructions for Using Session Guides ....................................................................... 9 Materials for Sessions .............................................................................................. 10 How is each session organized? .............................................................................. 10 Planning the Session ................................................................................................ 10 Process of Session .................................................................................................... 10 Ground Rules for CHV Behavior During Sessions: ................................................... 11 Session 1A. What kind of mother do you want to be? .................................................................. 12 Welcome .................................................................................................................. 13 Purpose .................................................................................................................... 13 Activity 1. Group Discussion on hopes for your children (10 minutes) .................. 13 Activity 2. Feeding the brain with food and stimulation (20 Minutes) ................... 15 Activity 3. Communication activity/Ice Breaker: Word game (10 minutes) ............ 17 Activity 4. Setting up a Buddy System and Public Commitment (10 minutes) ........ 18 Closing Activity 5. Final Messages, Group Song and Homework (10 minutes) ....... 18 Session 1B. What kind of father do you want to be? .................................................................... 20 Welcome .................................................................................................................. 21 Purpose .................................................................................................................... 21 Activity 1. Group Discussion on hopes for your children (10 minutes) .................. 21 Activity 2. Feeding the brain with food and stimulation (20 Minutes) ................... 23 Activity 3a. Communication activity/Ice Breaker: Word game (10 minutes) .......... 25 Activity 4. Setting up a Buddy System and Public Commitment (10 minutes) ........ 25 Closing Activity 5. Final Messages, Group Song and Homework (10 minutes) ....... 26 Session 2A. Love and Respect in the Family (Mothers) .................................................................. 27 Preparation .............................................................................................................. 27 Welcome and Buddy Attendance ............................................................................ 28 Purpose .................................................................................................................... 28 Activity 1. Play Activity: Bottle Caps (15 minutes) ................................................... 28 2 Activity 2. Reasons for being a happy or sad family (10 minutes) .......................... 29 Activity 3. Discuss important family relationships for a child (20 minutes) ............ 30 Activity 4. Sending messages to children that make a relationship (25 minutes)... 32 Closing Activity 5. Group song, Messages and Homework ..................................... 34 Session 2B. Love and Respect in the Family (Fathers) ................................................................... 36 Preparation .............................................................................................................. 36 Welcome and Buddy Attendance ............................................................................ 37 Purpose .................................................................................................................... 37 Activity 1. Reasons for being a happy or sad family (10 minutes) .......................... 37 Activity 2. Discuss important family relationships for a child (20 minutes) ............ 38 Activity 3. Sending messages to children that make a relationship (25 minutes)... 40 Closing Activity 4. Group song, Messages and Homework ..................................... 42 Session 3. Provide a variety of stimulating objects for child’s play ............................................... 44 Preparation .............................................................................................................. 44 Welcome, Review Homework and Buddy Attendance (10 minutes) ...................... 46 Activity 1. Practice Play (30 minutes) ...................................................................... 46 Activity 2. Group promises. Show and Tell about your Child's Play (15 minutes) ... 47 Activity 3. Common Problems to solve and discuss on play (20 minutes) ............. 49 Closing Activity 4. Group song and homework........................................................ 50 Session 4G. Group Review Session ................................................................................................. 52 Preparation .............................................................................................................. 52 Session 4G. Group Review Session ................................................................................................ 53 Welcome, Buddy Attendance and Review Homework (15 minutes) ...................... 53 Purpose .................................................................................................................... 53 Activity 1. Play Activity – free play (10 minutes) ..................................................... 53 Activity 2. Reintroduce the 5 main messages (15 minutes) .................................... 54 Activity 3. Common myths (5 minutes) ................................................................... 54 Activity 4. Communication Activity: Stories and rhyming games (10 minutes) ...... 55 Activity 5. Review love & respect in the family (10 minutes) .................................. 56 Closing Activity 6. Group song and homework (5 minutes) .................................... 57 Session 4H. Home Review Session ................................................................................................ 59 Preparation .............................................................................................................. 59 Welcome and Review Homework (15 minutes) ...................................................... 60 Purpose .................................................................................................................... 60 Activity 1. Play Activity – free play (10 minutes) ..................................................... 60 Activity 2. Reintroduce the 5 main messages (15 minutes) .................................... 61 3 Activity 3. Common myths (5 minutes) ................................................................... 61 Activity 4. Communication Activity: Stories and rhyming games (10 minutes) ...... 62 Activity 5. Review love & respect in the family (10 minutes) .................................. 63 Closing Activity 6. Group song and homework (5 minutes) .................................... 64 SESSION 5. Talking and Playing with Children .............................................................................. 66 Preparation .............................................................................................................. 66 Welcome, Review Homework and Buddy Attendance ........................................... 67 Activity 1. Practice 2-way talk with child about a picture (20 minutes) .................. 67 Activity 2. Practice letting the children tell us (20 minutes) ................................... 69 Activity 3. Problem solving about talking with children (20 minutes) .................... 69 Activity 4. Play activity: Ball game or Pushing/pulling objects ................................ 71 Closing Activity 5. Group song and homework........................................................ 72 Session 6A. Love & Respect Yourself (Mothers only) ..................................................................... 73 Preparation .............................................................................................................. 73 Welcome, Buddy Attendance and Review Homework (10 minutes) ...................... 74 Review of Ground Rules (3 Minutes) ....................................................................... 74 Activity 1. What do you feel? Identifying our own emotions (15 Minutes) ............ 75 Activity 2. How do you cope with your emotions? Talk about coping strategies (15 minutes) ..................................................................................................................