1. ECCDC Learning Kits are developed using consistent criteria and support children’s development in the areas of: fine motor, gross motor, cognitive, language and literacy, social skills and self help skills.
2. ECCDC Learning Kits contain resources that can be easily adapted for infants, toddlers, preschoolers or school-agers.
3. ECCDC Learning Kits contain a variety of items that include natural resources, loose parts, authentic materials with different textures that appeal to children’s multiple senses.
4. Most ECCDC Learning Kits include French resource materials and translated activity cards included and many have Spanish resources.
5. Wherever possible, the visual resources within ECCDC Learning Kits offer realistic images rather than cartoons.
6. The visual images in ECCDC Learning Kits support diversity and reflect a variety of occupations, gender roles, abilities, ages, cultures, lifestyles, languages and racial characteristics.
7. The early learning and child care community to contribute to the journey of the Provocation for Learning kit, to act as a source of inspiration to the child care sector.