There are many benefits to reading aloud to children. It helps to develop a variety of skills in children. Books...
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Tips on how to encourage play and prevent children from being deprived of play
Children who do not have opportunities for play are more likely to have developmental difficulties. Children’s cognitive and emotional well-being...
Creating a balance between adult directed play and child directed play.
Children depend on adults to ensure that they are able to play. Adults have the responsibility to be able to...
Types of free play activities
Set up stations with different activities each day for children to choose from during free play time.Children also need enough...
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Role of the adult in playful learning
Children learn through play. They develop various skills through different kinds of play-based activities; social, emotional, language, maths and cognitive...
Be a proud Play Partner with Cotlands
An investment in the health of our children today, is an investment in the adults of tomorrow. At Cotlands, we...
Cotlands supports a request to President Cyril Ramaphosa to increase Child Support Grants in response to the COVID-19 crisis
On Friday, 3 April 2020 Cotlands joined over 40 NPOs & NGOs and signed a letter addressed to the President...
Cotlands wins a Social Transformation Award for Education & Skills Development at the 2020 Gauteng Premier’s Service Excellence Awards.
Cotlands is proud to announce that we received a silver for the Social Transformation Award for Education & Skills Development...
Onwards and upwards
In December, the hills rang out with the sound of Cotlands graduation parties! We waved goodbye to 148 graduates in...