Learning becomes easy when your child starts to be a little explorer.
According to scientific research, 90% of children’s brain development occurs before the age of five. Babies start exploring and learning new things between 1 and 2 years old. Toddlers begin to expand their vocabulary and develop their personalities at the age of 2.5 to 3 years. They start interacting with children and adults at 3.5 years of age.
This shows how important early childhood education (ECE) is to the development of children’s lifelong learning. In fact, a 2019 study by Trends in International Math and Science Research (TIMSS) showed that students who excelled in early reading and numeracy skills outperformed students who struggled with the same tasks by more than one standard deviation. This shows that raising awareness about ECE is an urgent issue that is being discussed not only locally but also internationally.
“As every Filipino’s lifelong learning partner, Rex Education has always believed that investing in ECE and developing our children’s foundational skills early is critical to ensuring they are ready for life. When we launched our newest brand, Little Explorers, we wanted Driving the conversation on the importance of Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in the Philippines and empowering our children’s parents and learning partners with quality, research and age-appropriate learning solutions so their children start learning before they even officially start school ,” said Don Timothy Buhain, CEO of Rex Education.
Little Explorers: Learning Begins at Home
The main advocates and contributors to homeschooling children are their parents. To give children an early start on their journey to become well-rounded learners in the Philippines – healthy, safe, engaged, supportive, challenging and values-oriented – Little Explorers hopes to inspire parents and guardians to improve the learning environment more purposefully for children and in Practice ECCD at home.
Little Explorers publishes over 100 games that provide solutions to help children develop six developmental areas identified as key in the government-mandated ECCD committee’s National Early Learning Framework (NELF) policy document:
⦁ Language Development: Develop and improve vocabulary and conversation skills with age-appropriate exercises
⦁ Physical health, well-being and motor development: develops fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
⦁ Character and Values Development: imparts an understanding of honesty, courtesy, love, respect and other good ethics
⦁ Cognitive/Intellectual Development: Improves critical thinking and attention skills
⦁ Social Emotional Development: Develop and improve empathy, self-awareness and social interaction
⦁ Creativity-aesthetic development: develop children’s talent and creativity
“We share Edukampyon’s parents and guardians who want only the best for their children, which is why we believe the best learning experiences start at home. Leveraging REX’s wealth of research, experience and partners in lifelong and early childhood learning, We crafted Little Explorers to help build strong foundations and promote the holistic development of our children early on,” added Buhain.
Unleash the potential of our little explorers
To start every Filipino kid’s learning journey at home, REX launched Little Explorers on December 1, 2022 at Novotel Cuba.Themed ‘Early Childhood Matters: Enhancing the Development and Foundations of Early Childhood Learning’, the campaign aims to spark conversations about the importance of ECE and put Little Explorers in the hands of every young learner and every Edukampyon parent and learn about partners who want to help their kids succeed
Inviting media guests and influencers into our children’s worlds so they can explore and better understand the needs of young learners – and how Little Explorers can help address these fundamental questions.
During the event, carnival booth games and other activities were held to encourage attendees to tap into their inner child. The younger kids were also there and had a great time at the event. A giant book cover of the title Little Explorers for guests to scan so they can enjoy the augmented reality experience.
There was also a panel discussion with Dr. Excelsa Tongson, DSD, Chairman of Gender Studies, Philippine Social Science Council, Maye Yao Co Say, Chief Operating Officer of Richwell Philippines Inc., and Stephanie Alviso, Senior Sales Manager of WOOP Mama Club, to share and exchange knowledge on this topic:“ How to unlock the potential of our young learners by focusing on early childhood education.”
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