About the Program
Building Blocks is an early childhood program that was adopted by Mentor Arabia. The program was adapted both contextually and culturally for the Arab region.
Objectives
- To enhance the social and emotional capacities of children
- To strengthen the protective factors during early childhood with the aim of avoiding risky behavior at later stages in life
- To develop parents’ communication capabilities
- To strengthen educational foundations
SDGs


Children
- Healthy Behavior
- Healthy Eating
- Physical Fitness
- Personal Hygiene
- Conflict Resolution
- Making Friends
- Friendship Groups
- Respect Class Setting
- Peer Pressure
- Assertive Behaviour
- Sense of Humor
- Safety
- Learning in Nature
- Sense of Giving
- Careers Discovery
Parents
- Communication Skills
- How to Deal With Your Children
- Role Modeling
- Child Safety
- Living with Rules
- Partner with governmental entities and local actors
- Build the capabilities of program coordinators from leading partners
- Identify and contact schools or CBOs
- Implement sessions with children
- Implement parenting sessions with parents
- Monitor and Evaluate the program
- Document lessons learned and disseminate knowledge
- Children aged 3-6 years
- Parents
- Teachers
- Social Workers
- In and out of school setting
- On ground
- 6 to 12 months
- 20 sessions for children
- 11 sessions for parents
- 60 minutes per session
- 12 to 25 participants per session