Early Childhood News
Monster-making: a fun manual activity for children
Discover the Monster Factory, a simple, fun manual activity for children that stimulates creativity, imagination and fine motor skills.
Game: the hot potato
Discover the hot potato game: rules, tips and testimonials. A simple, fun, intergenerational activity for children aged 3 and over.
Screen prevention in Vietnam: a conference to better protect children
On December 16, 2025, we organized a conference in Ho Chi Minh City with our local partner, dedicated to the effects of screens on the development of young children. The event brought together more than 70 participants from the health, education, health care and...
Portraits of the month - The magicians of educational play for children: meeting the Chemins d'Enfances team
Discover the Chemins d'Enfances team and their commitment to children in residential centers: educational games, workshops and moments of sharing to strengthen bonds and confidence.
Stop using screens before age 3
By Nolwenn Deschard, Early Childhood Expert. In France, a 2-year-old spends an average of 56 minutes in front of a screen every day. By the age of 3 and a half, the average has risen to 1 hour 20 minutes a day. Screens are becoming an ever-increasing part of our daily lives, all over the world. And with...
Game: What to do with pompoms
The idea for the pom-pom game came to me during free-play time with the kids. We had quite a few cubes flying around (ouch!), and I thought, "We need an activity that channels energy while remaining fun and free." So I...
Play in learning: a fundamental role
International Play Day, this June 11, 2024, is an excellent opportunity to recall the role of play in the development of young children. Interview with Nolwenn Deschard, Early Childhood expert at Planète Enfants & Développement.What are the...
Early childhood and the dangers of screens: Serge Tisseron shares his expertise
Convinced of the importance of a child's first 3,000 days for his or her development, early childhood is a major focus for Planète Enfants & Développement. Over the past few years, the association has therefore paid particular attention to enriching...
Domestic violence: children as victims
Nolwenn Deschard, our Early Childhood Expert, explores the subject of domestic violence and its consequences for children this week.
For the child to grow up serenely, he/she must feel physically and psychologically safe. Only when a climate of physical and verbal violence is established between the parents, the child, witness of these violences, becomes himself a victim.
The child's sleep, and if it was simpler?
This week, we are interested in children's sleep with Nolwenn Deschard, our Early Childhood Expert. Throughout early childhood, your child's sleep evolves. In order to better understand and anticipate the period of sleep of your child, we have decided to...
Children and screens, meeting with Serge Tisseron
What are the dangers of screens for children? The effects of screens on children's health and on the brain? Screens and sleep? Can they develop an addiction... These are some of the questions that our participants asked Serge Tisseron, the...
Child Development: Milestones?
During her participation on October 17th to our seminar on Early Childhood, Agnès Florin, Professor Emeritus of Child Psychology and Education at the University of Nantes, came back with us on the first 3000 days of the child and the main...
The effects of domestic violence on children
Daily anxiety, guilt, low self-esteem, the feeling of not being a good parent… During her presentation on Tuesday, October 18, at our Early Childhood seminar, Stéphanie Hogrel—a psychologist specializing in child protection—told us...
The object that will settle conflicts: the hourglass
This week, for our “One Week, One Tip” feature, our early childhood expert, Nolwenn Deschard, talks to us about an item that can help us rethink how we raise our youngest children. We all wonder what item is essential when we have children...
