Publications & Reports

Browse editions of our journal, Early Childhood Matters, and our Early Childhood in Focus series, along with other selected publications and reports. All are free to download or read online.

Online course: Mobility and Access for Babies, Toddlers, and Their Caregivers

This online course developed by ITDP, explores the who, why, what, and how of mobility and access for babies, toddlers, and caregivers. … Read more

How Do Kids Experience Streets? The Reverse Periscope Companion Guide

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The reverse periscope from GDCI was designed as an easy-to-build do-it-yourself tool to experience streets from a child's perspective. All you need is cardboard, mirrors, glue, and this guide. Read more

Early Childhood in Israel: Selected Research Findings 2022

From the Taub Center Initiative on Early Childhood Development and Inequality, this booklet provides a picture of the status of early childhood in Israel today. Read more

A solid start for every child: The Netherlands integrates medical and social care, 2009−2022

This case study looks at how Solid Start in the Netherlands began as a partnership between three municipalities and university researchers, and scaled up into a programme that is course… Read more

Designing Streets for Kids

Designing Streets for Kids sets a new global baseline for designing urban streets with a focus on the specific needs of babies, children, and their caregivers. Read more

Evidence-based response to early childhood development (ECD) during the Covid-19 crisis

This report looks at the impact on young children, their caregivers and frontline workers of the Covid-19 lockdown in India in 2020, which shut down a range of early years… Read more

Annual Report 2021

The Bernard van Leer Foundation’s Annual Report 2021 is now available in an interactive online format. With stories from our core countries and beyond, the Annual Report shows how we… Read more

A guide: Building a society for babies, toddlers and caregivers

Whether making policies for a nation or a village, this guide explains both why and how policymakers and practitioners can put young children first by integrating services. Read more

Access and babies, toddlers, and their caregivers

This brief was a collaboration between ITDP and  the Bernard van Leer Foundation, bringing a focus on the mobility needs of babies and toddlers (0-5 years old), as well as… Read more

Supporting parental behavioural change: Multichannel and cross-sector campaigns in Israel

This case study draws lessons from the Magic Moments and Beautiful Moments campaigns in Israel about how to inspire behaviour change at scale. Read more