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In the past, many children were sent to "places of care" called
Créches, where they were simply cared for and kept safe by an
untrained or unqualified child minder, without any specific attention
being paid to education or development of the child. After years of
research, it became apparent, that children require greater
stimulation during the first six years of their lives. These first years
are the most formative and children should be holistically developed
in order to cope with not only Grade 1, but with life in general.
Developing children holistically targets their physical, intellectual,
emotional, social and spiritual developmental stages. It was realised
that children can not be holistically developed with care alone,
therefore the incorporation of "education" and "care" to form
Educare. In offering Educare, staff should be suitably qualified and
trained to care and teach, as the children should be provided with
well prepared and planned daily programmes
"To aim to provide high standards of care, education,
health, equipment and nutrition and to promote the
holistic development of young children".