Work/Life balance at IBM with ISSA’s ‘Opening Magic Doors’ Activity Kits

IBM is improving Work/Life balance for IBM employees with children by offering a collection of easy to implement ideas from the International Step by Step Association’s (ISSA) ‘Opening Magic Doors’ Activity Kits. This project addresses one of the primary concerns of IBM employees and parents everywhere – the need to balance their work with the time needed to ensure that their children are developing and learning appropriately. The kits pair four multicultural, developmentally appropriate children’s books with an activity book which provides parents and caregivers suggestions for many ways to support and extend children’s development in a fun way.
The kits, designed for three different age groups, are currently available in 9 languages and address universal themes faced by children around the world. The project has demonstrated that employers and educators can cooperate to help parents successfully instil a joy of reading and lifelong learning skills in their children. ISSA is an innovative network of early childhood development professionals primarily in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, working to make quality early education accessible to all children. Samples and information about the project can be viewed here.

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