The Abu Dhabi Early Childhood Authority (ADECA) has introduced an innovative programme called “Anjal Z,” aimed at enhancing the quality of life for families in the UAE. This initiative features ten inventive solutions designed to empower parents and caregivers with practical tools and services that facilitate child learning, cognitive development, and positive family bonding at home. By fostering emotional well-being, encouraging learning, regulating sleep patterns, and strengthening family relationships, these solutions are intended to integrate seamlessly into daily life.
Innovative Solutions to Support Families
ADECA has partnered with ten global start-ups specialising in early childhood development to offer a range of affordable and free services. These carefully selected solutions are practical, reliable, and user-friendly, aiming to help families face everyday challenges with greater ease while enhancing children’s health and learning.
Free Resources for Child Development
Among the complimentary offerings is the Cubtale app, enabling parents and caregivers to monitor daily routines and track essential growth indicators for infants and children. Another noteworthy platform is Peekapak, which focuses on social-emotional learning for children aged three to eight, promoting empathy, resilience, and emotional awareness.
Jade, an educational developmental platform catering to children aged six to twelve, aims to enhance cognitive, emotional, and social skills, particularly for children of determination. Complementarily, Enrichly targets the same age group and emphasises emotional resilience, self-esteem, and mental health support for children.
Affordable Options for Early Learners
The selection of solutions available at reduced prices includes MonkiBox, providing interactive Montessori-inspired toys for infants to toddlers, fostering early growth. Additionally, the Raising Superstars programme enhances skills for children from birth to six years through parent-child activities.
Cali’s Books offers interactive books that support early learning, language development, and family engagement. Other promising initiatives include Kokoro Kids, focusing on social-emotional skill development through play, and WonderTree, an educational movement-based platform designed for children of determination.
Lastly, Zenimal provides a mindfulness device accompanied by a supportive app to help children and families manage emotions and improve sleep quality.
Accessing the Programme
Families can take advantage of these offerings by visiting the programme’s dedicated website and using the promotional code FAMILYTIME where applicable. ADECA’s “Anjal Z” programme represents a concerted effort to pioneer innovation in the early childhood sector, encouraging entrepreneurs to create technological solutions that address challenges in this critical phase of development. This includes addressing child health, obesity prevention, mental well-being, literacy in Arabic, family support, early learning, and the evolution of early childhood services and platforms.
To be part of this initiative, start-ups must demonstrate the potential for localising their solutions or executing pilot projects in Abu Dhabi.