Bayat, AmienaMadyibi, Siphe2021-08-232024-05-032021-08-232024-05-032021https://hdl.handle.net/10566/12617Philosophiae Doctor - PhDEarly learning opportunities in South Africa are both inaccessible and unequal in quality due to facility and household-level factors. With minimal resources, Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilities in poor communities provide low-quality ECD services to children. Part of the reason that ECD facilities are under-resourced and of poor quality is their inadequate funding. The disparity in quality means that poor children may still lag behind children who have had access to high-quality, well-resourced ECD facilities. Beside facility-level factors, the process of early learning is also influenced by household factors. Studies have found that low-cost stimulations such as storytelling, singing and playing with household objects can be used as tools to promote early development within the confines of the household.enEarly learningEarly childhood developmentChildren’s Act of 2005Early childhood development facilityPhilippiUniversity of Western Cape