Did you know? TLASA is run completely by volunteers! Today, on International Volunteers Day, we honour our Steering Committee members for giving of their time, expertise and passion to toy libraries. We appreciate you and the hard work you do to bring toy libraries within reach of every community in SA. For the last 4 …
As the majority of Covid restrictions have been lifted, toy libraries, schools, and other organisations came out in full force to celebrate World Play Day this year. We are excited to see that there have been significant increases in the number of people involved in WPD celebrations. Compared to 2021, there were 52% more children. …
After being forced to play at home due to Covid last year, toy libraries, schools, and other organisations came out in full force to celebrate World Play Day this year. We proudly share some highlights from the day with you.
TLASA is proud to announce the recipients of the Jim Joel Fund Sponsorships. These sponsorships are valued at R9800 each and enable the toy librarians to be enrolled in the new accredited online Toy Library Skills Programme starting February 2021. Christine Liebenberg (Ntataise Lowveld) Kwanele Manzi (TREE-ecd) Lindelwa Zakwe (LETCEE) Phumelele Ndlovu (LETCEE) Prince Sibusiso …
You would have noticed that TLASA’s logo contains two strings of beads, a mixture of wooden and paper beads. People often ask us why we chose to add these beads into the logo. There are two reasons. Firstly, we wanted to give TLASA a new identity when it started out as being a multi-stakeholder organisation …
Every quarter, toy librarians from all over the country come together in their regions to share new ideas, news and network with others working in the field of toy libraries. The first quarterly seminar for 2019 took place on the 27th of March. A total of 75 toy librarians attended the regional seminars. At each …
TLASA is delighted at having hosted two Gauteng Provincial toy library think tanks with the Department Social Development and the Department Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation. The first think tank was held on 21 February and the second on 8 March 2019. The outcome of these think tanks is to produce a provincial guideline to …
The Africa Play Conference was held from the 25th to 27th February 2019 in the City of Tshwane, Republic of South Africa. The delegates were from Angola, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Chile, Cote d’Ivoire, Eswatini, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, …
On the 23rd of February 2019 TLASA was invited to present at the VVOS/AECYC seminar in Pretoria. Monica Stach, TLASA chairperson, presented on Toy Libraries – The missing link in quality ECD services provisioning. Pauline Turusida facilitated 2 hour workshop with the theme, “Don’t forget Woody on the shelve. The value of toys and setting …
