2025 Bright Start International Conference
Annual Conference on Early Childhood
Together, let’s inspire a world that listens to and learns from its youngest citizens.
Honouring Children’s Creativity and Perspectives Worldwide
The 2025 Voices of Children Pedagogy™ Gallery, the annual highlight of the evolving Voices of Children Pedagogy™ project, will be held alongside the Bright Start International Conference in London from November 13–15. This inspiring gallery brings together a global audience to celebrate the creativity and imagination of children aged 4–6 from across the world. Far beyond an exhibition, it is a transformative platform that elevates young children's voices, celebrates their creativity, and ignites a call to action for meaningful change toward a more inclusive and equitable world.
Voices of Children Pedagogy™ Creativity Centres Across the World
As of December 2024, Voices of Children Pedagogy™ Creativity Centres have been established in partnership with early years settings and preschools—or are in the process of being established—in Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe, with more countries joining along the way.These centres serve as champions of the evolving New Voices of Children Pedagogy™ and as hubs of creativity and child-centred learning, both nationally and internationally. By implementing the stages of the evolving Voices of Children Pedagogy™ and collaborating with researchers, artists, and early childhood experts, they will act as role models, championing creativity and self-expression, prioritising child-centred learning, and fostering global knowledge exchange. Their ultimate goal is to reshape educational frameworks, promote rights-based education, and seamlessly integrate creative arts into everyday routines and curricula.
Documenting its first year of implementation (January–June 2024) across diverse early childhood settings worldwide, this edition features compelling case studies that highlight the innovative practices, challenges, and accomplishments of educators and researchers as mentors integrating the evolving Voices of Children Pedagogy™ approaches into daily routines.
This publication introduces the first chapter of the evolving Voices of Children Pedagogy™ framework—a 17-stage, step-by-step guide designed to transform this vision into everyday practice.
In today’s rapidly changing world, integrating children’s voices into educational frameworks is more urgent than ever. Creativity serves as both a tool and a goal—empowering children to express ideas, solve problems, collaborate meaningfully, and shape their futures. This pedagogy connects their natural curiosity, critical thinking, and resilience with a holistic, rights-based approach to learning.
Created in response to a global call from educators for actionable strategies to amplify children’s voices, the early implementations of this pedagogy have already delivered extraordinary results, demonstrating its ability to transcend cultural and national boundaries.
Discover inspiring narratives, unlock actionable insights, and become a key player in a global movement transforming early childhood education.
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